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NEWS RELEASES FOR 2017

• PR 17-120 - December 20, 2017
  NSF awards nearly $5.7M to defend America’s cyberspace
  
  
• PR 17-119 - December 13, 2017
  Six-decade-old space mystery solved with shoebox-sized satellite called a CubeSat
  
  
• PR 17-118 - December 13, 2017
  NSF announces James Ulvestad as Chief Officer for Research Facilities
  
  
• PR 17-117 - December 13, 2017
  Massive East Antarctic Ice Sheet has history of instability
  
  
• PR 17-116 - December 6, 2017
  Massive primordial galaxies found in ‘halo’ of dark matter
  
  
• PR 17-115 - December 6, 2017
  Dust on the wind: Study reveals surprising role of dust in mountain ecosystems
  
  
• PR 17-114 - November 22, 2017
  Antarctic detector offers first look at how Earth stops high-energy neutrinos in their tracks
  
  
• PR 17-113 - November 20, 2017
  NSF-funded scientists to present on long-term ecological research findings at AGU fall meeting
  
  
• PR 17-112 - November 13, 2017
  NSF makes new awards to advance Science of Learning
  
  
• PR 17-111 - November 16, 2017
  NSF-supported scientists present research results on Earth's critical zone at 2017 AGU fall meeting
  
  
• PR 17-110 - November 14, 2017
  Shape of Lake Ontario generates white-out blizzards, study shows
  
  
• PR 17-109 - November 8, 2017
  NSF awards $2.8 million grant to develop advanced ocean and atmosphere simulator
  
  
• PR 17-108 - November 3, 2017
  NSF, NIH and USDA make new awards to combat infectious diseases
  
  
• PR 17-107 - November 1, 2017
  NSF selects Anne Kinney to head Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate
  
  
• PR 17-106 - October 31, 2017
  NSF investments aim to address growing cybersecurity challenge
  
  
• PR 17-105 - October 19, 2017
  A fresh look at fresh water: Researchers create a 50,000-lake database
  
  
• PR 17-104 - October 19, 2017
  How much water flows into agricultural irrigation? New study provides 18-year water use record
  
  
• PR 17-103 - October 16, 2017
  LIGO and Virgo make first detection of gravitational waves produced by colliding neutron stars
  
  
• PR 17-102 - October 12, 2017
  NSF announces $19.5M in awards to support fundamental research to advance the nation’s local cities and communities
  
  
• PR 17-101 - October 11, 2017
  Fossil discovery in Tanzania reveals ancient bobcat-sized carnivore
  
  
• PR 17-100 - October 11, 2017
  EarthScope's Transportable Array now spans Alaska, the last frontier
  
  
• PR 17-099 - October 10, 2017
  Funding the future of materials science
  
  
• PR 17-098 - October 10, 2017
  NSF awards $5.3 million in 59 grants to study effects of recent hurricanes
  
  
• PR 17-097 - October 3, 2017
  NSF-funded LIGO pioneers named 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics laureates
  
  
• PR 17-096 - September 27, 2017
  LIGO and Virgo observatories jointly detect black hole collision
  
  
• PR 17-095 - September 26, 2017
  Lost continent of Zealandia: Scientists return from expedition to sunken land
  
  
• PR 17-094 - September 20, 2017
  NSF funds 30 faculty research fellowships through new EPSCoR initiative
  
  
• PR 17-093 - September 19, 2017
  NSF awards $36.6 million in new food-energy-water system grants
  
  
• PR 17-092 - September 19, 2017
  NSF issues new EPSCoR awards, investing in science and engineering across nation
  
  
• PR 17-091 - September 18, 2017
  Changes in non-extreme precipitation may have not-so-subtle consequences
  
  
• PR 17-090 - September 14, 2017
  NSF awards $14.7 million for research to deepen understanding of Earth’s biodiversity
  
  
• PR 17-089 - September 13, 2017
  Business R&D performed in US reached $356 billion in 2015
  
  
• PR 17-088 - September 12, 2017
  NSF awards $13 million for research on how humans, environment interact
  
  
• PR 17-087 - September 12, 2017
  In wake of hurricanes, floods and wildfires, NSF awards $18.7 million in natural hazards research grants
  
  
• PR 17-086 - September 12, 2017
  Four new NSF Engineering Research Centers will advance US health, energy sustainability
  
  
• PR 17-085 - September 12, 2017
  NSF announces 14 new PIRE awards to support scientific collaboration in 24 countries
  
  
• PR 17-084 - September 11, 2017
  27 new NSF INCLUDES awards aim to enhance U.S. science and engineering enterprise
  
  
• PR 17-083 - August 28, 2017
  New view of dispersants used after Deepwater Horizon oil spill
  
  
• PR 17-082 - August 24, 2017
  NSF issues first Convergence awards, addressing societal challenges through scientific collaboration
  
  
• PR 17-081 - August 24, 2017
  Paleontologists discover new species of sauropod dinosaur in Tanzania
  
  
• PR 17-080 - August 22, 2017
  'First taste' video released from citizen science project capturing entire U.S. transit of solar eclipse
  
  
• PR 17-079 - August 24, 2017
  New NSF awards will bring together cross-disciplinary science communities to develop foundations of data science
  
  
• PR 17-078 - August 16, 2017
  Federal S&E obligations to universities, colleges fell 2 percent between fiscal years 2014 and 2015
  
  
• PR 17-077 - August 10, 2017
  NSF makes new awards for graduate education projects
  
  
• PR 17-076 - August 10, 2017
  10 new awards support ecological research at regional to continental scales
  
  
• PR 17-075 - August 8, 2017
  NSF funds new multidisciplinary approaches to study the brain
  
  
• PR 17-074 - August 7, 2017
  Laser mapping project shows effects of physical changes in Antarctica's Dry Valleys
  
  
• PR 17-073 - August 7, 2017
  Extreme melt season leads to decade-long ecosystem changes in Antarctica's Dry Valleys
  
  
• PR 17-072 - August 3, 2017
  Primary mirror delivered to Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope
  
  
• PR 17-071 - August 2, 2017
  NSF EPSCoR awards new projects to help understand connections between genes and organisms' characteristics
  
  
• PR 17-070 - July 31, 2017
  Methane-eating bacteria in lake deep beneath Antarctic ice sheet may reduce greenhouse gas emissions
  
  
• PR 17-069 - August 1, 2017
  NSF issues awards to advance a national research infrastructure for neuroscience
  
  
• PR 17-068 - August 7, 2017
  What's killing trees during droughts? Scientists have new answers.
  
  
• PR 17-067 - July 28, 2017
  NSF-funded supercomputer Stampede2 forges new frontier in advanced computing
  
  
• PR 17-066 - July 27, 2017
  Projected precipitation increases are bad news for water quality
  
  
• PR 17-065 - July 25, 2017
  NSF Research Traineeship program makes 17 new awards
  
  
• PR 17-064 - July 21, 2017
  Solar eclipse science along the path of totality: Eclipse on August 21 offers unique research opportunities
  
  
• PR 17-063 - July 19, 2017
  New NSF, USDA awards focus on relationships that benefit, harm plants
  
  
• PR 17-062 - July 18, 2017
  New report concludes social, behavioral and economic sciences help advance national health, prosperity and defense
  
  
• PR 17-061 - July 18, 2017
  Scientists embark on expedition to submerged continent Zealandia
  
  
• PR 17-060 - July 12, 2017
  Increased sample size in 2015 Survey of Doctorate Recipients enables first time reporting on fine fields of study
  
  
• PR 17-059 - July 14, 2017
  Researchers make improbable discovery of deep-sea coral reefs in "hostile" Pacific Ocean depths
  
  
• PR 17-058 - July 12, 2017
  Study finds mercury levels in Arctic soils 5 times higher than temperate regions
  
  
• PR 17-057 - July 10, 2017
  NSF issues $14 million in awards for improved genomic tools
  
  
• PR 17-056 - June 30, 2017
  Report: In 2015, US institutions awarded most doctorates ever recorded
  
  
• PR 17-055 - June 27, 2017
  NSF-funded researchers demonstrate advanced network applications at 2017 Smart Cities Connect Conference & Expo
  
  
• PR 17-054 - June 19, 2017
  Dawn Tilbury begins appointment to head NSF Engineering Directorate
  
  
• PR 17-053 - June 16, 2017
  Third NSF Community College Innovation Challenge rewards top entries
  
  
• PR 17-052 - June 15, 2017
  Slow earthquakes in ocean subduction zones shed light on tsunami risk
  
  
• PR 17-051 - June 15, 2017
  Crystals once deep inside a volcano offer new view of magma, eruption timing
  
  
• PR 17-050 - June 6, 2017
  NSF announces 2017 winners for Generation Nano: Small Science, Superheroes
  
  
• PR 17-049 - June 5, 2017
  Decomposing leaves are surprising source of greenhouse gases
  
  
• PR 17-048 - June 1, 2017
  Atmospheric scientists conduct field experiment to study wind flow over complex mountain terrain
  
  
• PR 17-047 - May 24, 2017
  In a drought, over-irrigated lawns lose 70 billion gallons of water a year
  
  
• PR 17-046 - May 23, 2017
  National Science Foundation presents FY 2018 budget request
  
  
• PR 17-045 - May 17, 2017
  Video showcase returns, spotlighting 155 NSF-funded STEM education projects
  
  
• PR 17-044 - May 12, 2017
  US signs agreement on enhancing international Arctic scientific cooperation
  
  
• PR 17-043 - May 11, 2017
  Bacteria living in marine sponge produce toxic compounds found in man-made products
  
  
• PR 17-042 - May 12, 2017
  New tool could help predict, prevent surging waters in flood plains
  
  
• PR 17-041 - May 1, 2017
  Researchers develop radar simulator to characterize scattering of debris in tornadoes
  
  
• PR 17-040 - April 27, 2017
  Ice cave in Transylvania yields window into region's past
  
  
• PR 17-039 - April 26, 2017
  Rita Colwell, world-renowned microbiologist and science leader, to receive the Vannevar Bush Award
  
  
• PR 17-038 - April 19, 2017
  New NSF special report released ahead of Earth Day: April Showers Bring … The Science of Spring
  
  
• PR 17-037 - April 18, 2017
  National Science Foundation modifies Alan T. Waterman Award eligibility criteria
  
  
• PR 17-036 - April 13, 2017
  Two early career researchers honored with Alan T. Waterman Award
  
  
• PR 17-035 - April 12, 2017
  Scientists discover fossil of dinosaur ancestor with surprising croc-like appearance
  
  
• PR 17-034 - April 12, 2017
  U.S. companies performed 18% of R&D outside the United States in 2013
  
  
• PR 17-033 - April 10, 2017
  Polar glaciers may be home to previously undiscovered carbon cycle
  
  
• PR 17-032 - April 10, 2017
  Finalists for 2017 Community College Innovation Challenge announced
  
  
• PR 17-031 - April 10, 2017
  Federal research funding up in FY 2015
  
  
• PR 17-030 - April 5, 2017
  156 early career engineering researchers to journey to frontiers of their fields, chart new paths
  
  
• PR 17-029 - April 3, 2017
  Researchers uncover clue about how tiny microbes self-mutate
  
  
• PR 17-028 - April 4, 2017
  Federally funded R&D center funding rebounded in FY 2015
  
  
• PR 17-027 - March 29, 2017
  NSF and Popular Science announce winners of 15th annual 'Vizzies'
  
  
• PR 17-026 - March 28, 2017
  Smithsonian honors aircrews that flew 2016 medical-evacuation flight to NSF's South Pole station
  
  
• PR 17-025 - March 28, 2017
  Dust contributes valuable nutrients to Sierra Nevada forest ecosystems
  
  
• PR 17-024 - March 22, 2017
  World Water Day: Fog and dew keep Africa's Namib Desert ecosystem going
  
