Science Matters

Carlos Peredo, a paleontologist and early career scientist, had been looking forward to the opportunities that his new, two-year NSF postdoctoral fellowship would provide him with at the University of…

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When a child comes home from school with a twinkle in their eye, sparked by some new knowledge about dinosaurs or a classroom chemistry experiment, it’s a reminder of how science can be such a…

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Neutrinos are tiny, nearly massless elementary particles that rarely interact with normal matter.…

Tamara Pico is an assistant professor in earth and planetary sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz whose NSF-funded research involves reconstructing ice sheets from the past.…

The world is on the verge of a manufacturing revolution, but some production lines can't be seen by the naked eye.…

Natural disasters – hurricanes, floods, heat waves, wildfires, pandemics – can have a broad impact, affecting millions of people across the U.S.…

Students and teachers had their routines disrupted when the nation shut down in March 2020 to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.…

The importance of a diverse STEM-educated workforce to the nation's prosperity, security and competitiveness grows every year.…