Science Matters

Over 3 billion people — more than one-third of the world's population — depend on ocean and coastal ecosystems for their livelihood.

The U.S. National Science Foundation supports research opportunities and provides stipends for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows and scholars.

Mass timber — a structural material engineered by bonding together layers of wood — is gaining popularity in the construction sector.

An international study, funded in part by the U.S. National Science Foundation, found that horses have been present on the Great Plains of North America since as early as the 16th century.

With mouths agape, movie audiences for more than 40 years have watched a certain outgunned rebel spaceship's futile attempt to flee a ginormous imperial star destroyer.

Artificial intelligence models, such as Open AI's ChatGPT, have dominated the news cycle and captured the public's imagination.

The US National Science Foundation is at the forefront of these efforts, supporting researchers studying black holes; facilities such as the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, the…

The postdoctoral mentoring plan has been an NSF requirement since 2009, recognizing the important role that mentorship plays in the postdoctoral experience and their future career paths.

Earth's magnetic field does more than keep everyone's compass needles pointed in the same direction.

You're probably familiar with "oxygen saturation," a term that became more widely known because of the COVID-19 pandemic.