  
• PR 17-023 - March 17, 2017
  NSF awards 2017 Graduate Research Fellowships
  
  
• PR 17-022 - March 15, 2017
  NSF awards $5.6 million to establish new arctic Long-Term Ecological Research site
  
  
• PR 17-021 - March 8, 2017
  NSF awards $6.1 million to accelerate advanced wireless research, push beyond 5G
  
  
• PR 17-020 - March 6, 2017
  Paleontologists find fossil relative of Ginkgo biloba
  
  
• PR 17-019 - March 2, 2017
  Changes in precipitation patterns influence natural selection at global scale
  
  
• PR 17-018 - March 1, 2017
  NSF announces new Long-Term Ecological Research sites off Alaska, New England coasts
  
  
• PR 17-017 - February 27, 2017
  NSF works with New Zealand and Australian authorities to evacuate ailing cruise ship passenger from Antarctica
  
  
• PR 17-016 - February 24, 2017
  NSF Law and Social Sciences program issues new awards
  
  
• PR 17-015 - February 17, 2017
  Contact tracing and targeted insecticide spraying can curb dengue outbreaks
  
  
• PR 17-014 - February 15, 2017
  Flat-footed competitors have fighting advantage
  
  
• PR 17-013 - February 10, 2017
  U.S. icebreaker to visit New Zealand
  
  
• PR 17-012 - February 7, 2017
  New NSF-funded videos highlight 'Human Water Cycle'
  
  
• PR 17-011 - February 3, 2017
  Scientists present El Niño, other long-term ecological research results at annual aquatic sciences meeting
  
  
• PR 17-010 - January 31, 2017
  NCSES publishes latest Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering report
  
  
• PR 17-009 - January 30, 2017
  Antarctic medical evacuation underway
  
  
• PR 17-008 - January 26, 2017
  By age 6, gender stereotypes can affect girls' choices
  
  
• PR 17-007 - January 25, 2017
  NSF Director France Córdova to give keynote at 2017 Washington Auto Show
  
  
• PR 17-006 - January 26, 2017
  Scientists develop genetic path to tastier tomatoes
  
  
• PR 17-005 - January 19, 2017
  NSF-funded self-driving car on display at Washington Auto Show public policy forum
  
  
• PR 17-004 - January 24, 2017
  NSF awards $3 million for plant and animal microbiome and phenomics research
  
  
• PR 17-003 - January 13, 2017
  Atmospheric scientists take to the skies to test cloud seeding for snow
  
  
• PR 17-002 - January 11, 2017
  White House honors 19 NSF-supported early-career researchers
  
  
• PR 17-001 - January 5, 2017
  Federal budget authority for research and development continues upward trend
  
  

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NEWS RELEASES FOR 2016

• PR 16-154 - December 21, 2016
  State government R&D expenditures top $2.2 billion in FY 2015
  
  
• PR 16-153 - December 20, 2016
  NSF-funded startups demo tech at CES 2017 Eureka Park
  
  
• PR 16-152 - December 15, 2016
  Underwater volcano's fiery eruption captured in detail by seafloor observatory
  
  
• PR 16-151 - December 9, 2016
  NSF selects William E. Easterling to head Geosciences Directorate
  
  
• PR 16-150 - December 8, 2016
  Scientists discover fossil tumor in 255 million-year-old mammal forerunner
  
  
• PR 16-149 - December 5, 2016
  Extreme downpours could increase 400 percent across parts of U.S.
  
  
• PR 16-148 - December 1, 2016
  Plane carrying Buzz Aldrin lands in New Zealand
  
  
• PR 16-147 - December 1, 2016
  NSF awards $61 million in new projects to enhance understanding of STEM education and workforce development
  
  
• PR 16-146 - December 1, 2016
  National Science Foundation evacuates patient from Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station
  
  
• PR 16-145 - November 30, 2016
  Advancing the science of cybersecurity
  
  
• PR 16-144 - November 23, 2016
  New study reveals that West Antarctica's largest glacier may have started retreating as early as the 1940s
  
  
• PR 16-143 - November 22, 2016
  $4.7 million to better harness large data for social, behavioral, economic sciences research
  
  
• PR 16-142 - November 17, 2016
  Universities report four years of declining federal funding
  
  
• PR 16-141 - November 16, 2016
  NSF-supported scientists to present research results on Earth's critical zone at AGU fall meeting
  
  
• PR 16-140 - November 15, 2016
  NSF-funded scientists to present on long-term ecological research findings at AGU fall meeting
  
  
• PR 16-139 - November 7, 2016
  U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to visit NSF Antarctic research stations
  
  
• PR 16-138 - November 7, 2016
  Snapshot: R&D employment by businesses in the U.S.
  
  
• PR 16-137 - November 16, 2016
  Forest die-offs ricochet to distant ecosystems
  
  
• PR 16-136 - October 27, 2016
  Science's growing role in emergency response
  
  
• PR 16-135 - October 23, 2016
  U.S. Antarctic Program Investigator Perishes in Snowmobile Accident
  
  
• PR 16-134 - October 20, 2016
  After two-year decline, postdoc employment at federally funded labs increases
  
  
• PR 16-133 - October 20, 2016
  NSF, U.K. jointly support research into fate of massive Antarctic glacier
  
  
• PR 16-132 - October 20, 2016
  NSF awards $44 million for genomic research on range of plants, many economically important
  
  
• PR 16-131 - October 20, 2016
  NSF awards $5.9 million to broaden participation in academic workforce
  
  
• PR 16-130 - October 20, 2016
  Researchers track effects of changing ocean temperature on phytoplankton
  
  
• PR 16-129 - October 19, 2016
  NSF funds new projects to explore graduate education models
  
  
• PR 16-128 - October 18, 2016
  NSF funds new projects to advance energy-efficient computing
  
  
• PR 16-127 - October 18, 2016
  Soil moisture, snowpack data could help predict 'flash droughts'
  
  
• PR 16-126 - October 17, 2016
  Third annual Community College Innovation Challenge open for submissions
  
  
• PR 16-125 - October 17, 2016
  Like hurricanes, unseasonable cold spells wipe out subtropical species
  
  
• PR 16-124 - October 13, 2016
  Season of intense melting in Antarctica offers insights into continent's future
  
  
• PR 16-123 - October 12, 2016
  Analysis of fossilized Antarctic bird's 'voice box' suggests dinosaurs couldn't sing
  
  
• PR 16-122 - October 11, 2016
  2016 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel
  
  
• PR 16-121 - October 11, 2016
  NSF awards $12 million for radio spectrum research
  
  
• PR 16-120 - October 5, 2016
  Calling all nanotechnology-empowered superheroes
  
  
• PR 16-119 - October 5, 2016
  NSF awards $22.7 million to strengthen nation's infrastructure
  
  
• PR 16-118 - October 3, 2016
  Half of U.S. business R&D concentrated in five states
  
  
• PR 16-117 - September 28, 2016
  NSF invests $72 million in innovations at nexus of food, energy and water systems
  
  
• PR 16-116 - September 28, 2016
  Connecting data scientists with regional challenges
  
  
• PR 16-115 - September 27, 2016
  To slow spread of infectious diseases, NSF, NIH, USDA invest $16.6 million
  
  
• PR 16-114 - September 27, 2016
  NSF fosters entrepreneurship, innovation through new awards for I-Corps nodes
  
  
• PR 16-113 - September 26, 2016
  NSF commits more than $60 million to Smart Cities Initiative
  
  
• PR 16-112 - September 26, 2016
  NSF awards $94 million to create four new Science and Technology Centers
  
  
• PR 16-111 - September 22, 2016
  NSF awards $15.9 million to foster new understanding of biological systems on regional to continental scales
  
  
• PR 16-110 - September 21, 2016
  NSF awards $13 million in third set of coastal sustainability grants
  
  
• PR 16-109 - September 16, 2016
  NSF awards $25 million in new projects in support of the Computer Science for All Initiative
  
  
• PR 16-108 - September 16, 2016
  NSF awards $16.7 million for research on how humans, environment interact
  
  
• PR 16-107 - September 16, 2016
  NSF awards $18.9 million for research to transform our understanding of life on Earth
  
  
• PR 16-106 - September 15, 2016
  U.S. sees sizable increase in R&D spending
  
  
• PR 16-105 - September 13, 2016
  NSF, NASA sign collaborative agreement to support human health research in polar environments
  
  
• PR 16-104 - September 12, 2016
  First NSF INCLUDES awards issued to 37 projects
  
  
• PR 16-103 - September 6, 2016
  Seven NSF-funded researchers recognized with Kavli Prizes
  
  
• PR 16-102 - September 6, 2016
  NSF awards $13 million toward research in cyber-physical systems
  
  
• PR 16-101 - September 1, 2016
  NSF, NGA release first unclassified digital elevation models of Alaska
  
  
• PR 16-100 - August 30, 2016
  Federal agencies join forces to forecast hurricanes
  
  
• PR 16-099 - August 25, 2016
  Businesses spent $341 billion on R&D performed in US in 2014
  
  
• PR 16-098 - August 23, 2016
  NSF awards $110 million to bring advanced cyberinfrastructure to nation’s scientists, engineers
  
  
• PR 16-097 - August 22, 2016
  New manager for US Antarctic Program logistics contract
  
  
• PR 16-096 - August 22, 2016
  President Obama Honors Outstanding Mathematics and Science Teachers
  
  
• PR 16-095 - August 22, 2016
  NSF announces $55 million toward national research priorities
  
  
• PR 16-094 - August 18, 2016
  NSF funds new integrative approaches to study the brain
  
  
• PR 16-093 - August 15, 2016
  NSF wants engineering researchers to bend rules (of classical physics)
  
  
• PR 16-092 - August 10, 2016
  Volcanic eruption masked acceleration in sea level rise
  
  
• PR 16-091 - August 8, 2016
  NSF invests $12 million in quantum technologies for secure communication
  
  
• PR 16-090 - August 4, 2016
  Sunflowers move from east to west, and back, by the clock
  
  
• PR 16-089 - August 3, 2016
  Earlier snowmelt decreases streamflow, reduces forests' ability to regulate atmospheric carbon dioxide
  
  
• PR 16-088 - July 29, 2016
  NSF commits $35 million to improve scientific software
  
  
• PR 16-087 - July 25, 2016
  What's good for crops not always good for the environment
  
  
• PR 16-086 - July 19, 2016
  GOES-3 satellite decommissioned after linking Antarctica to the world for more than 20 years
  
  
• PR 16-085 - July 15, 2016
  NSF leads federal effort to boost advanced wireless research
  
  
• PR 16-084 - July 12, 2016
  The unexpected: Cold snaps in the sub-tropics, drought in rainforests featured at upcoming ecology conference
  
  
• PR 16-083 - July 7, 2016
  Multiple suns and young planets: NSF-supported graduate researchers lead exoplanet discoveries
  
  
• PR 16-082 - July 7, 2016
  Recreating ancient vertebrate's first step on dry land
  
  
• PR 16-081 - July 6, 2016
  Submit your entry for 15th anniversary Vizzies scientific visualization challenge
  
  
• PR 16-080 - June 24, 2016
  Community College Innovation Challenge names 2016 winners
  
  
• PR 16-079 - June 23, 2016
  Ailing Antarctic personnel transported to safety
  
  
• PR 16-078 - June 22, 2016
  Majoring in making
  
  
• PR 16-077 - June 22, 2016
  Antarctic medical evacuation flight arrives at British Rothera Station
  
  
• PR 16-076 - June 22, 2016
  Researchers discover oldest evidence of 'farming' -- by insects
  
  
• PR 16-075 - June 22, 2016
  Enabling the future of making
  
  
• PR 16-074 - June 20, 2016
  Antarctic medical evacuation planes reach British station at Rothera
  
  
• PR 16-073 - June 17, 2016
  NSF announces 2016 EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Track-1 awards
  
  
• PR 16-072 - June 15, 2016
  Gravitational waves detected from second pair of colliding black holes
  
  
• PR 16-071 - June 14, 2016
  South Pole medical evacuation flight launched
  
  
• PR 16-070 - June 13, 2016
  Biophysics fights cancer
  
  
• PR 16-069 - June 10, 2016
  Research shows Antarctic lakes are a repository for ancient soot
  
  
• PR 16-068 - June 13, 2016
  Future summers could be hotter than any on record
  
  
• PR 16-067 - June 13, 2016
  Creating printable, programmable machines
  
  
• PR 16-066 - June 9, 2016
  Robots to provide a steadying hand at the right time
  
  
• PR 16-065 - June 6, 2016
  Want to learn about robots of all shapes and sizes? You've come to the right place.
  
