Podcast: Photonic quantum chips promise fast future Miloš Popović, an NSF-supported associate professor, discusses a collaboration that has built a photonic quantum system into a traditional electronic chip... Read more at nsf.gov
Ultrathin conductor developed for nanoelectronics could be better than copper With multiple grants and research infrastructure provided by the U.S. National Science Foundation, researchers have shown that a newly developed material, niobium phosphide, can conduct electricity better than copper in films that are only a few… Read more at nsf.gov
Conserving the white oak: Critical for timber and distilling industries U.S. National Science Foundation-funded researchers at Indiana University and Penn State have collaborated with scientists from the U.S. Forest Service and others to produce the first complete genome for the white oak ( Quercus alba). This tree… Read more at nsf.gov
Cutting-edge air quality monitoring strengthens public health nationwide The fires that devastated many in Los Angeles in January 2025 not only scarred the landscape but also changed the air. A day after the Eaton fire burned through Altadena, California, chlorine levels in the atmosphere reached approximately 40 times… Read more at nsf.gov
NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory installs LSST Camera on telescope NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science, has achieved a major milestone with the installation of the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) Camera on the… Read more at nsf.gov
AI pioneers Andrew Barto and Richard Sutton win 2024 Turing Award for groundbreaking contributions to reinforcement learning The computing world is celebrating a major milestone as Andrew Barto, professor emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Richard Sutton, professor of computer science at the University of Alberta, Canada, have been awarded the 2024… Read more at nsf.gov
