National Science Foundation - Where Discoveries Begin

Why Frances Arnold’s Nobel Prize is a significant achievement for engineering

Light-activated, single-ion catalyst breaks down carbon dioxide

News From the Field

How to convert climate-changing carbon dioxide into plastics and other products

News From the Field

Current climate models underestimate warming by black carbon aerosol

News From the Field

'Waltzing' nanoparticles could advance search for better drug delivery methods

News From the Field

Processing human urine to recycle nutrients into fertilizer

Science Nation

NSF, Popular Science announce this year’s Vizzies winners

News Release

Stretchy solar cells a step closer

News From the Field

NSF announces awards to shape the human-technology partnership for the well-being of workers and their productivity

News Release

Detecting E. coli strains using molecular electronics

News From the Field

Hydropower, innovations and avoiding international dam shame

News From the Field

New tech delivers high-tech film that blocks EMI

News From the Field

Manganese may finally solve hydrogen fuel cells' catalyst problem

News From the Field

Fracking wastewater accumulation found in freshwater mussels' shells

News From the Field

A stabilizing influence enables lithium-sulfur battery evolution

News From the Field

How communication among cells affects development of multicellular tissue

News From the Field

Testing new drugs with 'ALS-on-a-chip'

News From the Field

Scientists mimic the earliest stages of human development

News From the Field

NSF announces $24.2 million to support research fueling smart cities and communities

News Release

Machine learning provides new insights into cellular biology

News From the Field

Statement on the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2018

Press Statement

Flowing salt water over this super-hydrophobic surface can generate electricity

News From the Field

Research brief: A look at 377 metros -- can local food product meet local household demand?

News From the Field

Sustainable Agriculture: Engineering a win-win solution for poultry litter

Science Nation

NSF to build capacity for convergent engineering research centers with national impacts

NSF announces new awards for quantum research, technologies

News Release

Can a common heart condition cause sudden death?

News From the Field

Synthetic organelle shows how tiny puddle-organs in our cells work

News From the Field

NSF announces new measures to protect research community from harassment

News Release