  
• PR 16-064 - June 7, 2016
  Flight of the RoboBee
  
  
• PR 16-063 - June 2, 2016
  Stampede 2 drives frontiers of science and engineering forward
  
  
• PR 16-062 - June 6, 2016
  World Oceans Day: Bring the seas into your home; exploration is one click away
  
  
• PR 16-061 - May 31, 2016
  Emergent, NSF-funded biotech at 2016 BIO Innovation Zone
  
  
• PR 16-060 - May 24, 2016
  NSB elects new leadership
  
  
• PR 16-059 - May 19, 2016
  Federal science and engineering funding for academic institutions sees first increase in five years
  
  
• PR 16-058 - May 12, 2016
  Virginia Tech researchers in the Antarctic discover new facets of space weather
  
  
• PR 16-057 - May 13, 2016
  Natural regeneration of tropical forests helps global climate mitigation and forest restoration
  
  
• PR 16-056 - May 11, 2016
  Crowd-augmented cognition
  
  
• PR 16-055 - May 11, 2016
  National Science Foundation awards $1.7 million in rapid response grants to study Zika virus
  
  
• PR 16-054 - May 10, 2016
  On its 66th birthday, National Science Foundation living up to envisioned legacy
  
  
• PR 16-053 - May 2, 2016
  Higher education is more than a private good
  
  
• PR 16-052 - May 2, 2016
  Researchers find that Earth may be home to 1 trillion species
  
  
• PR 16-051 - April 28, 2016
  What lies beneath West Antarctica?
  
  
• PR 16-050 - April 27, 2016
  Scientists map brain's 'thesaurus' to help decode inner thoughts
  
  
• PR 16-049 - April 27, 2016
  Evidence points to widespread loss of ocean oxygen by 2030s
  
  
• PR 16-048 - April 22, 2016
  Outwitting poachers with artificial intelligence
  
  
• PR 16-047 - April 21, 2016
  Robert Birgeneau is National Science Board's 2016 Vannevar Bush awardee
  
  
• PR 16-046 - April 21, 2016
  Newly discovered baby Titanosaur sheds light on dinosaurs' early lives
  
  
• PR 16-045 - April 20, 2016
  Federal research funding up 6 percent in FY2014
  
  
• PR 16-044 - April 20, 2016
  First-ever fossil monkey found in North America
  
  
• PR 16-043 - April 18, 2016
  Big winners in small science challenge take center stage
  
  
• PR 16-042 - April 18, 2016
  Earth Week: In a drought, which trees risk death?
  
  
• PR 16-041 - April 14, 2016
  Materials research earns chemistry professor 40th annual Alan T. Waterman Award
  
  
• PR 16-040 - April 6, 2016
  NSB Announces Public Service Award Recipient
  
  
• PR 16-039 - April 6, 2016
  NSF Engineering welcomes new crew of 160 early career researchers
  
  
• PR 16-038 - April 1, 2016
  California drought patterns becoming more common
  
  
• PR 16-037 - April 1, 2016
  Report: U.S. institutions awarded most doctorates ever recorded in 2014
  
  
• PR 16-036 - March 30, 2016
  Super small science competition announces student finalists
  
  
• PR 16-035 - March 30, 2016
  Number of science and engineering graduate students up in 2014
  
  
• PR 16-034 - March 30, 2016
  NSF awards $35 million to the University of Wisconsin-Madison to continue operating IceCube Neutrino Observatory
  
  
• PR 16-033 - March 29, 2016
  NSF awards 2016 Graduate Research Fellowships
  
  
• PR 16-032 - March 28, 2016
  Ocean temperatures predict U.S. heat waves 50 days out
  
  
• PR 16-031 - March 23, 2016
  NSF funds new $5.9 million Arctic data center at the University of California, Santa Barbara
  
  
• PR 16-030 - March 23, 2016
  Community college teams propose ways to improve natural resource sustainability
  
  
• PR 16-029 - March 22, 2016
  National Science Foundation invests in a clean water future
  
  
• PR 16-028 - March 21, 2016
  Human-driven carbon release rate unprecedented in past 66 million years
  
  
• PR 16-027 - March 16, 2016
  Potential Zika virus risk estimated for 50 U.S. cities
  
  
• PR 16-026 - March 14, 2016
  Robot learning companion offers custom-tailored tutoring
  
  
• PR 16-025 - March 7, 2016
  Fighting food poisoning in Las Vegas with machine learning
  
  
• PR 16-024 - March 4, 2016
  Accelerating discovery in materials science
  
  
• PR 16-023 - February 29, 2016
  Security with the wave of a wand
  
  
• PR 16-022 - February 29, 2016
  In grasslands, longer spring growing season offsets higher summer temperatures
  
  
• PR 16-021 - February 25, 2016
  National Science Foundation selects head of its Office of Integrative Activities
  
  
• PR 16-020 - February 23, 2016
  National Science Foundation and Popular Science announce 2016 Vizzies winners
  
  
• PR 16-019 - February 22, 2016
  Increasing drought threatens almost all U.S. forests
  
  
• PR 16-018 - February 18, 2016
  Seeking Zika: Where and when will Zika-carrying mosquitoes strike next?
  
  
• PR 16-017 - May 9, 2016
  President Obama honors early career scientists with top White House award
  
  
• PR 16-016 - February 17, 2016
  Video: Six new stories debut in 'Science of Innovation' series
  
  
• PR 16-015 - February 11, 2016
  Gravitational waves detected 100 years after Einstein's prediction
  
  
• PR 16-014 - February 10, 2016
  National Science Foundation issues call for Zika virus proposals
  
  
• PR 16-013 - February 9, 2016
  Research into critical national issues at forefront of NSF's FY2017 budget request
  
  
• PR 16-012 - February 5, 2016
  Multinational companies perform majority of U.S. business R&D
  
  
• PR 16-011 - February 4, 2016
  Southwest sliding into a new normal: drier conditions
  
  
• PR 16-010 - February 2, 2016
  NSF awards rapid response grants to study current El Niño, one of the strongest on record
  
  
• PR 16-009 - January 30, 2016
  Building a foundation for CS for All
  
  
• PR 16-008 - January 25, 2016
  New NSF and NBC Learn video series shows off big discoveries from tiny particles
  
  
• PR 16-007 - January 21, 2016
  U.S. R&D increased in 2013, well ahead of the pace of gross domestic product
  
  
• PR 16-006 - January 19, 2016
  U.S. science and technology leadership increasingly challenged by advances in Asia
  
  
• PR 16-005 - January 13, 2016
  New NSF special report: Let It Snow! The Science of Winter
  
  
• PR 16-004 - January 13, 2016
  Immigrants play increasing role in U.S. science and engineering workforce
  
  
• PR 16-003 - January 7, 2016
  NSF commits $30 million to expand the frontiers of computing
  
  
• PR 16-002 - January 5, 2016
  Flying lab to investigate Southern Ocean's appetite for carbon
  
  
• PR 16-001 - January 4, 2016
  Far-out, early-stage tech at CES 2016 Eureka Park
  
  
• PR 15-151 - May 20, 2016
  President Obama honors nation's leading scientists and innovators
  
  

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NEWS RELEASES FOR 2015

• PR 15-150 - December 21, 2015
  Scientists discover that salty sea spray affects clouds
  
  
• PR 15-149 - December 17, 2015
  National Science Foundation and federal partners award $37M to advance nation's co-robots
  
  
• PR 15-148 - December 16, 2015
  Lakes around the world rapidly warming
  
  
• PR 15-147 - December 15, 2015
  Roadmap to safer cyberspace
  
  
• PR 15-146 - November 23, 2015
  Climate can grind down mountains faster than they can rebuild
  
  
• PR 15-145 - November 19, 2015
  Superhero boom inspires new contest, science learning
  
  
• PR 15-144 - November 18, 2015
  Low-oxygen 'dead zones' in North Pacific linked to past ocean warming
  
  
• PR 15-143 - November 18, 2015
  10 ways advanced computing catalyzes science
  
  
• PR 15-142 - November 12, 2015
  Crash test simulations expose real risks
  
  
• PR 15-141 - November 4, 2015
  Nomadic computing speeds up Big Data analytics
  
  
• PR 15-140 - November 3, 2015
  Buried in ash, ancient Salvadoran village shows images of daily life
  
  
• PR 15-139 - November 2, 2015
  Risk assessment, for the birds
  
  
• PR 15-138 - November 2, 2015
  Establishing a brain trust for data science
  
  
• PR 15-137 - October 30, 2015
  New special report highlights NSF-funded cybersecurity research and education
  
  
• PR 15-136 - October 30, 2015
  The nuanced weapons of electric eels
  
  
• PR 15-135 - October 29, 2015
  Warming waters contributed to the collapse of New England's cod fishery
  
  
• PR 15-134 - October 26, 2015
  Speeding up extreme big brain data analysis
  
  
• PR 15-133 - October 20, 2015
  How a flying bat sees space
  
  
• PR 15-132 - October 20, 2015
  New report on energy-efficient computing
  
  
• PR 15-131 - October 19, 2015
  NSF announces new research traineeship awards
  
  
• PR 15-130 - October 19, 2015
  Comet: A supercomputer for the 'long tail' of science
  
  
• PR 15-129 - October 15, 2015
  Competition opens for second annual Community College Innovation Challenge
  
  
• PR 15-128 - October 13, 2015
  Opportunities for Promoting Understanding through Synthesis program awards $1.5 million in new grants
  
  
• PR 15-127 - October 13, 2015
  Research sheds new light on 150-year-old dinosaur temperature debate
  
  
• PR 15-126 - October 7, 2015
  NSF awards $74.5 million to support interdisciplinary cybersecurity research
  
  
• PR 15-125 - October 7, 2015
  Theoretical computer science provides answers to data privacy problem
  
  
• PR 15-124 - October 2, 2015
  NSF, NIST launch new consortium to support advanced manufacturing
  
  
• PR 15-123 - October 2, 2015
  Early concept projects explore Internet-enabled manufacturing
  
  
• PR 15-122 - September 30, 2015
  NSF-supported engineer and vision scientist nets Emmy for tool to predict perceived video quality
  
  
• PR 15-121 - October 1, 2015
  Scientists use holography to peer into clouds
  
  
• PR 15-120 - September 30, 2015
  Immigrants play increasing role in U.S. science and engineering workforce
  
  
• PR 15-119 - September 29, 2015
  NSF, NBC Learn and The Weather Channel showcase research to protect against nature's fury
  
  
• PR 15-118 - September 28, 2015
  Warming Antarctic waters may allow king crabs to "restructure" ecosystems
  
  
• PR 15-117 - September 25, 2015
  NSF supports new global partnerships in research and education through PIRE program
  
  
• PR 15-116 - September 24, 2015
  NSF invests $40 million in research infrastructure for earthquake, wind and water hazards
  
  
• PR 15-115 - September 24, 2015
  Nominations call for candidates to serve on National Science Board
  
  
• PR 15-114 - September 21, 2015
  U.S. R&D increased in 2013, outpacing GDP
  
  
• PR 15-113 - September 21, 2015
  NSF awards $15 million to crack the olfactory code
  
