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NSF Award Highlights

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Fish Soundings

Researchers identify how fish pinpoint sound sources underwater ...

Research Areas: Biology

a millimeter-wave map measures the mass of a distant galaxy cluster while a companion image shows the galaxy cluster itself

The Galaxy Cluster Frontier

CARMA measures the mass of the most distant galaxy clusters ever found...

Research Areas: Astronomy & Space

researcher prepares samples for mass spectrometry research

Minority Science and Engineering Faculty by the Numbers

Minorities still just a small fraction of the faculty at U.S. institutions ...

Research Areas: Education, People & Society

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NSF Local Research Assets

Images from NSF-funded Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers.

Power Systems Engineering Research Center

The Power Systems Engineering Research Center addresses the challenges of creating a modern electric energy infrastructure that enables a low-carbon e...

Type: Program Centers

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Pierre Auger Cosmic Ray Observatory

The Pierre Auger Observatory is designed to study the origin and nature of the highest energy particles ever observed, which shower down on Earth in t...

Type: Telescopes & Observatories

South Pole telescope

South Pole Telescope

The 10-meter South Pole Telescope probes the nature of dark energy and inflation, taking advantage of the ideal viewing conditions in the cold, dry at...

Type: Telescopes & Observatories

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NSF People of Distinction

 photo of Jason Crean
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