National Science Foundation - Where Discoveries Begin

Squeezing light at the nanoscale

News From the Field

A sprinkle of platinum nanoparticles onto graphene makes brain probes more sensitive

News From the Field

Magnetic 3-D-printed structures crawl, roll, and jump

News From the Field

Statement on National Academies sexual harassment study

Press Statement

Rutgers researchers develop automated robotic device for faster blood testing

News From the Field

Targeting strategy may open door to better cancer drug delivery

News From the Field

New target for treating heart failure identified by Penn Medicine researchers

News From the Field

Silicon provides means to control quantum bits for faster algorithms

News From the Field

Electrons take one step forward without two steps back

News From the Field

New tools reveal prelude to chaos

News From the Field

Fungi-produced pigment shows promise as semiconductor material

News From the Field

Neurons ripple while brains rest to lock in memories

News From the Field

Capturing light in a waveguide array

News From the Field

Novel microscopy technique developed to analyze cellular focal adhesion dynamics

News From the Field

Breakthrough in controlling DNA-based robots

News From the Field

Nearly 300 NSF-funded small businesses to demonstrate emerging technologies

Media Advisory

One-step, 3-D printing for multimaterial projects developed by WSU researchers

News From the Field

First chip-scale broadband optical system that can sense molecules in the mid-IR

News From the Field

Rare element to provide better material for high-speed electronics

News From the Field

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

News From the Field

'These could revolutionize the world'

News From the Field

Tunable diamond string may hold key to quantum memory

News From the Field

Flexible, highly efficient multimodal energy harvesting

News From the Field

Researchers operate lab-grown heart cells by remote control

News From the Field

Rutgers researchers create a 3-D printed smart gel that walks underwater, moves objects

News From the Field

New algorithm more accurately predicts life expectancy after heart failure

News From the Field

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

News From the Field

Even low concentrations of silver can foil wastewater treatment

News From the Field

Statement on Artificial Intelligence for American Industry

Press Statement