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The U.S. National Science Foundation congratulates Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and James A. Robinson of the University of Chicago as the 2024 recipients of the Nobel Prize in economics — formally the…

This week, NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan led transformative discussions and visits, strengthening global partnerships and propelling innovation to new heights. On Tuesday, Panchanathan hosted the chairman of Singapore Economic Development…

Starting this winter through next summer, the U.S. National Science Foundation is supporting three field campaigns, or collaborative research activities, to study atmospheric phenomena. The first will take place in Colorado and focus on snowstorms…

Smartphones, batteries and satellites all require critical minerals like cobalt, niobium and tin. As society increasingly relies on these minerals to create a more sustainable energy economy, demand may soon outpace available supply. To potentially…

The transatlantic partnership aims to propel innovative technology translation, lay the foundation for new industries and positively impact people's lives in the U.S. and Europe The U.S. National Science Foundation, through its Directorate for…

Origami, the ancient art of paper folding, is taking a futuristic turn with the work of Cynthia Sung at the University of Pennsylvania. Supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program award, " Computational…

The U.S. government has released the National Spectrum Research and Development Plan, a crucial step forward in maintaining America's global leadership in wireless spectrum innovation. The Wireless Spectrum Research and Development Interagency…

The U.S. National Science Foundation congratulates David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper on being awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry. Baker and his colleagues revolutionized protein design enabling the creation of protein structures…

The U.S. National Science Foundation Growing Convergence Research (NSF GCR) awards are fostering deep integration across disciplines and pushing the boundaries of current research paradigms. The awards bring together experts from multiple science…

The U.S. National Science Foundation congratulates John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton for their Nobel Prize in physics. Their research and innovations helped make possible "machines that learn" — artificial neural networks with the ability to…

The U.S. National Science Foundation congratulates Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine. Their breakthrough discovery of microRNAs, a fundamental component of how gene activity is regulated, transformed our…

The U.S. National Science Foundation Director Sethuraman Panchanathan had a dynamic week as he met with domestic and international partners to emphasize NSF's commitment to unite global talent and unlock the potential of research and innovation. On…

The development of a cutting-edge technique to monitor and control chemical reactions in real time has the potential to transform pharmaceutical manufacturing and other industries. Molecular rotational resonance (MRR) spectroscopy provides high-speed…

The ability to accurately and rapidly identify key physiological signatures of injury - such as hemorrhage and airway injuries - proved key to success in the DARPA Triage Challenge Event 1. DART took the top spot in the Systems competition, while Coordinated Robotics topped the leaderboard in the Virtual competition and pulled off the win in the Data competition. DARPA-funded and self-funded teams compete side-by-side throughout the DARPA Triage Challenge. Only self-funded teams are eligible for prizes in the challenge events, but they must finish in the top five overall for the Systems competition and top five overall for the Virtual competition. All qualified teams are eligible for prizes in the Final Event. These self-funded teams won between $60,000 - $120,000 each for their first-place finishes.

Flip a switch on the wall, and it turns on a light across the room through a simple circuit. Now add 140,000 other switches and try and figure out which one controls the light. That is similar to the challenge undertaken by an international…

The U.S. National Science Foundation, in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has awarded over $6 million in research funding across seven projects to explore the development of…

An avulsion is a river term referring to the rapid abandonment of a channel and the formation of a new one, often resulting in devastating flooding. Now, with funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation, Indiana University researchers have…

All three research projects that received the 2024 Golden Goose Award celebrating the wide-ranging impact of federally funded research that has led to breakthroughs for science and society trace their roots back to support for basic research provided…

When did humans colonize the western Mediterranean? New U.S. National Science Foundation -supported research shows that it may be much earlier than archaeologists thought. The study was conducted on the Spanish island of Mallorca, where a 25-foot…

How plants balance carbon dioxide intake with water loss in the face of rising temperatures has implications for water use in agriculture and the resilience of critical crops to environmental change. U.S. National Science Foundation-supported…