Material science partnership awards broaden participation, strengthen research

NSF and Intel team up to improve the security and privacy of computing systems that interact with the physical world

Latest figures show companies invested more of their own funds

Research will enable future studies on brain development

Arkansas, Louisiana, West Virginia, and Guam will receive five-year awards for strategically aligned innovative research.

Recent discovery highlights both competition and cooperation between algae and bacteria for iron and vitamins that may have consequences for life in a warming ocean.

Weddells may use "sixth sense" as a kind of GPS to find vital breathing holes after dives.

President Obama today (Oct. 3) announced a new group of recipients of the National Medal of Science and National Medal of Technology and Innovation--the nation's highest honors for achievement and leadership in advancing the fields of science and technology. The honorees will receive their medals at a White House ceremony later this year.

Five U.S. departments and agencies provided most of the federal funding for basic research.

New results show three times as much in upper oceans since Industrial Revolution times.

About $18 million is being awarded to three regional consortia that will collaborate on science and engineering research, education, and outreach to accelerate progress on scientific grand challenges, strengthen workforce capabilities, and broaden the participation of underrepresented groups in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

NSF and NIH-supported early stage biomedical SBIR/STTR companies featured at 2014 BIO International Convention.

Penn researchers model neural structures on the smallest scales to better understand traumatic brain injury.

Study of records from the University of California system reveals surprising findings

NSF and NNCO-funded independent study identifies more than $1 trillion in global revenue from nano-enabled products in 2013.