National Science Foundation

Discovery Files - Crowdsourcing Research Citizen Scientists have helped researchers document how coyotes and small gray foxes have found a way to become surprising, surprising, new woodland neighbors, BIO-EE Grant #1232442 and EHR-DRL Grant #1319293. Full story at https://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/mmg_disp.jsp?med_id=188162&from=?WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click This is an NSF News item. Published April 28, 2022 at 09:00PM Read more at nsf.gov

Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration to announce groundbreaking results about the center of our galaxy The U.S. National Science Foundation with the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration will hold a press conference to announce a groundbreaking discovery in the Milky Way. LOCATION – The National Press Club, 529 14th St N.W., Washington, D.C., 20045. The event will also be streamed live online.  Who : NSF's Chief Operating Officer Karen Marrongelle will deliver opening remarks. A panel of Event Horizon Telescope, or EHT, researchers ... More at https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=305028&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click This is an NSF News item. Published April 28, 2022 at 01:34PM Read more at nsf.gov

The Discovery Files – The Art of Smell The brain might process smell like a camera, capturing a snapshot of the essence of smell, or a symphony, diverse brain cells working, BIO-IOS Grant # 1749772. Full story at https://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/mmg_disp.jsp?med_id=188138&from=?WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click This is an NSF News item. Published April 21, 2022 at 09:00PM Read more at nsf.gov

NSF recognizes 3 scientists with the Alan T. Waterman Award The U.S. National Science Foundation has named its awardees for this year's Alan T. Waterman Award, the nation's highest honor for early-career scientists and engineers: Jessica E. Tierney, a University of Arizona geoscientist; Lara A. Thompson, a University of the District of Columbia biomedical engineer; and Daniel B. Larremore, a computer scientist from the University of Colorado Boulder. This is the first year NSF has chosen to honor three researchers with the award, which ... More at https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=304930&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click This is an NSF News item. Published April 20, 2022 at 09:55AM Read more at nsf.gov

The Discovery Files – WHAT’S IN THE WIND? Researchers have learned the human impact on climate change can play a major role in catastrophic wildfires. Full story at https://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/mmg_disp.jsp?med_id=188084&from=?WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click This is an NSF News item. Published March 31, 2022 at 09:00PM Read more at nsf.gov