National Science Foundation - Where Discoveries Begin

What makes a mammal a mammal? Our spine, say scientists

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NSF, NIEHS award $30 million for new research on links among oceans, lakes and human health

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Scientists launch project to help predict air quality, enhance crop yields

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Future impacts of El Niño, La Niña likely to intensify, increasing wildfire, drought risk

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

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Clay fights MRSA, other 'superbugs' in wounds

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Summer monsoon rains benefit underground aquifers of the desert Southwest

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NSF awards $6.4 million grant to Sevilleta Long-Term Ecological Research drylands site

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Scientists fly above wildfires this summer to clarify chemistry of smoke

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Scientists use satellites to measure vital underground water resources

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NSF-supported researchers to present new results on hurricanes and other extreme events

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Scientists study connection between Great Plains precipitation and agricultural irrigation

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Are our lawns biological deserts?

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Scientists discover coral 'oases' where reefs thrive

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NSF, NASA scientists explore ocean's 'twilight zone' to uncover links between carbon and plankton

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To forecast winter rainfall in Los Angeles, look to New Zealand in the summer

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Hurricanes lead to resilience: Good news follows bad for Puerto Rico's tropical forests

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Giant kelp switches diet when key nutrient becomes scarce

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World Oceans Day: 10 things to know about coral reefs and their microbiomes

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New NSF special report released ahead of World Oceans Day: Catch a Wave! The Science of Summer

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Catch a Wave! The Science of Summer

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Hurricanes: Stronger, slower, wetter in the future?

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Lifting the economy on hawks' wings

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Pollution-related disease presents global environmental challenge

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Two decades of hurricanes change coastal ecosystems: increase algae blooms, fish kills, dead zones

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Sunlight reduces effectiveness of dispersants used to clean up oil spills

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Billions of gallons of water saved by thinning forests

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Microbes in underground aquifers beneath deep-sea Mid-Atlantic Ridge 'chow down' on carbon

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Giant group of octopus moms discovered in the deep sea

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