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Beth Linker Is Turning Good Posture on Its Head

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This week with NSF Director Panchanathan

This week with NSF Director Panchanathan This week, NSF Director Panchanathan traveled to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, joining Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) and Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) to spotlight the launch of two NSF awards: the Technology Enabled… Read more at nsf.gov

You Really Are a Tick Magnet

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5 Fascinating Space and Astronomy Images From June

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Whens the best time to go birding? Whenever you read this.

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Whens the best time to go birding? Whenever you read this.

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Neutrinos Build a Ghostly Map of the Milky Way

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The Cosmos Is Thrumming With Gravitational Waves Astronomers Find

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Cuttlefish Are Constantly Reinventing Themselves

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The Forbidden Planet That Escaped a Fiery Doom

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Scientists find double quasar in early universe

Scientists find double quasar in early universe Scientists have made an unexpected discovery — a pair of gravitationally bound quasars inside two merging galaxies that existed when the universe was just 3 billion years old. An international group of researchers, including cosmologists at Carnegie… Read more at nsf.gov

Scientists discover easy way to make materials with atomically thin metal layers

Scientists discover easy way to make materials with atomically thin metal layers The secret to a perfect croissant is in the layers — as many as possible, each one interspersed with butter. Similarly, a material with promise for new applications is made of many thin layers of metal, between which scientists can slip different… Read more at nsf.gov

Perfect 'pathogen' storm: Vibrio bacteria Sargassum and plastic marine debris

Perfect 'pathogen' storm: Vibrio bacteria, Sargassum and plastic marine debris A new U.S. National Science Foundation-supported study has uncovered how the interplay between Sargassum spp., plastic marine debris andVibrio bacteria creates the perfect "pathogen" storm, with implications for marine life and public health. Vibrio… Read more at nsf.gov

NSF Director Panchanathan meets three Members of Congress at the University of Tennessee Knoxville for project kick-off announces funding for UT's advanced materials and manufacturing center

NSF Director Panchanathan meets three Members of Congress at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, for project kick-off, announces funding for UT's advanced materials and manufacturing center U.S. National Science Foundation Director Panchanathan traveled to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, for the Tennessee Mobility Showcase on Monday, June 26. He joined Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN), and Rep. Tim Burchett… Read more at nsf.gov

Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan

Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan It is indeed an historic day for NSF as we advance science, technology and innovation at speed and scale. It is truly an honor to welcome the Honorable Prime Minister of India, Mr. Narendra Modi, who is committed to unleashing talent at scale in… Read more at nsf.gov

John B. Goodenough 100 Dies; Nobel-Winning Creator of the Lithium-Ion Battery

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The Terror of Threes in the Heavens and on Earth

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NSF invests $162 million in research centers to accelerate materials science from lab to factory

NSF invests $162 million in research centers to accelerate materials science from lab to factory A $162 million investment from the U.S. National Science Foundation will drive the creation of advanced materials capable of remarkable things — from being tough enough to withstand the heat of a fusion reactor to processing information at the… Read more at nsf.gov

How to Build a Scent Smorgasbord for Mosquitoes

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How your submissions to a birding app even strange ones help scientists.

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Scientists Debut Lab Models of Human Embryos

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This week with NSF Director Panchanathan

This week with NSF Director Panchanathan This week, NSF Director Panchanathan had the honor of hosting First Lady Dr. Jill Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at NSF headquarters. The visit began with the director, prime minister and first lady — renowned for her commitment to… Read more at nsf.gov

New Study Bolsters Room-Temperature Superconductor Claim

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The director and deep-sea explorer James Cameron points to flaws in the Titan submersibles design.

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NSF launches new $30 million program to assess outcomes of R&D spending

NSF launches new $30 million program to assess outcomes of R&D spending The U.S. National Science Foundation today launched Assessing and Predicting Technology Outcomes, or APTO, a new $30 million program that will fund research to evaluate the effectiveness of research and development investments and create models and… Read more at nsf.gov

Birding from your window is a joy. Its easy to get started.

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Henry Petroski Whose Books Decoded Engineering Dies at 81

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Three decades ago a reporter took a plunge into wonder and danger.

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The Secret in the Spots on Monarch Butterflies Wings

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Massive iceberg discharges during the last ice age had no impact on nearby Greenland

Massive iceberg discharges during the last ice age had no impact on nearby Greenland During the last ice age, massive icebergs periodically broke off from an ice sheet covering a large swath of North America and discharged rapidly melting ice into the North Atlantic Ocean around Greenland, triggering abrupt climate change impacts… Read more at nsf.gov

Breakthrough in computer chip energy efficiency could cut data center electricity use

Breakthrough in computer chip energy efficiency could cut data center electricity use Researchers at Oregon State University and Baylor University have made a breakthrough in reducing the energy consumption of the photonic chips used in data centers and supercomputers. The findings are important because a data center can consume up to… Read more at nsf.gov

Some experts fear an innovative submersible maker was cutting corners.

