National Science Foundation - Where Discoveries Begin

Quantum mechanics work lets oil industry know promise of recovery experiments

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Illinois research accurately predicts US end-of-season corn yield

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Software finds the best way to stick a Mars landing

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NSF announces new awards for quantum research, technologies

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NSF announces new measures to protect research community from harassment

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NSF: Next steps against harassment

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Media call: NSF harassment policy next steps

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Physicists develop new techniques to enhance data analysis for Large Hadron Collider

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NSF funds new integrative approaches to cognitive science, neuroscience

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NSF INCLUDES takes major step forward with new awards

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Physics model acts as an 'EKG' for solar panel health

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New institute to address massive data demands from upgraded Large Hadron Collider

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Water worlds could support life, study says

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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 awards $60 million for next-generation supercomputer

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

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Supercomputer simulations show new target in HIV-1 replication

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This small molecule could hold the key to promising HIV treatments

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New NSF awards support the creation of bio-based semiconductors

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'Molecular movie' captures chemical reaction on atomic scale

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

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Report provides 24-hour view of cyberattacks in Florida, US

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Statement on National Academies sexual harassment study

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NSF supports development of new nationwide data storage network

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Salt Lake's light rail trains are air quality sleuths

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New algorithm fuses quality and quantity in satellite imagery

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Rare element to provide better material for high-speed electronics

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Supercomputing the emergence of material behavior

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Mechanical force controls the speed of protein synthesis

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