The National Science Foundation celebrates its 66th year of funding groundbreaking science and engineering.

Eric Bell, Veteran Employment Program Manager at NSF and a retired Army Veteran, talks about the Veteran Employment Program and the opportunities available for veterans in a variety of fields at NSF.

NSF-funded researchers at Texas A&M have developed STAAR (Situated Touch Audio Annotator And Reader) e-reader that enables blind readers to read the same text sighted readers do. The system allows a user to scan the text with their...

NSF sits down with Dr. Moira Gunn in this episode of Scientists & Engineers on Sofas (and other furnishings).



Gunn is founder and host of the National Public Radio programs Tech Nation and BioTech Nation. Earlier in her...

Tornadoes can form in minutes, making early and accurate warnings crucial to saving lives. Howard Bluestein at the University of Oklahoma and Adam Houston at the University of Nebraska are trying to understand why some storms produce...

In this week’s episode, we explore how babies learn, discover what is threatening coral reefs, see how coffee house hackers are stealing computer data and, finally, we explore our memories. Check it out!

Steven Clark, a Psychology Professor at the University of California, Riverside, has spent the last 29 years conducting research on human memory and decision-making. During that period of time, 269 people were convicted of crimes they...

Researchers look under the road to aid self-driving cars

Even the most high-tech vehicles don’t navigate well in rain and

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Car companies and researchers have been feverishly working to improve the...

Scientists demonstrate that cloud seeding can generate snowfall

Research answers long question about effectiveness of cloud se

eding

Scientists have successfully used a combination of radars and snow gauges to...

Amazing things can happen when Native American tribes and the National Science Foundation work together. This documentary showcases original research being conducted by students and faculty at tribal colleges and universities, as well as...

Chris Davis, lead scientist for PREDICT, on why predicting hurricanes is still a challenge for researchers.

A career in engineering is a great way to solve problems that help people, society, the environment and more. Join this group from Engineers Without Borders as they travel to Nicaragua to help bring the first electrical power to the town...

A stream of air is used to levitate a small ball—and also a light bulb.



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In this week’s episode, we learn about Google glass type technology for the deaf. We learn how studying tornado debris could help save lives. We discover how sweeping fingers could be the future in password security --and finally, we...

Could lightning really strike twice? It often does in Tornado Alley, where storms wreak havoc and crush entire communities in minutes. But do people see it that way? After the 2006 Iowa City tornado, psychologist Jerry Suls and...

Lighter and stronger than regular metal, metal foam is designed for stronger body and car part replacements. This invention of materials engineer Afsaneh Rabiei is also being tested as body armor for the military. See how it works in...

Having children forced Professor Donna Ginther to better focus on her work and to budget time wisely. It also gave the University of Kansas economics researcher first-hand experience with being a mother in a rigorous, mostly male,...

How are climate models on climate change being improved?

A clean car that you can stack like a shopping cart? That customizes everything from its color to the radio the instant you step in? That you can always find a parking space for? Too good to be true? Nope, it's just one of the brilliant...