  
• PR 15-112 - September 16, 2015
  $81 million to support new National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure
  
  
• PR 15-111 - September 15, 2015
  Life on Earth: National Science Foundation awards $23 million for studies of planet's biodiversity
  
  
• PR 15-110 - September 15, 2015
  NSF awards $12.3 million for research on genealogy of life
  
  
• PR 15-109 - September 16, 2015
  New, forward-thinking report addresses environmental research, education
  
  
• PR 15-108 - September 14, 2015
  NSF invests $20 million to enhance resilience of critical infrastructure
  
  
• PR 15-107 - September 14, 2015
  Gigabit application prototypes to help cities and communities serve citizens better
  
  
• PR 15-106 - September 14, 2015
  NSF invests $10 million in smart, human-centered service systems
  
  
• PR 15-105 - September 14, 2015
  Laying the foundation for smart and connected cities and communities
  
  
• PR 15-104 - September 14, 2015
  NSF supports urban-scale instrument to measure city's fitness
  
  
• PR 15-103 - September 14, 2015
  Cultivating smart and connected communities
  
  
• PR 15-102 - September 11, 2015
  NSF awards $20.4 million for research on how humans, environment interact
  
  
• PR 15-101 - September 9, 2015
  In year of U.S. wildfires, Nepal earthquake, NSF awards $27.5 million in hazards research grants
  
  
• PR 15-100 - September 8, 2015
  Archaeologists piece together how crew survived 1813 shipwreck in Alaska
  
  
• PR 15-099 - September 2, 2015
  NSF, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency support development of new Arctic maps
  
  
• PR 15-098 - September 3, 2015
  Investing in diversity
  
  
• PR 15-097 - August 31, 2015
  NSF and USAID announce latest round of awards to address global development challenges
  
  
• PR 15-096 - August 28, 2015
  A partnership to secure and protect the emerging Internet of Things
  
  
• PR 15-095 - August 26, 2015
  To slow the spread of infectious diseases, NSF, NIH, USDA support new research
  
  
• PR 15-094 - August 21, 2015
  Company R&D expenditures in U.S. increased 6.7 percent in 2013
  
  
• PR 15-093 - August 20, 2015
  Antarctic detector confirms observation of cosmic neutrinos
  
  
• PR 15-092 - August 20, 2015
  NSF awards fifth round of grants to enhance America's biodiversity collections
  
  
• PR 15-091 - August 20, 2015
  NSF awards $4.8 million to enable creative, collaborative use of ecological data
  
  
• PR 15-090 - August 14, 2015
  New grants foster research on food, energy and water: a linked system
  
  
• PR 15-089 - August 12, 2015
  First-ever octopus genome sequenced
  
  
• PR 15-088 - August 12, 2015
  Bold new brain research in neuroengineering, brain-inspired design, and individuality
  
  
• PR 15-087 - August 10, 2015
  Three new Engineering Research Centers will advance U.S. resiliency and sustainability
  
  
• PR 15-086 - August 7, 2015
  President Obama honors top math and science teachers
  
  
• PR 15-085 - August 6, 2015
  NSF invests in interstate collaboration in S&E research
  
  
• PR 15-084 - August 6, 2015
  Limiting 'false discoveries'
  
  
• PR 15-083 - August 4, 2015
  NSF selects first Long-Term Ecological Research network communications office
  
  
• PR 15-082 - August 4, 2015
  National network of entrepreneurs shines at White House Demo Day
  
  
• PR 15-081 - August 3, 2015
  NSF awards grants for study of Nepal earthquake
  
  
• PR 15-080 - August 3, 2015
  NSF invests in science and engineering infrastructure across the nation
  
  
• PR 15-079 - July 27, 2015
  Research spotlights a previously unknown microbial 'drama' playing in the Southern Ocean
  
  
• PR 15-078 - July 15, 2015
  NSB welcomes nominations for 2016 honorary awards
  
  
• PR 15-077 - July 15, 2015
  Infectious disease ecology, forest biodiversity, urban ecology featured at upcoming conference
  
  
• PR 15-076 - July 14, 2015
  Physicists discover long-sought 'pentaquark' particle
  
  
• PR 15-075 - July 10, 2015
  Surprisingly high geothermal heating revealed beneath West Antarctic Ice Sheet
  
  
• PR 15-074 - July 9, 2015
  Where does water go when it doesn't flow?
  
  
• PR 15-073 - July 7, 2015
  World premiere of 'The Science Behind Pixar' illustrates power of computational thinking
  
  
• PR 15-072 - July 2, 2015
  President Obama honors outstanding mathematics and science teachers
  
  
• PR 15-071 - June 30, 2015
  Federal funding for science and engineering at universities down 6 percent
  
  
• PR 15-070 - June 30, 2015
  Computational science and data visualization take the spotlight in new documentary
  
  
• PR 15-069 - June 26, 2015
  Red Rocks and Ivy Tech teams place first and second in NSF Community College Innovation Challenge
  
  
• PR 15-068 - June 22, 2015
  National Science Foundation selects Amanda Hallberg Greenwell
  
  
• PR 15-067 - June 15, 2015
  Big dinosaurs steered clear of the tropics
  
  
• PR 15-066 - June 15, 2015
  NSF awards $12 million to spur an engineering education revolution
  
  
• PR 15-065 - June 12, 2015
  New paths to innovation and learning through DIY technologies
  
  
• PR 15-064 - June 9, 2015
  "Mysteries of the Brain" video series debuts
  
  
• PR 15-063 - June 9, 2015
  New initiative targets emerging models of technological innovation
  
  
• PR 15-062 - June 5, 2015
  Coral reefs defy ocean acidification odds in Palau
  
  
• PR 15-061 - June 4, 2015
  Warmer, lower-oxygen oceans will shift marine habitats
  
  
• PR 15-060 - June 4, 2015
  College Board and NSF expand partnership to bring computer science classes to high schools across the U.S.
  
  
• PR 15-059 - June 3, 2015
  NSF helps move a 'scientific mountain'
  
  
• PR 15-058 - June 2, 2015
  A buffet of emerging biotech at 2015 BIO Innovation Zone
  
  
• PR 15-057 - May 20, 2015
  Scientists tackle mystery of thunderstorms that strike at night
  
  
• PR 15-056 - May 19, 2015
  Newly dedicated observatory to search for gravitational waves
  
  
• PR 15-055 - May 18, 2015
  Drought, heat likely to affect U.S. West's power grid
  
  
• PR 15-054 - May 14, 2015
  Latest figures show decline in federal funding for R&D, equipment, facilities in FY 2013
  
  
• PR 15-053 - May 14, 2015
  Revealing the ocean's hidden fertilizer
  
  
• PR 15-052 - May 12, 2015
  Exploring a new frontier of cyber-physical systems: The human body
  
  
• PR 15-051 - May 7, 2015
  Partnership for finding particles
  
  
• PR 15-050 - April 30, 2015
  James Duderstadt is NSB's 2015 Vannevar Bush awardee
  
  
• PR 15-049 - April 29, 2015
  Who earns a doctorate? More women, more foreigners, more minorities
  
  
• PR 15-048 - April 29, 2015
  Antarctic ice core reveals how sudden climate changes in North Atlantic moved south
  
  
• PR 15-047 - April 29, 2015
  Video: Research team discovers plant fossils previously unknown to Antarctica
  
  
• PR 15-046 - April 28, 2015
  NSB selects Museum of Science, Boston's National Center for Technological Literacy for its 2015 Public Service Award
  
  
• PR 15-045 - April 28, 2015
  Discovered deep under Antarctic surface: Extensive, salty aquifer and potentially vast microbial habitat
  
  
• PR 15-044 - April 22, 2015
  NSB selects the American Museum of Natural History for its 2015 Public Service Award
  
  
• PR 15-043 - April 22, 2015
  Earth Day: Disease spread among species is predictable
  
  
• PR 15-042 - April 21, 2015
  Federally funded R&D center spending declined, latest figures say
  
  
• PR 15-041 - April 21, 2015
  Planet-sized 'virtual telescope' expands to the South Pole to observe black holes in detail
  
  
• PR 15-040 - April 21, 2015
  Revisiting the STEM workforce
  
  
• PR 15-039 - April 17, 2015
  Science and engineering graduate school enrollment increases
  
  
• PR 15-038 - April 16, 2015
  NSF announces Community College Innovation Challenge winners
  
  
• PR 15-037 - April 16, 2015
  The National Science Foundation names engineering researcher Andrea Alù its Alan T. Waterman awardee for 2015
  
  
• PR 15-036 - April 14, 2015
  LSST lays first stone
  
  
• PR 15-035 - April 9, 2015
  Research space at academic institutions increased by 4.7 percent in fiscal 2013
  
  
• PR 15-034 - April 8, 2015
  R&D expenditures recognized as investment in U.S. GDP statistics
  
  
• PR 15-033 - April 7, 2015
  Six million graduates employed in S&E in 2013
  
  
• PR 15-032 - April 6, 2015
  NSF announces first NSF Research Traineeship awards
  
  
• PR 15-031 - April 1, 2015
  Researchers improve efficiency of human walking
  
  
• PR 15-030 - March 31, 2015
  NSF awards 2015 Graduate Research Fellowships
  
  
• PR 15-029 - March 30, 2015
  New U.S.-Japan collaborations bring Big Data approaches to disaster response
  
  
• PR 15-028 - March 30, 2015
  Advancing physics frontiers
  
  
• PR 15-027 - March 27, 2015
  President Obama announces exceptional science, mathematics and engineering mentors
  
  
• PR 15-026 - March 26, 2015
  From programmable backbones to advanced 'apps': An end-to-end vision of the future Internet
  
  
• PR 15-025 - March 26, 2015
  Spring plankton bloom hitches ride to sea's depths on ocean eddies
  
  
• PR 15-024 - March 23, 2015
  The 'intraterrestrials': New viruses discovered in ocean depths
  
  
• PR 15-023 - March 20, 2015
  High-energy partnership
  
  
• PR 15-022 - March 18, 2015
  National Science Foundation director visits Mexico to strengthen and promote scientific and technological collaboration
  
  
• PR 15-021 - March 18, 2015
  National Science Foundation announces plan for comprehensive public access to research results
  
  
• PR 15-020 - March 17, 2015
  National Science Foundation selects Rebecca Spyke Keiser to head Office of International Science & Engineering
  
  
• PR 15-019 - March 16, 2015
  No limit to life in deep sediment of ocean's "deadest" region
  
  
• PR 15-018 - March 5, 2015
  Nutrient pollution from nitrogen and phosphorus reduces streams' ability to support aquatic life
  
  
• PR 15-017 - February 26, 2015
  Communicating science broadly
  
  
• PR 15-016 - February 19, 2015
  More upwelling expected in critical parts of future oceans
  
  
• PR 15-015 - February 18, 2015
  Funding cutting-edge, collaborative research
  
  
• PR 15-014 - February 17, 2015
  NSF and Popular Science announce 2015 Vizzies winners
  
  
• PR 15-013 - February 11, 2015
  NSF@AAAS
  
  
• PR 15-012 - February 11, 2015
  Monster hurricanes struck U.S. Northeast during prehistoric periods of ocean warming
  
  
• PR 15-011 - February 9, 2015
  Scientists confirm that Midwest floods are more frequent
  
  
• PR 15-010 - February 5, 2015
  Dirt mounds made by termites in Africa, South America, Asia could prevent spread of deserts
  
  
• PR 15-009 - February 2, 2015
  National Science Foundation fiscal year 2016 budget request continues commitment to discovery, innovation and learning
  
  
• PR 15-008 - January 30, 2015
  BICEP2 and Planck joint study: Gravitational waves remain elusive
  
