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Growing Convergence Research Awards

NSF Growing Convergence Research awards advance innovation across disciplines

The U.S. National Science Foundation Growing Convergence Research (NSF GCR) awards are fostering deep integration across disciplines and pushing the…
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NSF congratulates laureates of the 2024 Nobel Prize in physics

The U.S. National Science Foundation congratulates John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton for their Nobel Prize in physics. Their research and…
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NSF congratulates laureates of the 2024 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine 

The U.S. National Science Foundation congratulates Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine. Their breakthrough…
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MRR: Taking a groundbreaking technology from basic research to commercialization

The development of a cutting-edge technique to monitor and control chemical reactions in real time has the potential to transform pharmaceutical…
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The 50 largest neurons of the adult fruit fly brain connectome.

Creating the largest, most comprehensive picture of neural connections to date

Flip a switch on the wall, and it turns on a light across the room through a simple circuit. Now add 140,000 other switches and try and figure out…
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NSF, NIH and FDA support research in digital twin technology for biomedical applications

The U.S. National Science Foundation, in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has…
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Scientists discover new way of predicting where and when rivers suddenly change course and flood

An avulsion is a river term referring to the rapid abandonment of a channel and the formation of a new one, often resulting in devastating flooding…
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Cave diver collects underwater calcite encrustations for the study.

Spanish cave's submerged land bridge reveals that humans colonized the western Mediterranean earlier than thought

When did humans colonize the western Mediterranean? New U.S. National Science Foundation -supported research shows that it may be much earlier than…
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Impact of NSF commitment to basic research reflected in 2024 Golden Goose winners

All three research projects that received the 2024 Golden Goose Award celebrating the wide-ranging impact of federally funded research that has led to…
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