See what exciting research and education has been funded by NSF in each state or U.S. territory. Award Highlights provide a snapshot about select NSF awards and their impacts.
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Adaptive optics detail the turmoil of a stellar nurseryTechnique offers unprecedented clarity and sky coverage ... Research Areas: Astronomy & Space |
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Promoting more effective marine conservationAccountability and flexibility enhance adoption of conservation technologies ... Research Areas: People & Society |
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Tracking 'Tweets' to determine political participationSoftware helps extract meaningful data from social media platforms... Research Areas: People & Society |
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Tiny Caribbean clingfish carries venomUncommon finding suggests need to continue investigating well-studied species ... Research Areas: Biology |
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The birth of an earthquakeThe start of one quake influences subsequent, related quakes ... Research Areas: Earth & Environment |
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Ocean-based buoys detail conditions in the Virgin IslandsReal-time data collection enhances predictions for hurricanes and other ocean events ... Research Areas: Earth & Environment |
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Building yeast genomes from scratchInternational effort leads to synthetic yeast chromosome, a building block for the yeast genome... Research Areas: Biology |
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Monitoring a building's response to earthquake aftershocksEarthquake-resistant hospital provides guidance to architects and engineers... Research Areas: Engineering |
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Minimizing arsenic in Cambodian rice editSoil's oxygen content plays a role in arsenic uptake... Research Areas: Biology |
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'Tiny Tech' on the radio and the webRadio program on nanotechnology gives insight to the public... Research Areas: Nanoscience, Education |
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Why some foreign-born researchers choose to return homeCareer growth, cultural and familial connections draw scientists home... Research Areas: People & Society |
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International mobility among U.S. doctorate recipientsAmong foreign graduates who do not return home, nearly 90 percent remain in the U.S. ... Research Areas: People & Society, Education |
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The origins of science and engineering doctoratesPrivate colleges play important role in science and engineering doctoral path ... Research Areas: People & Society, Education |
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A mother's protective influenceMaternal stress hormones prepare young animals for changing environments... Research Areas: Biology |
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Understanding the spatial dimensions of the HolocaustMaps created from geographic information systems show movement of Jews in Nazi-controlled Budapest... Research Areas: People & Society |
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Bilingual benefits: Switching language with easeSimultaneous activation of two brain regions facilitates switching between languages... Research Areas: People & Society |
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Rare speech sounds discovered in African languagesUnusual click consonants in languages of Botswana and Namibia... Research Areas: People & Society |
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Marine sediments contain a missing chemical link in global ocean processesSoluble manganese, an essential life element, is more abundant than once thought... Research Areas: Earth & Environment |
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Discovering how coral reefs respond to acid oceansCorals in naturally acidified reefs experience slow growth and decreased density... Research Areas: Earth & Environment, Biology |
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Star birth in CepheusMosaic camera provides critical data to understand the history of star birth... Research Areas: Astronomy & Space |
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Assessing the status of beesSoftware captures data on bees as pollinators and their response to global warming... Research Areas: Biology |
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Toward a global biodiversity monitoring systemARBIMON converts sound into useful biodiversity data for researchers and citizen scientists ... Research Areas: Biology |
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The impact of early agricultural changes in GuyanaFindings suggest sustained human settlements over multiple millenia... Research Areas: People & Society |
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From a small weed comes great thingsICAR meeting promotes exchange of information on important plant model... Research Areas: Biology |
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Corruption's impact on innovationStudy finds corruption can act as a tax against firms striving to innovate... Research Areas: People & Society |
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