Scientists have discovered the oldest cousin to the dinosaur!  The

creature named Teleocrater rhadinus, is a carnivorous animal living more than 245 million years ago during the Triassic Period, before dinosaurs.  Recently...

The winter games in Vancouver provide a chance for the United States' four-man bobsled team to win its first gold medal in more than 60 years. And with the help of Paul Doherty, senior scientist at the Exploratorium in San Francisco,...

The Mobile Area Education Foundation is designing lessons to teach kids that engineering and math can solve real-world problems...like designing ways to catch blood clots in a model human circulatory system.

In episode 40, Charlie and Jordan demonstrate how the cells responsible for relaying information from the ear to the brain adapt to noise levels in an environment. A cell in the auditory nerve exposed to loud sounds for a prolonged...

ViSUS LLC, a small business funded by the National Science Foundation, has created software to help farmers analyze aerial photos of crops.



Farmers often gather crop data using drones to take aerial photos, but it can take up...

What's it really like to be an engineer or a scientist? What do they really do all day? You're about to find out! Meet the next generation of engineers and scientists in these profiles of young professionals, who may just inspire you to...

Black holes, star births and deaths, colliding galaxies and more -- all in a day's work at the VLA



The Very Large Array, or VLA, is a complex of 27 massive antennas on the Plains of San Agustin in central New Mexico,...

In this week’s episode, we learn about new technology for the blind; a newly engineered yeast, and finally, we explore the oceans with Mantis cam. Check it out!

Dive in with NSF funded researcher John Long and his robotic sharks. A professor at Vassar College, Dr. Long and his team study real live sharks and their vertebral columns. They then take these findings and design computer models and...

In this week's episode, we discover a new genetic toolkit for achieving increased plant production. We explore what our brain is doing when we read. We discover ways of making a more reliable prosthesis--and finally, we learn how...

A video highlighting how NSF support for fundamental research is critical to discovery, innovation and the economic growth of the nation.

Chromation, a small business funded by the National Science Foundation Small Business Innovation Research program, makes small, low-cost sensors for light and color measurement.



An optical spectrometer is an instrument...

In this week’s episode, we test a new breed of drones that can navigate without GPS; we explore changing terrain with shapeshifting autonomous robots, and finally, we examine a new 3D bioprinting technique that could someday create...

Researchers all over the world use a technology called optogenetics, which allows them to turn neurons on and off in living laboratory organisms, by exposing them to certain types of light. Stephen Boppart of the University of Illinois...

It is no easy task to film thousands of penguins in their natural habitat on a remote Antarctic coastline—but it was made possible with the support of the National Science Foundation-managed U.S. Antarctic Program. See what it was like...

This week’s episode explores silicon chip technology that could possibly extend cell phone battery life, babies and higher math ability, a drone helping farmers better manage their crops and, finally, how more than 83,000 volunteer...

NSF-funded small businesses with innovative biomedical technologies based on fundamental research were featured at the 2014 BIO International Convention, the world's largest gathering of the biotechnology industry.



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Advanced materials are essential to human well-being and are the cornerstone for emerging industries. Yet today, it can take ten to twenty years or more from initial research on a new material to first use. That's why in June 2011...

Investigating high temperature materials critical to everyday electronics



Renowned chemist, geochemist and materials scientist Alexandra Navrotsky has become a pioneer in her field over the last 50 years. She even has...

NSF’s Coastal SEES, or sustainability awards, are leading to new pathways to sustainability along U.S.'s coasts. Learn about these awards with Debbie Bronk, Director, NSF Division of Ocean Sciences.

What is machine learning? Helen Gu, Founder and CEO of Insightfinder Inc., answers your question in this edition of Ask a Scientist.

Insightfinder Inc. is supported by America’s Seed Fund powered by the National Science Foundation,...

The Tentacle Bot

Octopus-inspired robot can grip, move, and manipulate a wide rangobjects

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Snow melt from the snow pack in the Sierra Nevada mountain range provides drinking water to about 30% of California's residents, irrigates key crops in the San Joaquin valley, and runs hydroelectric power plants that supply at least 15%...

The Expeditions in Computing awards tackle some of the most challenging computing and information science and engineering issues today. See some of the research being carried out by Expeditions in Computing awardees in this...