  
• PR 15-007 - January 21, 2015
  NSF-funded Antarctic drilling team is first to bore through hundreds of meters of ice to where ice sheet, ocean and land converge
  
  
• PR 15-006 - January 20, 2015
  Spotlight on light
  
  
• PR 15-005 - January 16, 2015
  NSF Director to join international thought leaders at World Economic Forum
  
  
• PR 15-004 - January 15, 2015
  Belief in "raw brilliance" may decrease academic diversity
  
  
• PR 15-003 - January 15, 2015
  Tiny plant fossils offer window into Earth's landscape millions of years ago
  
  
• PR 15-002 - January 15, 2015
  Bigger is better for brain tissue understanding
  
  
• PR 15-001 - January 8, 2015
  Treatment for parasitic worms helps animals survive infectious diseases--and spread them
  
  

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NEWS RELEASES FOR 2014

• PR 14-174 - December 22, 2014
  Antarctic seals may use Earth's magnetic field to navigate while hunting
  
  
• PR 14-173 - December 16, 2014
  Tomorrow's tech-most-wanted at Eureka Park
  
  
• PR 14-172 - December 15, 2014
  Ocean acidification a culprit in commercial shellfish hatcheries' failures
  
  
• PR 14-171 - December 15, 2014
  Back to the future? Past global warming period echoes today's
  
  
• PR 14-170 - December 11, 2014
  'Big bang' of bird evolution mapped by international research team
  
  
• PR 14-169 - December 11, 2014
  Expected stay rates of US and foreign doctoral graduates diverge with time
  
  
• PR 14-168 - December 8, 2014
  College Board launches new AP Computer Science Principles course
  
  
• PR 14-167 - December 8, 2014
  Partnerships for computer science education: Improving access at the K-12 levels
  
  
• PR 14-166 - December 5, 2014
  $1 million prize for digital innovation to capture info from traditional 'bug boxes'
  
  
• PR 14-165 - December 4, 2014
  Increasing greenhouse gases linked to rains over Africa thousands of years ago
  
  
• PR 14-164 - December 4, 2014
  Regarding the M in STEM
  
  
• PR 14-163 - December 3, 2014
  National Science Foundation updates transparency and accountability practices
  
  
• PR 14-162 - December 3, 2014
  Ebola rapid response
  
  
• PR 14-161 - December 3, 2014
  Vannevar Bush award nominations re-opened
  
  
• PR 14-160 - December 2, 2014
  Learning science: Taking stock of what happens outside of school
  
  
• PR 14-159 - December 1, 2014
  Antarctic contract employee dies at NSF's Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station
  
  
• PR 14-158 - November 24, 2014
  Unmanned underwater vehicle provides first 3-D images of underside of Antarctic sea ice
  
  
• PR 14-157 - November 24, 2014
  President Obama presents the National Medals of Science, National Medals of Technology and Innovation
  
  
• PR 14-156 - November 24, 2014
  Innovative new supercomputers increase nation's computational capacity and capability
  
  
• PR 14-155 - November 21, 2014
  NSF awards $1.35 million for new institute focused on Earth's critical zone: Where rock meets life
  
  
• PR 14-154 - November 19, 2014
  From cognition to control: Fundamental research continues to advance cooperative robots
  
  
• PR 14-153 - November 19, 2014
  "Green Revolution" changes breathing of the biosphere
  
  
• PR 14-152 - November 19, 2014
  Boosts in productivity of corn and other crops modify Northern Hemisphere carbon dioxide cycle
  
  
• PR 14-151 - November 19, 2014
  Federal budget authority for R&D in FY 2014 rises slightly
  
  
• PR 14-150 - November 17, 2014
  Seventy years ago today, a science policy milestone
  
  
• PR 14-149 - November 12, 2014
  New special report highlights NSF-funded broader impacts
  
  
• PR 14-148 - November 10, 2014
  Archaeologists discover remains of Ice-Age infants in Alaska
  
  
• PR 14-147 - November 7, 2014
  Tomaso Poggio receives Swartz Prize for theoretical and computational neuroscience
  
  
• PR 14-146 - November 6, 2014
  New Special Report highlights transformative potential of cyber-physical systems
  
  
• PR 14-145 - November 5, 2014
  Scientists discover fossil of bizarre groundhog-like mammal on Madagascar
  
  
• PR 14-144 - October 28, 2014
  New and updated resource on STEM education, workforce
  
  
• PR 14-143 - October 27, 2014
  Where did the Deepwater Horizon oil go? To Davy Jones' Locker at the bottom of the sea
  
  
• PR 14-142 - October 27, 2014
  From the mouths of ... young fireballs
  
  
• PR 14-141 - October 24, 2014
  Spotlighting the sun
  
  
• PR 14-140 - October 20, 2014
  New tracers can identify frack fluids in the environment
  
  
• PR 14-139 - October 16, 2014
  NSF invites proposals for Ebola-related fundamental research
  
  
• PR 14-138 - October 16, 2014
  2014 Nobel Laureates in Chemistry and Economics supported by the National Science Foundation
  
  
• PR 14-137 - October 15, 2014
  Computing innovations for a sustainable society
  
  
• PR 14-136 - October 14, 2014
  18 million workers produced more than one-fifth of U.S. gross domestic product in 2012
  
  
• PR 14-135 - October 9, 2014
  Earth to data: Making sense of environmental observations
  
  
• PR 14-134 - October 3, 2014
  President Obama honors nation's top scientists and innovators
  
  
• PR 14-133 - October 2, 2014
  New map uncovers thousands of unseen seamounts on ocean floor
  
  
• PR 14-132 - October 1, 2014
  Laying the groundwork for data-driven science
  
  
• PR 14-131 - September 30, 2014
  National Science Foundation is dedicated to support for The BRAIN Initiative
  
  
• PR 14-130 - September 30, 2014
  $18-million NSF investment aims to take flat materials to new heights
  
  
• PR 14-129 - September 29, 2014
  Cause of California drought linked to climate change
  
  
• PR 14-128 - September 29, 2014
  Designing infrastructure with resilience from disruptions and disasters
  
  
• PR 14-127 - September 25, 2014
  National Science Foundation selects University of Massachusetts Professor James F. Kurose to head Computer & Information Science & Engineering Directorate
  
  
• PR 14-126 - September 23, 2014
  Antifreeze proteins in Antarctic fish prevent both freezing and melting
  
  
• PR 14-125 - September 23, 2014
  Protecting our processors
  
  
• PR 14-124 - September 17, 2014
  NSF awards $7.4 million for research on species' evolutionary history
  
  
• PR 14-123 - September 16, 2014
  NSF announces the Community College Innovation Challenge
  
  
• PR 14-122 - September 15, 2014
  NSF awards $15 million in second set of coastal sustainability grants
  
  
• PR 14-121 - September 12, 2014
  Unemployment for doctoral scientists and engineers below national average in 2013
  
  
• PR 14-120 - September 11, 2014
  How evolutionary principles could help save our world
  
  
• PR 14-119 - September 10, 2014
  Whither the diversity of life on Earth? NSF, partners award $23 million for studies of planet's biodiversity
  
  
• PR 14-118 - September 10, 2014
  Racing ahead of disease outbreaks: $12 million in new research grants
  
  
• PR 14-117 - September 9, 2014
  Princeton University launches NSF-funded initiative to study Southern Ocean's role in global systems
  
  
• PR 14-116 - September 9, 2014
  Ocean Acidification: NSF awards $11.4 million in new grants to study effects on marine ecosystems
  
  
• PR 14-115 - September 8, 2014
  Paleontologists discover new species of titanosaurian dinosaur in Tanzania
  
  
• PR 14-114 - September 8, 2014
  Transformative science
  
  
• PR 14-113 - September 4, 2014
  Federal funding for basic research at universities and colleges essentially unchanged in FY 2012
  
  
• PR 14-112 - September 4, 2014
  Scientists apply biomedical technique to reveal changes in body of the ocean
  
  
• PR 14-111 - September 4, 2014
  T. Rex times seven: New dinosaur species is discovered in Argentina
  
  
• PR 14-110 - September 3, 2014
  National Science Foundation selects George Mason University Professor James L. Olds to head Biological Sciences Directorate
  
  
• PR 14-109 - August 29, 2014
  NSF and NIFA award $25 million in grants for study of water sustainability and climate
  
  
• PR 14-108 - August 26, 2014
  2011 data show U.S. business R&D highly concentrated by state and metropolitan location
  
  
• PR 14-107 - August 26, 2014
  NSF expands the National Innovation Network with two new I-Corps nodes
  
  
• PR 14-106 - August 26, 2014
  New and updated mobile apps for NSB Science and Engineering Indicators
  
  
• PR 14-105 - August 20, 2014
  NSF and USAID announce global research collaboration awardees
  
  
• PR 14-104 - August 20, 2014
  Confirmed: 800 meters beneath Antarctic ice sheet, subglacial lake holds viable microbial ecosystems
  
  
• PR 14-103 - August 20, 2014
  Unusual discovery leads to fascinating tuberculosis theory
  
  
• PR 14-102 - August 20, 2014
  Enabling a new future for cloud computing
  
  
• PR 14-101 - August 20, 2014
  National Science Foundation awards $9.47 million for research on coupled natural and human systems
  
  
• PR 14-100 - August 18, 2014
  NSF funds pilot project aimed at increasing the number of American Indians and Alaska Natives faculty members
  
  
• PR 14-099 - August 18, 2014
  NSF awards $10.8 million in early concept grants for brain research
  
  
• PR 14-098 - August 15, 2014
  Federal agencies provide new opportunities for dying languages
  
  
• PR 14-097 - August 14, 2014
  Best in their 'Field'
  
  
• PR 14-096 - August 13, 2014
  Can computers continue to get smaller and more powerful?
  
  
• PR 14-095 - August 7, 2014
  Taking astronomy to the next level
  
  
• PR 14-094 - August 6, 2014
  Mercury in the world's oceans: On the rise
  
  
• PR 14-093 - August 6, 2014
  NSF grants establish regional science and engineering collaborative consortia
  
  
• PR 14-092 - August 5, 2014
  NSF invests in science and engineering infrastructure across the nation
  
  
• PR 14-091 - August 5, 2014
  Ready for sea
  
  
• PR 14-090 - August 4, 2014
  The National Science Foundation and Popular Science launch visualization challenge
  
  
• PR 14-089 - July 31, 2014
  Expanding the breadth and impact of cybersecurity and privacy research
  
  
• PR 14-088 - July 22, 2014
  Extramural R&D funding by US-located businesses nears $30 billion in 2011
  
  
• PR 14-087 - July 18, 2014
  NSF Deputy Director Cora Marrett to resign
  
  
• PR 14-086 - July 17, 2014
  Taking great ideas from the lab to the fab
  
  
• PR 14-085 - July 16, 2014
  Certain Arctic lakes store more greenhouse gases than they release
  
  
• PR 14-084 - July 10, 2014
  Ocean's microbial megacity: Like humans, the sea's most abundant organisms have clear daily cycles
  
  
• PR 14-083 - July 9, 2014
  Amphibians can acquire resistance to deadly fungus
  
  
• PR 14-082 - June 30, 2014
  Scientists chart a baby boom--in southwestern Native Americans from 500 to 1300 A.D.
  
