National Science Foundation - Where Discoveries Begin

Tracking the movement of the tropics 800 years into the past

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Classifying microbes differently leads to discovery

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Mysterious kidney disease on the rise in South Asia

Discovery

Tropical frogs found to coexist with deadly fungus

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Large stretches of coral reefs can be rehabilitated

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Taking out the (life-threatening) garbage: Bacteria eject trash to survive

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Bees' medicine chest should include sunflower pollen, UMass Amherst study suggests

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Sunflower pollen has medicinal, protective effects on bees

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Climate change not main driver of amphibian decline

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NSF awards $15 million to understand how people can better interact with the environment

News Release

NSF announces new awards for Understanding the Rules of Life

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Media invited to NSF for distinguished lecture with Boston University’s Michael Dietze

Media Advisory

NSF announces new measures to protect research community from harassment

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NSF: Next steps against harassment

Fact Sheet

Diverse forests are stronger against drought

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Gut microbes' role in mammals' evolution starts to become clearer

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Engineering biology through DNA’s environment

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Media call: NSF harassment policy next steps

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NSF INCLUDES takes major step forward with new awards

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Alpine ecosystems struggle to recover from nitrogen deposition

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Researchers Study How Wolf Predation Shapes Elk Antler Evolution

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Coastal researchers examine resource scarcity and poverty traps in coastal Tanzania

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Got an idea for science and engineering research? Send it to the NSF 2026 Idea Machine

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Biomechanics of chewing depend more on animal size, not diet

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Climate change to accelerate crop losses from insects

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Climate change projected to boost insect activity and crop loss, researchers say

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NSF funds new projects to ‘connect dots’ (and data) to address longstanding, multi-scaled environmental problems

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Global warming: More insects, hungrier for crops

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In drought and heavy rains, ecosystems function like information communication networks

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