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Some experts fear an innovative submersible maker was cutting corners.

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NSF announces guidelines for agency research security analytics practice

NSF announces guidelines for agency research security analytics practice The U.S. National Science Foundation recently released guidelines for research security analytics on the agency's research security website. Research security, defined as safeguarding of the U.S. enterprise against the misappropriation of research… Read more at nsf.gov

Fossils Show How Long-Necked Reptiles Lost Their Heads

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Should Medicine Still Bother With Eponyms?

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A Bear That Looked Like a Raccoon and Had a Dangerous Appetite

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Christian Cooper and Amy Tan on How Birding Brings Them Joy: a Live Event

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The Sad Story Behind a Prehistoric Reptiles Grin

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NSF AACC announce 2023 Community College Innovation Challenge winners

NSF, AACC announce 2023 Community College Innovation Challenge winners Today, the U.S. National Science Foundation, in partnership with the American Association of Community Colleges announced the three winning teams of this year's Community College Innovation Challenge. A team of expert judges selected the Houston… Read more at nsf.gov

Study forecasts future nitrogen loads under various drainage and crop rotation scenarios

Study forecasts future nitrogen loads under various drainage and crop rotation scenarios Midwestern agriculture causes an oxygen-starved hypoxic zone, and challenges coastal economies by contributing most of the nitrogen in the Gulf of Mexico. State and federal policymakers have tried for decades to provide solutions and incentives, but… Read more at nsf.gov

Four Killer Whales Are Spotted Off New England Coast

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Uptick Seen in Red Knots on Jersey Shore

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Christian Cooper and Amy Tan on How Birding Brings Them Joy: a Live Event

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Roger Payne Biologist Who Heard Whales Singing Dies at 88

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Quantum Computing Advance Begins New Era IBM Says

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A Soda Ocean on a Moon of Saturn Has All the Ingredients for Life

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NSF selects 34 semifinalists for the inaugural NSF Regional Innovation Engines competition

NSF selects 34 semifinalists for the inaugural NSF Regional Innovation Engines competition The U.S. National Science Foundation announced 34 semifinalists for the first-ever NSF Regional Innovation Engines (NSF Engines) competition, spanning nearly all key technology areas and societal and economic challenges highlighted in the "CHIPS and… Read more at nsf.gov

This Extinct Dolphin Had Tusks That Fish Were Wise to Avoid

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These Flies Age Faster After Witnessing Death

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Scalpel, Forceps, Bone Drill: Modern Medicine in Ancient Rome

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How did birds first take off?

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Seven Underappreciated Birding Spots in New York

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Owen Gingerich, Astronomer Who Saw God in the Cosmos, Dies at 93

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July 1: The Euclid telescope could launch to space.

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Indo-Pacific corals more resilient to climate change than Atlantic corals

Indo-Pacific corals more resilient to climate change than Atlantic corals In the face of global warming and other environmental changes, corals in the Atlantic Ocean have declined precipitously in recent years, while corals in the Pacific and Indian Oceans are faring better. By describing several species of symbiotic algae… Read more at nsf.gov

Highly dexterous robot hand can operate in the dark — just like humans

Highly dexterous robot hand can operate in the dark — just like humans Think about what you do with your hands when you're home at night pushing buttons on your TV's remote control, or at a restaurant using all kinds of cutlery and glassware. These skills are all based on touch, while you're watching a TV program or… Read more at nsf.gov

Cosmic Luck: NASA’s Apollo 11 Moon Quarantine Broke Down

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Wild Mammals Roamed When Covid Kept Humans Home

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Why the wildfire smoke makes the sky turn wild colors.

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Our Local Black Hole Serves Up an ‘Awe Moment’

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Elephant seals drift off to sleep while diving far below the ocean surface

Elephant seals drift off to sleep while diving far below the ocean surface For the first time, scientists have recorded brain activity in a free-ranging, wild marine mammal, revealing the sleep habits of elephant seals during the months they spend at sea. The new findings, partially funded by the U.S. National Science… Read more at nsf.gov

Genomes from 240 mammalian species reveal what makes the human genome unique

Genomes from 240 mammalian species reveal what makes the human genome unique Over the past 100 million years, mammals have adapted to nearly every environment on Earth. Scientists with the Zoonomia Project are cataloging the diversity in mammalian genomes by comparing DNA sequences from 240 species that exist today, from the… Read more at nsf.gov

How Solar Wind Flows From the Sun Like Water From a Shower Head

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Aug. 11: Russia could launch the Luna-25 mission to the moon.

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Scientists Discover a Virgin Birth in a Crocodile

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Gene Therapy May Offer Birth Control for Cats

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