Science Matters

Natural disasters – hurricanes, floods, heat waves, wildfires, pandemics – can have a broad impact, affecting millions of people across the U.S.

The importance of a diverse STEM-educated workforce to the nation's prosperity, security and competitiveness grows every year.

Wildfires are a nearly constant threat to lives, homes and business — an impact that cannot be diminished — but they are also a threat to ecosystems and climates.

The oceans cover 71% of the Earth's surface, but house 99% of the world's biosphere – the areas where living organisms are found.

In early March 2020 the small city of Camden, South Carolina, had one of the first confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state.

In the face of growing global competition across various high-tech sectors, U.S. investments in fields like artificial intelligence have never been more crucial.

In summer 2012, a team from Arizona State University embarked on a unique training program to learn if their advances in haptics technology — a technology that simulates the senses of touch and motion…

GRFP is a prestigious program that supports outstanding graduate students pursuing research-based master's and doctoral degrees across NSF-supported STEM fields.

This weekend a global audience will — virtually — see the long delayed 2020 Summer Olympics finally get underway in Tokyo.

Is an output of your science and engineering research ready to be “translated” into a product, service or application?