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Engineers create a simple test that can measure stress

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NSF awards ASEE $5.3 million to support underserved postdoctoral researchers

Largest, fastest array of microscopic 'traffic cops' for optical communications

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Cricket bacteria break down lignin, highlighting ecology's utility in applied R&D

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Sweat holds most promise for noninvasive testing

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No wires, more cuddles: Sensors are first to monitor babies in the NICU without wires

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Andrea Belz to lead NSF Division of Industrial Innovation and Partnerships

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

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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Domestic violence interventions: Thoughts on what works to address this costly crime

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Novel quantum dots enhance cell imaging

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Fracking wastewater accumulation found in freshwater mussels' shells

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Implantable, biodegradable devices speed nerve regeneration in rats

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Researchers demonstrate first example of a bioresorbable electronic medicine

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How to make a lab-on-a-chip clear and biocompatible (with less blood splatter)

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

Spheres can make concrete leaner, greener

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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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NSF creates New England hub for innovation and entrepreneurship

After 150 years, a breakthrough in understanding the conversion of CO2 to electrofuels

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Media call: NSF harassment policy next steps

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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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Once a performance barrier, this material quirk could strengthen our telecommunication connections

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Groundbreaking poplar study shows trees can be genetically engineered not to spread

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