National Science Foundation - Where Discoveries Begin

LIGO and Virgo make first detection of gravitational waves produced by colliding neutron stars

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LIGO: Einstein Was Right

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NSF announces $19.5M in awards to support fundamental research to advance the nation’s local cities and communities

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EarthScope's Transportable Array now spans Alaska, the last frontier

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Fossil discovery in Tanzania reveals ancient bobcat-sized carnivore

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Scientists to discuss new developments in gravitational-wave astronomy

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After the 2016 El Niño, coral reefs in Moorea are thriving -- why?

Discovery

NSF awards $5.3 million in 59 grants to study effects of recent hurricanes

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Funding the future of materials science

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Statement on the Nobel Prize for Economics 2017

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This soft robotic gripper can screw in your light bulbs for you

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Diversity of large animals plays an important role in carbon cycle

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Clear lakes disguise impaired water quality

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Fruit fly muscles with a hypertrophic cardiomyopathy mutation don't relax properly

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Prototype shows how tiny photodetectors can double their efficiency

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A zero-index waveguide

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New methods tackle a perplexing engineering concept

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P53 'master switch' remains top target in gene signaling network controlling cancer

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Household tasks still not shared equally between genders

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Bacteria self-organize to build working sensors

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Deer prefer native plants leaving lasting damage on forests

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Columbia engineers invent breakthrough millimeter-wave circulator IC

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Columbia researchers observe exotic quantum particle in bilayer graphene

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Nobel Prizes--The NSF Connection

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New telescope attachment allows ground-based observations of new worlds

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Study warns of pumpkin-colored zombies

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Old Faithful's geological heart revealed

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Smart bandage could promote better, faster healing

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Do earthquakes have a 'tell'?

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