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Can scientists change mucus to make it easier to clear, limiting harm to lungs?

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NSF, Popular Science announce this year’s Vizzies winners

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

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

NSF announces new awards for quantum research, technologies

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NSF announces new measures to protect research community from harassment

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NSF: Next steps against harassment

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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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Nano-sandwiching improves heat transfer, prevents overheating in nanoelectronics

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NSF funds new integrative approaches to cognitive science, neuroscience

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NSF INCLUDES takes major step forward with new awards

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

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NSF invests in research to help disrupt operations of illicit supply networks

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For UW physicists, the 2D form of tungsten ditelluride is full of surprises

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New technique uses templates to guide self-folding 3D structures

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Vibrations at an exceptional point

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New NSF awards support the creation of bio-based semiconductors

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Smart bandages designed to monitor and tailor treatment for chronic wounds

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Implanting diamonds with flaws offers key technology for quantum communications

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NSF awards more than $150 million to early career researchers in engineering and computer science

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Squeezing light at the nanoscale

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Statement on National Academies sexual harassment study

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Tunable diamond string may hold key to quantum memory

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1-D material packs a powerful punch for next generation electronics

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Thin engineered material perfectly redirects and reflects sound

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NSF announces 2018 winners for Generation Nano: Superheroes Inspired by Science

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Discovered mode of drinking in mosquitoes carries biomedical implications

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Researchers demonstrate existence of new form of electronic matter

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