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NSF announces new measures to protect research community from harassment

News Release

NSF: Next steps against harassment

Fact Sheet

Media call: NSF harassment policy next steps

Media Advisory

NSF funds new integrative approaches to cognitive science, neuroscience

News Release

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

News Release

NSF INCLUDES takes major step forward with new awards

News Release

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

News Release

Device harvests energy from low-frequency vibrations

News From the Field

Engineered sand zaps storm water pollutants

News From the Field

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

News Release

Biosensor allows real-time oxygen monitoring for 'organs-on-a-chip'

News From the Field

Biofilm Project Takes Aim at Erosion Control

News From the Field

Rice U. system selectively sequesters toxins from water

News From the Field

New NSF awards support the creation of bio-based semiconductors

News Release

About half of parents use cell phones while driving with young children in the car

News From the Field

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

News Release

DNA enzyme shuffles cell membranes a thousand times faster than its natural counterpart

News From the Field

Statement on National Academies sexual harassment study

Press Statement

Silicon provides means to control quantum bits for faster algorithms

News From the Field

Engineers on a roll toward smaller, more efficient radio frequency transformers

News From the Field

How to assess new solar technologies

News From the Field

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

News Release

Mat baits, hooks and destroys pollutants in water

News From the Field

Illinois researchers develop heat switch for electronics

News From the Field

How NSF honors America's educators

Discovery

Note from the director: Broadening participation through NSF INCLUDES

Discovery

'Lossless' metamaterial could boost efficiency of lasers and other light-based devices

News From the Field

Cleaner water, cleaner future: Engineering new water tech

Special Report

Nanoscale solutions to a very large problem

Discovery