National Science Foundation - Where Discoveries Begin

Media call: NSF harassment policy next steps

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NSF funds new integrative approaches to cognitive science, neuroscience

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New TRIPODS+X awards target Big Data solutions for broad range of research challenges

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NSF INCLUDES takes major step forward with new awards

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Got an idea for science and engineering research? Send it to the NSF 2026 Idea Machine

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NSF invests in research to help disrupt operations of illicit supply networks

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Trace metals in the air make big splash on life under the sea

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Researchers help close security hole in popular encryption software

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NSF launches effort to create first practical quantum computer

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Statement on the awarding of the 2018 Fields Medal

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New NSF awards support the creation of bio-based semiconductors

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Artificial neural network recognizes 'molecular handwriting'

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NSF awards more than $150 million to early career researchers in engineering and computer science

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Researchers engineer bacteria to exhibit stochastic Turing patterns

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Statement on National Academies sexual harassment study

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DIY brings high throughput to continuous cell culturing

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Mobile app helps to screen for autism

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AI for nanoparticles

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Ingestible 'bacteria on a chip' could help diagnose disease

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Researchers devise more effective location awareness for the Internet-of-(many)-Things

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Schizophrenics' blood has more genetic material from microbes

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Statement on Artificial Intelligence for American Industry

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NSF announces 2018 winners for Generation Nano: Superheroes Inspired by Science

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Let them eat xylose: Yeast engineered to grow efficiently on novel nutrients

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Smart cities and communities conference features NSF-funded researchers working with local community partners

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With new 'shuffling' trick, researchers can measure gene activity in single cells

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Engineers create most efficient red light-activated switch that can turn genes on and off in mammalian cells

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Rice team designs lens-free fluorescent microscope

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Quantum machine shows promise for biological research

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