Zoom media briefing: The Event Horizon Telescope, a year after capturing the image of a black hole Media are invited to join an April 10 Zoom media briefing with Sheperd S. Doeleman, founding director of the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), and astrophysicist Michael …
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Dr. Kelvin Droegemeier Named Acting National Science Foundation Director Dr. Kelvin Droegemeier, Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, has been named Acting Director of the National Science Foundation effective March 31, 2020. Droegemeier has prev…
NSF-supported observatory renamed for astronomer Vera C. Rubin The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope will now be called the NSF Vera C. Rubin Observatory, making it the first national U.S. observatory to be named after a female astronomer. Announced at the 2020 Ameri…
NSF statement: New development in quantum computing In Quantum supremacy using a programmable superconducting processor , in the Oct. 24 issue of the journal Nature , a team of researchers led by Google present evidence that their quantum computer has accomplished …
NSF leads federal partners in accelerating the development of transformational, AI-powered innovation The National Science Foundation today announced the creation of a new program that will significantly advance research in AI and accelerate the development of trans…
Announcements NSF Announcements More at https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/announcements/?WT.mc_id=USNSF_51 This is an NSF News item. Published October 08, 2019 at 08:02PM Read more at nsf.gov
NSF Convergence Accelerator awards bring together scientists, businesses, nonprofits to benefit workers The National Science Foundation has issued the first awards through its Convergence Accelerator pilot, leveraging multidisciplinary research teams and laying the …
NSF-funded leadership-class computing center boosts U.S. science with largest academic supercomputer in the world Today, the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) at The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) launched Frontera, the fastest supercomputer at any u…
Symposium in Honor of Dr. Vera Rubin More at https://www.nsf.gov/news/speeches/cordova/19/fc190624_verarubin.jsp?WT.mc_id=USNSF_51 This is an NSF News item. Published August 15, 2019 at 11:34PM Read more at nsf.gov
Chemistry & Materials Most of what you touch, taste, hear or smell every day in the modern world is the direct or indirect result of research in chemistry or materials science – an effort that never ends. More at http://www.nsf.gov/news/overviews/chemistry?WT.…
Thinking Big More at https://www.nsf.gov/news/speeches/cordova/19/fc190612_thinkingbig.jsp?WT.mc_id=USNSF_51 This is an NSF News item. Published July 13, 2019 at 07:34AM Read more at nsf.gov
NSF Innovation Corps (I-Corps) I-Corps offers researchers unique opportunities to learn how to turn discoveries into new technologies and to participate in the national innovation ecosystem. More at https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/i-corps/index.jsp?WT.mc_…
Brought to you by NSF Every day you encounter something made possible by the National Science Foundation More at https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/btyb/index.jsp?WT.mc_id=USNSF_51 This is an NSF News item. Published May 22, 2019 at 10:15PM Read more at…
National Science Foundation announces new Diamond Achievement Award The National Science Foundation has announced a new award -- the NSF Diamond Achievement Award -- which will be presented for the first time to the international team of researchers who recently cap…
University at Buffalo Critical Conversations More at https://www.nsf.gov/news/speeches/cordova/19/fc190403_criticalconversations.jsp?WT.mc_id=USNSF_51 This is an NSF News item. Published April 29, 2019 at 07:29PM Read more at nsf.gov
Astronomers capture first image of a black hole The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) -- a planet-scale array of eight ground-based radio telescopes forged through international collaboration -- was designed to capture images of a black hole. Today, in coordinated pre…
National Science Foundation names Jennifer Dionne and Mark Braverman its 2019 Alan T. Waterman awardees The National Science Foundation (NSF) has named materials scientist Jennifer Dionne and computer scientist Mark Braverman the recipients of this year's Alan T…
Sweat sensors: Engineering breakthrough tools for health diagnostics Multidisciplinary team tackles challenges to make sweat as important as blood for health monitoring Full story at https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/science_nation/sweatbiosensor.jsp?WT.mc_…
NSF press conference on first result from Event Horizon Telescope project The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) project and the National Science Foundation (NSF) will hold a press conference to announce a groundbreaking result. What: Press conference on groundbreakin…
2019 Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities Report goes live The National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) has released its 2019 Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering (WMPD) report , which provides…