  
• PR 14-081 - June 26, 2014
  Ancient ocean currents may have changed pace and intensity of ice ages
  
  
• PR 14-080 - June 24, 2014
  Demonstrating a driverless future
  
  
• PR 14-079 - June 20, 2014
  National Science Foundation toolkit highlights impact of NSF investments
  
  
• PR 14-078 - June 19, 2014
  NSB seeks nominations for 2015 honorary awards
  
  
• PR 14-077 - June 18, 2014
  National Science Foundation celebrates do-it-yourself engineers, tinkerers and inventors everywhere
  
  
• PR 14-076 - June 18, 2014
  NSF and NIH collaborate to accelerate advance of biomedical innovations into the marketplace
  
  
• PR 14-075 - June 17, 2014
  President Obama announces new appointees to National Science Board
  
  
• PR 14-074 - June 13, 2014
  Revolutionizing how we keep track of time in cyber-physical systems
  
  
• PR 14-073 - June 10, 2014
  Frontier biotech research on display at 2014 BIO Innovation Zone
  
  
• PR 14-072 - May 30, 2014
  Harvesting sunlight to help feed and fuel the world
  
  
• PR 14-071 - May 29, 2014
  Eradicating invasive species sometimes threatens endangered ones
  
  
• PR 14-070 - May 22, 2014
  New NSF data say foreign graduate enrollment in science and engineering continues to rise
  
  
• PR 14-069 - May 19, 2014
  2012 surface melt of Greenland ice sheet driven by combined effects of rising temperatures and ash from forest fires
  
  
• PR 14-068 - May 15, 2014
  New data show how states are doing in science
  
  
• PR 14-067 - May 14, 2014
  California Central Valley groundwater depletion slowly raises Sierra Nevada mountains
  
  
• PR 14-066 - May 14, 2014
  NSF-managed U.S. Antarctic Program recognized for its search-and-rescue efforts
  
  
• PR 14-065 - May 12, 2014
  Moving towards a more robust, secure and agile Internet
  
  
• PR 14-064 - May 12, 2014
  Enough with the lecturing
  
  
• PR 14-063 - May 12, 2014
  Airborne radar surveys and data-based models indicate West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapse is underway
  
  
• PR 14-062 - May 5, 2014
  Climate change may worsen summertime ozone pollution
  
  
• PR 14-061 - May 1, 2014
  Undersea warfare: Viruses hijack deep-sea bacteria at hydrothermal vents
  
  
• PR 14-060 - May 1, 2014
  Excessive regulations turning scientists into bureaucrats
  
  
• PR 14-059 - April 24, 2014
  Octillions of microbes in the seas: Ocean microbes show incredible genetic diversity
  
  
• PR 14-058 - April 21, 2014
  Krypton-dating technique allows researchers to accurately date ancient Antarctic ice
  
  
• PR 14-057 - April 17, 2014
  Frozen in time: Three-million-year-old landscape still exists beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet
  
  
• PR 14-056 - April 17, 2014
  Special for Earth Day: New NSF resources highlight surprising ecological and economic benefits of biodiversity
  
  
• PR 14-055 - April 16, 2014
  Early Career Scientists and Engineers receive highest honor from the White House
  
  
• PR 14-054 - April 15, 2014
  Red moon at night; stargazer's delight
  
  
• PR 14-053 - April 14, 2014
  Drought and fire in the Amazon lead to sharp increases in forest tree mortality
  
  
• PR 14-052 - April 14, 2014
  Global perspectives on a comet
  
  
• PR 14-051 - April 14, 2014
  The National Science Foundation names Feng Zhang its Alan T. Waterman Awardee for 2014
  
  
• PR 14-050 - April 14, 2014
  Long-term predictions for Miami sea level rise could be available relatively soon
  
  
• PR 14-049 - April 10, 2014
  Into the abyss: Scientists explore one of Earth's deepest ocean trenches
  
  
• PR 14-048 - April 2, 2014
  New Understanding the Brain website features funding opportunities, research areas
  
  
• PR 14-047 - April 1, 2014
  Investing in the future through the Graduate Research Fellowship Program
  
  
• PR 14-046 - March 31, 2014
  France A. Córdova sworn in as NSF director
  
  
• PR 14-045 - March 27, 2014
  AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships Program receives 2014 Public Service Award for a group
  
  
• PR 14-044 - March 25, 2014
  Federal science and engineering obligations to universities and colleges dropped by 11 percent in FY 2011
  
  
• PR 14-043 - March 25, 2014
  Environmental stewardship motivates latest White House Champions of Change
  
  
• PR 14-042 - March 24, 2014
  Bioethicist Arthur Caplan receives 2014 Public Service Award for an individual
  
  
• PR 14-041 - April 1, 2014
  Unmanned aircraft successfully tested as tool for measuring changes in polar ice sheets
  
  
• PR 14-040 - March 20, 2014
  Richard Tapia, mathematician and mentor, receives 2014 Vannevar Bush Award
  
  
• PR 14-039 - March 20, 2014
  Breaking the Ice
  
  
• PR 14-038 - March 19, 2014
  Analysis: Industry-sponsored academic inventions spur increased innovation
  
  
• PR 14-037 - March 18, 2014
  Rocky Mountain wildflower season lengthens by more than a month
  
  
• PR 14-036 - March 17, 2014
  NSF-funded researchers say Antarctic telescope may have provided the first direct evidence of cosmic inflation and the origins of the universe
  
  
• PR 14-035 - March 13, 2014
  New strategic plan guides NSF through 2018
  
  
• PR 14-034 - March 12, 2014
  National Science Foundation selects Northwestern University Professor Fay Lomax Cook to head Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Directorate
  
  
• PR 14-033 - March 10, 2014
  Lawns across America: Is the US becoming one shade of green?
  
  
• PR 14-032 - March 10, 2014
  Climate of Genghis Khan's ancient time extends long shadow over Asia of today
  
  
• PR 14-031 - March 10, 2014
  National Science Foundation Presents FY 2015 Budget Request
  
  
• PR 14-030 - March 10, 2014
  President Obama honors exemplary math and science teachers
  
  
• PR 14-029 - March 4, 2014
  New bilateral pilot opportunity will fund collaborations between US and UK bioscience researchers
  
  
• PR 14-028 - February 26, 2014
  Computer model predicts vastly different ecosystem in Antarctica's Ross Sea in the coming century
  
  
• PR 14-027 - February 25, 2014
  White House Champions of Change include educators supported by NSF
  
  
• PR 14-026 - February 24, 2014
  Seed dispersal study shows value of conservation corridors
  
  
• PR 14-025 - February 24, 2014
  Overfishing of Caribbean coral reefs favors coral-killing sponges
  
  
• PR 14-024 - February 18, 2014
  Volcanoes, including Mount Hood in the US, can quickly become active
  
  
• PR 14-023 - February 6, 2014
  2013 International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge winners named
  
  
• PR 14-022 - February 6, 2014
  US lead in science and technology shrinking
  
  
• PR 14-021 - February 6, 2014
  Catalyzing gigabit apps for learning and workforce development
  
  
• PR 14-020 - February 3, 2014
  NSF awards grants to seven joint US-Japanese projects for next-generation networking technologies
  
  
• PR 14-019 - February 3, 2014
  Data-intensive ecology needed to understand what makes the biosphere tick
  
  
• PR 14-018 - January 30, 2014
  NSF awards rapid response grants to study West Virginia chemical spill
  
  
• PR 14-017 - January 29, 2014
  Neanderthals' genetic footprints are evident in humans of today
  
  
• PR 14-016 - January 29, 2014
  NSF study reveals slight research and development decline at federally funded centers
  
  
• PR 14-015 - January 24, 2014
  Deep-diving sub Alvin cleared to return to service
  
  
• PR 14-014 - January 23, 2014
  National Science Foundation reveals US doctoral degree recipient data
  
  
• PR 14-013 - January 22, 2014
  Analysis indicates that North and tropical Atlantic warming affects Antarctic climate
  
  
• PR 14-012 - January 16, 2014
  National Science Foundation contributes to four international projects in data-intensive social science and humanities research
  
  
• PR 14-011 - January 16, 2014
  New sea anemone species discovered in Antarctica
  
  
• PR 14-010 - January 16, 2014
  Palau's coral reefs surprisingly resistant to ocean acidification
  
  
• PR 14-009 - January 15, 2014
  NSF study shows declines in federal funding for research and development
  
  
• PR 14-008 - January 15, 2014
  NSF awards grants for four new critical zone observatories to study Earth surface processes
  
  
• PR 14-007 - January 13, 2014
  There's more to biofuel production than yield
  
  
• PR 14-006 - January 13, 2014
  Pilot program to let U.S. high-school students experience Antarctic science at a Chilean station
  
  
• PR 14-005 - January 9, 2014
  Researchers report on new dimension of marine cyanobacteria
  
  
• PR 14-004 - January 9, 2014
  Enlightening video stories reveal science and engineering behind the 2014 Winter Olympic Games
  
  
• PR 14-003 - January 7, 2014
  Scientists to study Pacific Ocean's "global chimney"
  
  
• PR 14-002 - January 3, 2014
  NSF study details recent US research and development growth
  
  
• PR 14-001 - January 2, 2014
  Ideas in action at Eureka Park
  
  

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NEWS RELEASES FOR 2013

• PR 13-209 - December 23, 2013
  Greenland ice sheet stores liquid water year-round
  
  
• PR 13-208 - December 23, 2013
  President Obama honors outstanding early-career scientists
  
  
• PR 13-207 - December 20, 2013
  President Obama honors outstanding mathematics and science teachers
  
  
• PR 13-206 - December 19, 2013
  Beyond Mendel
  
  
• PR 13-205 - December 18, 2013
  Oh, the places you'll go--if you're an Atlantic slipper shell
  
  
• PR 13-204 - December 18, 2013
  Mountain pikas, relatives of rabbits, survive at warm sea-level temperatures by eating mosses
  
  
• PR 13-203 - December 17, 2013
  NSF supports collaborative cyber-enabled research to advance sustainability
  
  
• PR 13-202 - December 16, 2013
  Prince Henry, Walking With The Wounded trekkers, arrive at NSF's Amundsen-Scott Pole Station
  
  
• PR 13-201 - December 16, 2013
  Senator Daniel Inouye remembered in telescope naming ceremony
  
  
• PR 13-200 - December 13, 2013
  Increasing accessibility to computer science education across the U.S.
  
  
• PR 13-199 - December 13, 2013
  Two results from astrophysical instruments at the South Pole named Physics World's "Discoveries of the Year"
  
  
• PR 13-198 - December 12, 2013
  Related coral species differ in how they survive climate change effects
  
  
• PR 13-197 - December 4, 2013
  Wetlands' ability to overcome sea level rise threatened
  
  
• PR 13-196 - November 26, 2013
  NSF survey finds R&D expenditures in higher education relatively unchanged in fiscal year 2012
  
  
• PR 13-195 - November 26, 2013
  Citizen scientists help astronomers see the light
  
  
• PR 13-194 - November 21, 2013
  NSF-funded IceCube Neutrino Observatory provides first indication of high-energy neutrinos from outside the solar system
  
  
• PR 13-193 - November 21, 2013
  National Science Foundation to continue operations of the drillship JOIDES Resolution
  
  
• PR 13-192 - November 20, 2013
  Early-career investigator discovers current volcanic activity under West Antarctica
  
  
• PR 13-191 - November 18, 2013
  Scientists brave Old Man Winter to dig out secrets of lake-effect snows
  
  
• PR 13-190 - November 14, 2013
  R/V Sikuliaq to winter in Great Lakes, test 'hybrid' underwater vehicle
  
  
• PR 13-189 - November 14, 2013
  Scientists nearing forecasts of long-lived wildfires' paths
  
  
• PR 13-188 - November 12, 2013
  NSF advances national efforts enabling data-driven discovery
  
  
• PR 13-187 - November 6, 2013
  NSF, with interagency and international partners, makes first round of grants to understand Arctic sustainability
  
  
• PR 13-186 - November 6, 2013
  NSF-funded center will use X-ray lasers to transform the field of structural biology and pharmaceutical development
  
  
• PR 13-185 - November 5, 2013
  Recent National Science Foundation study reveals increase in state government expenditures for research and development
  
  
• PR 13-184 - October 29, 2013
  Lab school brings manufacturing technologies to middle-school classrooms
  
