To conserve Earth's biodiversity, U.S. National Science Foundation and the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation announce new partnership

NEON: Opening doors with open data

October 3, 2023

From soil samples to measurements taken by airplanes flying overhead, the U.S.

Small blue spheres representing antihydrogen atoms fall downward through a cylindrical apparatus.

Down goes antimatter! Gravity's effect on matter's elusive twin is revealed

September 27, 2023

If you dropped some antimatter, would it fall down or up? Scientists now know the definitive answer: down.

Indigenous-led monitoring protects wild rice in Great Lakes region

September 7, 2023

Manoomin is a wild rice central to the culture and livelihoods of the Indigenous Ojibwe peoples who live in the Great Lakes area.

Roaming robots at University of Texas Austin

Beware of the robot dog next door?

August 21, 2023

Boston Dynamics is known for its viral videos where its autonomous robots dance, tackle obstacle courses or decorate for the holidays.

Antarctic krill: Superheroes of the Southern Ocean

August 11, 2023

What exactly are krill, and why are they getting attention?…

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Gravitational waves will 'bring the information from the birth of the universe to us'

August 3, 2023

In June, a team of researchers supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation announced that they found the first evidence of the gravitational wave background that pervades the universe.

Launching a radiosonde at Summit Station, Greenland

NSF in Greenland: Promoting novel research, improving infrastructure, growing international partnerships

July 21, 2023

In 1989, the U.S. National Science Foundation launched the Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2, and a summit "camp" was established.

Micro robot bug from the Autonomous Insect Robotics Lab

Bugbots could achieve big things

July 20, 2023

In 1989, a pair of scientists posited sending swarms of robots, some as small as gnats, to explore other planets.

Sleep replay, memory formation, memory association, Science Matters

Nightlife of the brain

June 30, 2023

While we rest peacefully at night, our brains remain hard at work.

First 'ghost particle' image of Milky Way galaxy captured by scientists

June 29, 2023

From visible starlight to radio waves, the Milky Way galaxy has long been observed through the various frequencies of electromagnetic radiation it emits.