National Science Foundation - Where Discoveries Begin

Discovering the cosmic mines of heavy elements

Discovery

How much water flows into agricultural irrigation? New study provides 18-year water use record

News Release

A fresh look at fresh water: Researchers create a 50,000-lake database

News Release

Community College Innovation Challenge

Special Report

NSF-funded graduate researcher developed multi-finger touch function now used in smartphones

Impact

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

News Release

LIGO: Einstein Was Right

Special Report

First observations of merging neutron stars mark a new era in astronomy

News From the Field

Gravitational waves + new clues from space reveal new way to make a black hole

News From the Field

Radio 'eyes' unlocking secrets of neutron-star collision

News From the Field

Harvey runoff menaces Texas' coral reefs

News From the Field

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

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An evolving sticky situation

News From the Field

Laser cavities take on new shapes and functionalities

News From the Field

Mantis shrimp-inspired camera enables glimpse into hidden world

News From the Field

Study shows how rough microparticles can cause big problems

News From the Field

Spotting the spin of the Majorana fermion under the microscope

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Chemistry provides a new supply of a promising cancer and HIV treatment

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VLBA measurement promises complete picture of Milky Way

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Paleogenomic analysis sheds light on Easter Island mysteries

News From the Field

Penn-led study identifies genes responsible for diversity of human skin colors

News From the Field

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

News Release

Fossil discovery in Tanzania reveals ancient bobcat-sized carnivore

News Release

Scientists to discuss new developments in gravitational-wave astronomy

Media Advisory

Biology study suggests father's nutrition before sex could contribute to health of baby

News From the Field

Sorting the myriad medicinal molecules of coral reefs

News From the Field

Study casts doubt on warming implications of brown carbon aerosol from wildfires

News From the Field

Analysis: Metal supplies unlikely to seriously hamper battery use

News From the Field

New software speeds origami structure designs

News From the Field