Electrical control of quantum phenomenon could improve future electronic devices
A new electrical method to change the direction of electron flow in some quantum materials could have implications for the development of next-generation electronic devices and quantum computers. Researchers from Penn State developed and demonstrated … (Source: NSF News)
Source: NSF News - December 5, 2023 Category: Science Authors: NSF Source Type: news
NSF launches EducateAI initiative
The U.S. National Science Foundation is excited to announce the EducateAI initiative. The goal of the initiative is to enable educators to make high-quality, audience-appropriate artificial intelligence educational experiences available nationwide to … (Source: NSF News)
Source: NSF News - December 5, 2023 Category: Science Authors: NSF Source Type: news
This week with NSF Director Panchanathan
This week, U.S. National Science Foundation Director Sethuraman Panchanathan underscored the importance of investing in innovative science and engineering research that will shape international collaboration, next-generation technology and the STEM … (Source: NSF News)
Source: NSF News - December 1, 2023 Category: Science Authors: NSF Source Type: news
Gray whale die-offs driven by food supply swings in changing Arctic conditions
A long-term Arctic biological data set maintained by University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) scientists has been instrumental in determining the cause of a series of die-offs of eastern Pacific gray whales. According to a U.S … (Source: NSF News)
Source: NSF News - November 30, 2023 Category: Science Authors: NSF Source Type: news
Epiphytes, plants such as moss and bromeliads found in trees, face growing threats
Orchids, mosses and ferns — or epiphytes, defined as nonparasitic plants that grow on other plants — are crucial for Earth ' s biodiversity and play essential roles in forests worldwide, building habitats in trees for a myriad of other life forms, from … (Source: NSF News)
Source: NSF News - November 30, 2023 Category: Science Authors: NSF Source Type: news
Researchers develop promising approach to smaller, more powerful, safer electric vehicle batteries
Two factors dominate the development of batteries for electric vehicles: power, which determines the vehicle range; and cost, critical in the competition with internal combustion engines. The targets set by the U.S. Department of Energy to accelerate … (Source: NSF News)
Source: NSF News - November 28, 2023 Category: Science Authors: NSF Source Type: news
The moon is 40M years older than previously thought
By analyzing tiny lunar zircon crystals gathered by Apollo 17 astronauts in 1972, researchers recalculated the age of the Earth ' s moon. Although previous assessments estimated the moon as over 4.42 billion years old, the new study has discovered it … (Source: NSF News)
Source: NSF News - November 28, 2023 Category: Science Authors: NSF Source Type: news
Fruit, nectar, bugs and blood: How bat teeth and jaws evolved for a diverse dinnertime
They don ' t know it, but Charles Darwin ' s finches changed the world. These closely related species — native to the Galapagos Islands — each sport a uniquely shaped beak that matches their preferred diet. Studying these birds helped Darwin develop the… (Source: NSF News)
Source: NSF News - November 21, 2023 Category: Science Authors: NSF Source Type: news
Robotic prosthetic ankles improve'natural' movement, stability
Robotic prosthetic ankles controlled by nerve impulses allow amputees to move more " naturally, " thereby improving their stability, according to a new study by researchers at North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at … (Source: NSF News)
Source: NSF News - November 21, 2023 Category: Science Authors: NSF Source Type: news
NSF Director Panchanathan headlines the Canadian Science Policy Conference in Ottawa, signs international collaboration arrangement
In mid-November, U.S. National Science Foundation Director Sethuraman Panchanathan traveled to Ottawa, Canada, where he signed a bilateral research arrangement during a ceremony hosted by the U.S. Ambassador to Canada. He also served as a featured … (Source: NSF News)
Source: NSF News - November 20, 2023 Category: Science Authors: NSF Source Type: news
Caribbean parrots thought to be endemic are relicts of millennial-scale extinction
In a study supported in part by the U.S. National Science Foundation and published in the journal PNAS, researchers have extracted the first ancient DNA from Caribbean parrots, which they compared with genetic sequences from modern birds. Working … (Source: NSF News)
Source: NSF News - November 16, 2023 Category: Science Authors: NSF Source Type: news
Novel bacterial proteins from seafloor shine light on climate and astrobiology
Gigatons of greenhouse gas are trapped under the seafloor, and that ' s a good thing. Around the coasts of the continents, where slopes sink down into the sea, tiny cages of ice trap methane gas, preventing it from escaping and bubbling up into the … (Source: NSF News)
Source: NSF News - November 16, 2023 Category: Science Authors: NSF Source Type: news
Milestone for novel atomic clock
An international research team has taken a decisive step toward a new generation of atomic clocks. By using nuclear, rather than electronic, transitions in atomic scandium, researchers at the European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser facility have made an … (Source: NSF News)
Source: NSF News - November 14, 2023 Category: Science Authors: NSF Source Type: news
Making hydrogen from waste plastic could pay for itself
Hydrogen is viewed as a promising alternative to fossil fuel, but the methods used to make it either generate too much carbon dioxide or are too expensive. Now, Rice University researchers have found a way to harvest hydrogen from plastic waste using … (Source: NSF News)
Source: NSF News - November 14, 2023 Category: Science Authors: NSF Source Type: news
NSF Director Panchanathan attends Greater Austin Asian Chamber of Commerce 2023 Ovation Gala, receives Lifetime Achievement Award
On Nov. 4, U.S. National Science Foundation Director Sethuraman Panchanathan traveled to Austin, Texas, where he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Greater Austin Asian Chamber of Commerce (GAACC). The award was presented during GAACC ' s … (Source: NSF News)
Source: NSF News - November 13, 2023 Category: Science Authors: NSF Source Type: news
