Science Matters

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?

Trace elements are rare but can be incredibly important. Some, such as iron, are micronutrients — similar to vitamins, they are needed only in very small amounts but are essential.

It starts with a spark. A STEM spark.

Whether you’re rejoicing with a loved one whose cancer is in remission or just binge-watching another superhero show on your TV, you’re reaping the benefits of inventions: the transistor, the internet…

A seafloor mapping team was cruising off California's Pacific Coast in 2009 when the unthinkable happened: A great blue whale surfaced directly under their research vessel.

A colorful character has become the mascot for a research program studying the impact of climate change on the economically important lobster fisheries of Maine.

Twelve people have been to the moon, but until 2019, only three people had been to the deepest part of the ocean: Challenger Deep, a trench off the Mariana Islands that lies nearly 11 kilometers below…