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Fossil discovery adds to understanding of how geological changes affected evolution of mammalian life

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NSF's 10 Big Ideas

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Statement on the Nobel Prize in Physics 2018

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NSF announces new measures to protect research community from harassment

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NSF: Next steps against harassment

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New NSF funding to build research infrastructure across the country

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Media call: NSF harassment policy next steps

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NSF INCLUDES takes major step forward with new awards

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Got an idea for science and engineering research? Send it to the NSF 2026 Idea Machine

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Automated detection of focal epileptic seizures in a sentinel area of the human brain

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NSF announces first research awards under Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program

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Utah soil's slippery grip on nutrients

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Boring barnacles prefer the shallow life on coral reefs

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New method makes weather forecasts right as rain

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Much of East Antarctica remained frozen during past 8 million years

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Largest ice sheet on Earth was stable throughout last warm period

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Statement on National Academies sexual harassment study

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Making molecular movies

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Students monitor local pollution

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USAF and NSF announce partnership in science and engineering research

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Vegan and traditional kimchi have same microbes, study finds

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NSF Fiscal Year 2019 budget to advance innovation, infrastructure

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Researchers discover new lead-free perovskite material for solar cells

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Nursery stock, homeowner preferences drive tree diversity in Salt Lake Valley

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Enlisting robotics to study drought-tolerant corn

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Underwater GPS changes the map

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Climate change and snowmelt -- turn up the heat, but what about humidity?

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Discovery deepens understanding of brain's sensory circuitry

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