  
• PR 13-183 - October 29, 2013
  Picture perfect
  
  
• PR 13-182 - October 28, 2013
  NSF, U.S. Antarctic Program partners, working to restore Antarctic research season to the maximum extent possible
  
  
• PR 13-181 - October 28, 2013
  EarthCube: NSF funds $14.5 million in grants to improve geosciences cyberinfrastructure
  
  
• PR 13-180 - October 25, 2013
  'National Chemistry Week' celebrates sustainable resources
  
  
• PR 13-179 - October 23, 2013
  National Robotics Initiative invests $38 million in next-generation robotics
  
  
• PR 13-178 - October 23, 2013
  2013 Nobel laureates include eight NSF-supported scientists
  
  
• PR 13-177 - October 23, 2013
  Deadline extended to Nov. 7 for nominations for Vannevar Bush and Public Service Awards
  
  
• PR 13-176 - October 21, 2013
  In wake of Hurricane Sandy, Oklahoma tornadoes, NSF awards $32 million in hazards sustainability grants
  
  
• PR 13-175 - October 18, 2013
  NSF awards grants for deployment of new observing system in the North Atlantic Ocean
  
  
• PR 13-174 - September 30, 2013
  Outbreak: Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease grants support research on disease transmission
  
  
• PR 13-173 - September 30, 2013
  Reporting improvements contribute to rise in counts of postdocs employed in academia in science, engineering, and health fields
  
  
• PR 13-172 - September 30, 2013
  It takes a network
  
  
• PR 13-171 - September 27, 2013
  NSF awards first coastal sustainability grants for research on world's most populated areas
  
  
• PR 13-170 - September 27, 2013
  In race against time, NSF grants fund research on Earth's threatened biodiversity
  
  
• PR 13-169 - September 26, 2013
  Recent NSF study details post-stimulus decrease in federal research funding
  
  
• PR 13-168 - September 26, 2013
  National Science Foundation partners with Biotechnology Industry Organization to highlight early-stage small businesses
  
  
• PR 13-167 - September 26, 2013
  NSF grants foster new understanding of biological systems on regional to continental scales
  
  
• PR 13-166 - September 25, 2013
  NSF-funded research may revolutionize electronics with likely successor to silicon in computer chips
  
  
• PR 13-165 - September 25, 2013
  National Science Board releases STEM education data and trends tool
  
  
• PR 13-164 - September 25, 2013
  National Science Foundation awards $19.4 million for research on coupled natural and human systems
  
  
• PR 13-163 - September 20, 2013
  NSF funds Harvard-led Science and Technology Center for Integrated Quantum Materials
  
  
• PR 13-162 - September 19, 2013
  NSF study documents proportion of university R&D funded by business
  
  
• PR 13-161 - September 19, 2013
  NSF report details increase in business research and development
  
  
• PR 13-160 - September 18, 2013
  National Science Board launches new science and engineering indicators app for iPad users
  
  
• PR 13-159 - September 17, 2013
  NSF grants broaden participation in science and engineering across the nation
  
  
• PR 13-158 - September 17, 2013
  NSF announces new Expeditions in Computing awards
  
  
• PR 13-157 - September 16, 2013
  Tropical forest carbon sink hinges on 'odd couple'
  
  
• PR 13-156 - September 13, 2013
  Measurements of Antarctic ice-shelf melt help to greatly refine models of global climate change
  
  
• PR 13-154 - September 10, 2013
  NSF and NEH support efforts to preserve languages threatened by extinction
  
  
• PR 13-153 - September 9, 2013
  New center to better understand human intelligence, build smarter machines
  
  
• PR 13-152 - September 6, 2013
  Scientists confirm existence of largest single volcano on Earth
  
  
• PR 13-151 - September 6, 2013
  Ground-breaking agreement strengthens United States and United Kingdom research collaboration
  
  
• PR 13-150 - September 4, 2013
  NSF Frontiers in Earth-System Dynamics awards explore links among Earth processes and systems
  
  
• PR 13-149 - August 29, 2013
  Call for nominations: 2014 awards honoring exemplary science leadership and public service
  
  
• PR 13-148 - August 26, 2013
  Ocean acidification: Making new discoveries through National Science Foundation research grants
  
  
• PR 13-147 - August 21, 2013
  US and UK scientists collaborate to design crops of the future
  
  
• PR 13-146 - August 19, 2013
  Recent NSF study reveals regional concentration of scientists and engineers in the United States
  
  
• PR 13-145 - August 19, 2013
  Global sea level rise temporarily dampened by 2010-11 Australia floods
  
  
• PR 13-144 - August 16, 2013
  New drilling technique helps reveal the "plumbing" beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet
  
  
• PR 13-143 - August 15, 2013
  Keeping pace with plant pathogens
  
  
• PR 13-142 - August 15, 2013
  Antarctic ice core sheds new light on how the last ice age ended
  
  
• PR 13-141 - August 15, 2013
  Geological feature on Mercury named for Antarctic research vessel
  
  
• PR 13-140 - August 15, 2013
  NSF invests $20 million in large projects to keep the nation's cyberspace secure and trustworthy
  
  
• PR 13-139 - August 8, 2013
  Seasonal carbon dioxide range expanding as more is added to Earth's atmosphere
  
  
• PR 13-138 - August 1, 2013
  Infectious diseases and climate change intersect with no simple answers
  
  
• PR 13-137 - August 1, 2013
  Back to the future: Scientists look into Earth's "Deep Time" to predict future effects of climate change
  
  
• PR 13-136 - July 25, 2013
  Project Engaging High-school Students in Research on Smoking Behavior Wins Science Magazine’s Inquiry-based Instruction Prize
  
  
• PR 13-135 - July 24, 2013
  NSF Awards Third Round of Grants to Advance Digitization of Biodiversity Collections
  
  
• PR 13-134 - July 24, 2013
  Boreal Forests in Alaska Becoming More Flammable; NSF-Funded Researchers Are Looking Into Whether Climate Is a Factor
  
  
• PR 13-133 - July 23, 2013
  India Is Latest to Partner With NSF Through GROW
  
  
• PR 13-132 - July 23, 2013
  NSF Grants Enhance Science and Engineering Research Capacity Across the Nation
  
  
• PR 13-131 - July 22, 2013
  Bee Faithful? Plant-Pollinator Relationships Compromised When Bee Species Decline
  
  
• PR 13-130 - July 22, 2013
  Smartphones Become Even Smarter
  
  
• PR 13-129 - July 17, 2013
  NSF-Funded Research Sheds New Light on How Surface Water Lubricates the Bottom of the Greenland Ice Sheet
  
  
• PR 13-128 - July 16, 2013
  'BREAD Ideas Challenge' Winners Announced: Each Receives $10,000 Prize
  
  
• PR 13-127 - July 16, 2013
  Study Reveals Increase in Bandwidth at Academic Institutions
  
  
• PR 13-126 - July 16, 2013
  Long-Buried New Jersey Seawall Spared Coastal Homes From Hurricane Sandy's Wrath
  
  
• PR 13-125 - July 16, 2013
  Study Identifies Source of Oil Sheens Near Deepwater Horizon Site
  
  
• PR 13-124 - July 10, 2013
  Chicago Teacher and Students Build Underwater Camera Rig to Observe and Record Antarctic Fish
  
  
• PR 13-123 - July 10, 2013
  Changing Atmosphere Affects How Much Water Trees Need
  
  
• PR 13-122 - July 9, 2013
  NSF, USDA, DOE Award Grants to Improve Predictions of Climate Change on Regional, Decadal Scales
  
  
• PR 13-121 - July 9, 2013
  NSF and NBC Learn Explore the Future of Water in New Video Series
  
  
• PR 13-120 - July 3, 2013
  NSF Announces First Cohort of Graduate Research Opportunities Worldwide Program
  
  
• PR 13-119 - June 28, 2013
  National Science Board Calls for Nominations for New Members
  
  
• PR 13-118 - June 28, 2013
  Interplay of Ecology, Infectious Disease, Wildlife and Human Health Featured at Annual Conference
  
  
• PR 13-117 - June 26, 2013
  Astronomers Detect Three 'Super-Earths' in Nearby Star's Habitable Zone
  
  
• PR 13-116 - June 26, 2013
  What Is the Fastest Articulated Motion a Human Can Execute?
  
  
• PR 13-115 - June 25, 2013
  NSF and Mozilla Announce Breakthrough Applications on a Faster, Smarter Internet of the Future
  
  
• PR 13-114 - June 25, 2013
  White House Honors Four Leaders of NSF-Funded Citizen Science Groups Studying Ecology
  
  
• PR 13-113 - June 20, 2013
  Latest Data Show Part-Time Graduate Enrollment in Science and Engineering Growing at a Higher Rate Than That of Full-Time Enrollment
  
  
• PR 13-112 - June 20, 2013
  Bacterial DNA May Integrate Into Human Genome More Readily in Tumor Tissue
  
  
• PR 13-111 - June 19, 2013
  Scientists Undertake Extensive Field Campaign to Study U.S. Southeast Atmospheric Chemistry
  
  
• PR 13-110 - June 20, 2013
  NSF and USAID Jointly Announce Next Round of Global Research Collaboration Awardees
  
  
• PR 13-109 - June 18, 2013
  New Zealand Coroner Rules Officially That January Plane Crash Killed Antarctic Twin Otter Crew
  
  
• PR 13-108 - June 17, 2013
  Natural Underwater Springs Show How Coral Reefs Respond to Ocean Acidification
  
  
• PR 13-107 - June 14, 2013
  National Science Foundation Participates in White House Initiatives in Wireless Broadband and Technological Innovation
  
  
• PR 13-106 - June 14, 2013
  'M-List' Recognizes Institutions Preparing Workers to Industry Standards in Advanced Manufacturing
  
  
• PR 13-105 - June 13, 2013
  STEM Graduate Education Challenge Prompts Hundreds to Offer Ideas for Improvements
  
  
• PR 13-104 - June 12, 2013
  Researchers Reveal Next-Generation Emergency Response Technology
  
  
• PR 13-103 - June 12, 2013
  NSF Makes Public Plan to Guide Development of its Largest Antarctic Research Station
  
  
• PR 13-102 - June 11, 2013
  World Oceans Month Brings Mixed News for Oysters
  
  
• PR 13-101 - June 10, 2013
  Whitebark Pine Trees: Is Their Future at Risk?
  
  
• PR 13-100 - June 7, 2013
  GSA Announces New Lease for National Science Foundation Headquarters
  
  
• PR 13-099 - June 5, 2013
  NSF-Supported Antarctic Science Documentary Is Also a Teaching Tool for Aspiring Film Students
  
  
• PR 13-098 - June 4, 2013
  Research and Development Funding for Businesses Was Virtually Unchanged Between 2009 and 2010
  
  
• PR 13-097 - June 3, 2013
  A Grassy Trend in Human Ancestors' Diets
  
  
• PR 13-096 - May 29, 2013
  NSF and NICT of Japan Announce Partnership in Next-Generation Networking
  
  
• PR 13-095 - May 29, 2013
  Cracking the Code of HIV; Providing An Up-Close View of the Enemy
  
  
• PR 13-094 - May 29, 2013
  Expedition to the Gulf of Alaska: Scientists Study Coastal Mountains and Glaciers
  
  
• PR 13-093 - May 28, 2013
  Understanding Biodiversity Patterns in Nature: It Takes Two Fields--Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  
  
• PR 13-092 - May 28, 2013
  Evolution in the Blink of an Eye
  
  
• PR 13-091 - May 28, 2013
  Ireland, Netherlands Are Latest to Partner With NSF Through GROW
  
  
• PR 13-090 - May 28, 2013
  Small Dams on Chinese River Harm Environment More Than Expected
  
  
• PR 13-089 - May 23, 2013
  NSF Invests in Science and Engineering Infrastructure in Key Areas Across the Nation
  
  
• PR 13-088 - May 21, 2013
  NSF and SRC to Fund Research to Create Failure-Resistant Systems and Circuits for Tomorrow’s Computing Applications
  
  
• PR 13-087 - May 20, 2013
  National Science Foundation-Funded Researchers Present Commercial-Ready Technologies to Industry
  
  
• PR 13-086 - May 15, 2013
  Scientists Discover Oldest Evidence of Split Between Old World Monkeys and Apes
  
  
• PR 13-085 - May 15, 2013
  University of Chicago Launches Bionimbus Protected Data Cloud to Analyze Cancer Data
  
  
• PR 13-084 - May 14, 2013
  Human Disease Leptospirosis Identified in New Species, the Banded Mongoose, in Africa
  
  
• PR 13-083 - May 13, 2013
  Where, When Will Thunderstorms Strike Colorado's Front Range, Adjacent Great Plains?
  
