» NSF and USDA join forces to boost innovation in agricultural robotics
04/25/24 11:00 from NSF News
The U.S. National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) are teaming up to advance foundational research in agricultural robotics. The agencies are issuing a new...
» New center supported by NSF will catalyze data-driven insights in molecular and cellular biosciences
04/25/24 09:00 from NSF News
The U.S. National Science Foundation has made a $20 million award to support the creation of the National Synthesis Center for Emergence in the Molecular and Cellular Sciences (NCEMS). The center will combine vast amounts of available da...
» NSF honors 3 outstanding early-career researchers with the Alan T. Waterman Award
04/24/24 13:00 from NSF News
The U.S. National Science Foundation honored three researchers with the Alan T. Waterman Award, the nation's highest honor for early-career scientists and engineers. The 2024 recipients: Muyinatu A. Lediju Bell, a biomedical engineer at ...
» NSF invests $90M in innovative national scientific cyberinfrastructure for transforming STEM education
04/24/24 10:30 from NSF News
The U.S. National Science Foundation announced today a strategic investment of $90 million over five years in SafeInsights, a unique national scientific cyberinfrastructure aimed at transforming learning research and STEM education. Fund...
» This week with NSF Director Panchanathan
04/19/24 15:37 from NSF News
This week, US National Science Foundation Director worked to strengthen pathways into STEM and expand the agency’s reach in communities across the nation and world. At the Arctic Encounter Symposium, Director Panchanathan took center sta...
» NSF expands the NSF Convergence Accelerator to 10 regions nationwide
04/17/24 10:00 from NSF News
The U.S. National Science Foundation is excited to announce the expansion of the NSF Convergence Accelerator to 10 regions to enhance national and regional competitiveness in research, innovation and workforce development. These 10 regio...
» New funding opportunity seeks to invest in additional NSF Regional Innovation Engines
04/16/24 15:00 from NSF News
Pending congressional appropriations, the NSF Engines program aims to add additional regions to the 10 inaugural awardees announced earlier this year, expanding innovation potential across the U.S. The U.S. National Science Foundation an...
» NSF Director Panchanathan headlines Arctic Encounter Symposium 2024 as VIP speaker, meets Alaska senator and announces a $20M award to three Alaskan research institutions
04/16/24 13:46 from NSF News
In mid-April, U.S. National Science Foundation Director Sethuraman Panchanathan joined world leaders from more than 25 countries at the annual Arctic Encounter Symposium in Anchorage, Alaska, where he delivered featured remarks during a ...
» New research centers will investigate effects of ocean-related problems on human health
04/16/24 13:00 from NSF News
Millions of tons of small pieces of plastic are finding their way into the world's waters, and then into human beings. The plastics are often eaten by fish and shellfish and then passed to humans when they consume seafood. These plastic ...
» Dark energy survey looks 11 billion years into the past, reveals most detailed view ever of expanding universe
04/12/24 15:57 from NSF News
Researchers have measured the expansion history of the universe with the highest precision ever, providing a more detailed look at the nature of dark energy and its effect on the universe. The results are from an analysis of spectra of g...
» National Medal of Science, National Medal of Technology and Innovation laureates to be honored
04/12/24 11:29 from NSF News
The new class of laureates of the National Medal of Science and the National Medal of Technology and Innovation will be honored during the inaugural Laureate Celebration Weekend from April 12-14, a collaboration among the U.S. National S...
» Mild winter weather may lead to persistently high natural gas inventories through 2025
04/11/24 08:00 from Today in Energy
U.S. working natural gas inventories ended the winter heating season (November 1March 31) at 2,290 billion cubic feet (Bcf), 39% more than the previous five-year (201923) average. Relatively high natural gas inventories all winter have...
» NSF announces a new EPSCoR Track-1 award to combat climate change in Alaska
04/10/24 18:00 from NSF News
The U.S. National Science Foundation has awarded Alaska with $20 million through the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) program, which is designed to build research and development capacity, competitiveness an...
» How accurate were EIA's Winter Fuels Outlook forecasts?
04/10/24 08:00 from Today in Energy
Every October, in our Winter Fuels Outlook, we publish forecasts for residential energy consumption, prices, and expenditures for the upcoming winter months. Generally, these forecasts have performed well. Our October forecasts for energ...
» Introducing the Wholesale Electricity Market Portal
04/10/24 04:00 from Today in Energy
Yesterday, we publicly released the new Wholesale Electricity Market Portal to help users examine and access electricity markets data in the seven Regional Transmission Organizations and Independent System Operators.