  
• PR 13-082 - May 9, 2013
  Climate Record From Bottom of Russian Lake Shows Arctic Was Warmer Millions of Years Ago
  
  
• PR 13-081 - May 8, 2013
  NSF Joins Forces with Intel and GE to Move the Needle in Producing U.S. Engineers and Computer Scientists
  
  
• PR 13-080 - May 6, 2013
  NSF Chooses U.S. Students to Participate in Joint Science Education Program in Greenland
  
  
• PR 13-079 - May 3, 2013
  National Science Foundation Announces Projects to Expand the Frontiers of Cyber-Physical Systems
  
  
• PR 13-078 - May 2, 2013
  'Dark Oxidants' Form Away from Sunlight in Lake and Ocean Depths, Underground Soils
  
  
• PR 13-077 - May 1, 2013
  New National Inventors Hall of Fame Inductees Received Vital NSF Support
  
  
• PR 13-076 - April 29, 2013
  What Happened to Dinosaurs' Predecessors After Earth's Largest Extinction 252 Million Years Ago?
  
  
• PR 13-075 - April 25, 2013
  Federally Funded Research and Development Centers Employed More Than 3,000 Postdoctoral Researchers in 2010
  
  
• PR 13-074 - April 23, 2013
  Report Traces Baccalaureate Origins of Science and Engineering Doctoral Recipients
  
  
• PR 13-073 - April 22, 2013
  Earth Day: Big Ecosystem Changes Viewed Through the Lens of Tiny Carnivorous Plants
  
  
• PR 13-072 - April 21, 2013
  Analysis of 2,000 Years of Climate Records Finds Global Cooling Trend Ended in the 19th Century
  
  
• PR 13-071 - April 19, 2013
  Sunlit Snow Triggers Atmospheric Cleaning, Ozone Depletion in the Arctic
  
  
• PR 13-070 - April 18, 2013
  New Techniques Allow Discovery of Smallest Super-Earth Exoplanets
  
  
• PR 13-069 - April 18, 2013
  Where Does Charcoal, or Black Carbon, in Soils Go?
  
  
• PR 13-068 - April 16, 2013
  NSF Webcast for Earth Day: An EKG for the Earth With NEON
  
  
• PR 13-067 - April 14, 2013
  Cutting Specific Atmospheric Pollutants Would Slow Sea Level Rise
  
  
• PR 13-066 - April 10, 2013
  National Science Foundation Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Request Sustains Momentum for Fundamental Research in Science, Technology and Innovation
  
  
• PR 13-065 - April 8, 2013
  New Models Predict Dramatically Greener Arctic in the Coming Decades
  
  
• PR 13-064 - April 5, 2013
  2013 Graduate Research Fellowships Reflect a Diversity of Fields, Institutions and Students
  
  
• PR 13-063 - April 5, 2013
  National Science Foundation-Funded Social Science Research Directly Benefits Americans
  
  
• PR 13-062 - April 4, 2013
  Not Slippery When Wet: Geckos Adhere to Surfaces Submerged Underwater
  
  
• PR 13-061 - April 3, 2013
  In Last Great Age of Warmth, Carbon Dioxide at Work...But Not Alone
  
  
• PR 13-060 - April 3, 2013
  Thin, Low Arctic Clouds Played an Important Role in Widespread 2012 Greenland Ice Sheet Melt
  
  
• PR 13-059 - April 2, 2013
  National Science Foundation Participates in White House Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative
  
  
• PR 13-058 - April 1, 2013
  NSF Launches $10,000 BREAD Ideas Challenge
  
  
• PR 13-057 - April 1, 2013
  Extreme Algae Blooms: The New Normal?
  
  
• PR 13-056 - March 28, 2013
  NSF-Supported Blue Waters, One of the World's Most Powerful Computers, Is Open for Research
  
  
• PR 13-055 - March 27, 2013
  NSF-Supported Stampede Opens the Gates of Advanced Computation to Thousands of Research Teams
  
  
• PR 13-054 - March 27, 2013
  National Science Board Announces Recipient of 2013 Public Service Award
  
  
• PR 13-053 - March 26, 2013
  National Science Foundation Data Demonstrate Modest Research and Development Growth in Fiscal Year 2010
  
  
• PR 13-052 - March 26, 2013
  Federally-funded Research and Development Centers Spend $17.8 Billion in Fiscal Year 2011
  
  
• PR 13-051 - March 26, 2013
  NSF-funded Superhero Supercomputer Helps Battle Autism
  
  
• PR 13-050 - March 26, 2013
  Physicist Neal Lane Receives 2013 Vannevar Bush Award
  
  
• PR 13-049 - March 25, 2013
  NSF Team Measures Antiproton's Magnetic Charge 680 Times More Precisely Than in Past Efforts
  
  
• PR 13-048 - March 25, 2013
  Endangered Lemurs' Genomes Sequenced
  
  
• PR 13-047 - March 21, 2013
  NSF Releases Response to External Panel's Recommendations for Streamlining Scientific Logistics in Antarctica
  
  
• PR 13-046 - March 21, 2013
  Before Dinosaurs' Era, Volcanic Eruptions Triggered Mass Extinction
  
  
• PR 13-045 - March 20, 2013
  Scientists Discover Layer of Liquified Molten Rock in Earth's Mantle
  
  
• PR 13-044 - March 18, 2013
  The National Science Foundation Names Electrical Engineering Researcher Mung Chiang its Alan T. Waterman Awardee for 2013
  
  
• PR 13-043 - March 18, 2013
  NSF Supports U.S. Participation in the Launch of a New International Effort Aimed at Making Data Easier to Share Among Researchers
  
  
• PR 13-042 - March 14, 2013
  Chile Is Latest to Partner With NSF Through GROW
  
  
• PR 13-041 - March 13, 2013
  NSF-funded Telescopes in Antarctica and Chile Discover Bursts of Star Formation in the Early Universe
  
  
• PR 13-040 - March 13, 2013
  National Science Foundation Celebrates Inauguration of Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile
  
  
• PR 13-039 - March 11, 2013
  Antarctic and Arctic Insects Use Different Genetic Mechanisms to Cope With Lack of Water
  
  
• PR 13-038 - March 7, 2013
  STEM Graduate Students Challenged to Submit Innovative Ideas to Improve Graduate Education
  
  
• PR 13-037 - March 7, 2013
  Earth Is Warmer Today Than During 70 to 80 Percent of the Past 11,300 Years
  
  
• PR 13-036 - March 7, 2013
  How to Thrive in Battery Acid and Among Toxic Metals
  
  
• PR 13-035 - March 5, 2013
  Report Highlights Latest Data on Women, Minorities and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering
  
  
• PR 13-034 - March 4, 2013
  Incoming! Then Outgoing! Waves Generated by Russian Meteor Recorded Crossing the U.S.
  
  
• PR 13-033 - March 1, 2013
  In Greenland and Antarctic Tests, Yeti Helps Conquer Some "Abominable" Polar Hazards
  
  
• PR 13-032 - February 27, 2013
  National Science Foundation and NBC Learn Release New 'Science Behind The News' Videos
  
  
• PR 13-031 - February 25, 2013
  International Team Targets Innovations in STEM Learning
  
  
• PR 13-030 - February 22, 2013
  National Science Foundation Collaborates with Federal Partners to Plan for Comprehensive Public Access to Research Results
  
  
• PR 13-029 - February 21, 2013
  NSF-funded Researchers Propose Promising New Technique for Probing Earth's Deep Interior
  
  
• PR 13-028 - February 21, 2013
  New Grants to Innovation Corps "Nodes" Further Enhance Public-Private Partnership
  
  
• PR 13-027 - February 15, 2013
  NSF Survey: 20 Percent of U.S. Businesses Performing or Funding R&D Applied for U.S. Patents in 2008
  
  
• PR 13-026 - February 14, 2013
  Artificial Retina Receives FDA Approval
  
  
• PR 13-025 - February 13, 2013
  Biodiversity Protects Against Disease, Scientists Find
  
  
• PR 13-024 - February 11, 2013
  A View Inside the Science of Innovation
  
  
• PR 13-023 - February 7, 2013
  Looking for a 'Smoking Gun' in Dinosaur Die-off
  
  
• PR 13-022 - February 7, 2013
  Placental Mammal Diversity Blossomed After Age of Dinosaurs
  
  
• PR 13-021 - February 7, 2013
  Animal Magnetism: First Evidence That Magnetism Helps Salmon Find Home
  
  
• PR 13-020 - February 6, 2013
  Ten International Research Funders Announce Round Three of 'Digging into Data' Challenge
  
  
• PR 13-019 - February 6, 2013
  National Science Foundation Selects University of Florida Professor Pramod P. Khargonekar to Head Engineering Directorate
  
  
• PR 13-018 - February 5, 2013
  NSF Director Subra Suresh Named Carnegie Mellon University President
  
  
• PR 13-017 - February 5, 2013
  Antarctic Ice Core Contains Unrivaled Detail of Past Climate
  
  
• PR 13-016 - February 1, 2013
  President Obama Awards Nation's Top Scientists and Innovators Highest Honor
  
  
• PR 13-015 - February 1, 2013
  Academic Institutions Added More Science and Engineering Research Space in Last Several Years
  
  
• PR 13-014 - January 31, 2013
  Winners of 10th Annual International Science & Technology Visualization Challenge Announced
  
  
• PR 13-013 - January 31, 2013
  Mutant Gene Responsible for Pigeons' Head Crests
  
  
• PR 13-012 - January 28, 2013
  U.S., New Zealand Search-and-Rescue Teams Recalled From Antarctic Plane Crash Site
  
  
• PR 13-011 - January 28, 2013
  In a Scientific and Engineering Breakthrough, NSF-funded Team Samples Antarctic Lake Beneath the Ice Sheet
  
  
• PR 13-010 - January 26, 2013
  Wreckage of Aircraft Located High in Antarctic Mountain Range
  
  
• PR 13-009 - January 25, 2013
  Switzerland Is Latest to Partner With NSF Through GROW
  
  
• PR 13-008 - January 24, 2013
  Analysis of Greenland Ice Cores Adds to Historical Record and May Provide Glimpse into Climate's Future
  
  
• PR 13-007 - January 23, 2013
  NSF Cooperating with Italy, New Zealand in Search for Downed Plane in Antarctica
  
  
• PR 13-006 - January 18, 2013
  Federal Budget Authority for R&D Declined in Fiscal Years 2011-12
  
  
• PR 13-005 - January 17, 2013
  Global Plant Diversity Hinges on Local Battles Against Invasive Species
  
  
• PR 13-004 - January 16, 2013
  Marginal Lands Are Prime Fuel Source for Alternative Energy
  
  
• PR 13-003 - January 15, 2013
  NSF Supports Global Research to Advance Science and Engineering for Sustainability
  
  
• PR 13-002 - January 9, 2013
  Magma in Earth's Mantle Forms Deeper Than Once Thought
  
  
• PR 13-001 - January 7, 2013
  Eureka Park Returns
  
  

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