People & Society Discoveries
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Graphic illustration showing a human head, light and waves Prying Open the Black Box of the Brain Priorities for President Obama's BRAIN Initiative were set at NSF-funded workshop
Released June 12, 2013
Graphic illustration showing the earth with an EKG-like signal New NEON Resources Available Videos, brochure and webcast on the National Ecological Observatory Network available online
Released June 11, 2013
Painting of the herb American ginseng On World Environment Day and Every Day, the Stress of Being Ginseng Common medicinal plant of deciduous forests under siege
Released June 5, 2013
photograph of Ali Abbas Helping People through the Decision-Making Process Using a Web-Based Application Researcher was part of inaugural group of NSF Innovation Corps awards in 2011
Released May 7, 2013
G. Kumar Venayagamoorthy in his lab, surrounded by computers Engineers Use Brain Cells to Power Smart Grid Studying how neural networks integrate and respond to complex information could inspire methods for managing power supply and use
Released April 17, 2013
Photo of Raphael Perea delivering a presentation. Native Americans Trained to Address Environmental Problems on Their Lands NSF-funded program at Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute teaches Native Americans about geospatial data
Released March 20, 2013
collage image showing penguins, swans, sea horses Animal Attraction: The Many Forms of Monogamy in the Animal Kingdom A Valentine's Day special on the science of monogamy
Released February 13, 2013
Research area in Gordon Gulch, Colo., part of NSF's Boulder Creek Critical Zone Observatory. High-Peak Creeks, Forest Fires and Landscape Erosion: Could They Be Linked? Colorado's Boulder Creek watershed: where rushing streams, raging blazes and the Rockies meet
Released January 14, 2013
Woman cooking over an open fire Cooking Up Clean Air in Africa Reducing air pollution and meningitis risk in Ghana
Released January 3, 2013
Graphic image showing a new ear bud and a human ear. Perfecting Sound Quality In-ear An audio pioneer who has worked with the likes of Stevie Wonder, Bon Jovi and Pink Floyd continues to provide innovative devices to perfect sound quality and alleviate in-ear pressure and listener fatigue
Released December 18, 2012
A tent-like kiln over woody waste material Helping Landowners With Waste Wood While Improving Agribusiness and Energy NSF Innovation Corps allowed researcher to explore business model for offering biochar products
Released December 14, 2012
Photo of seaweed washed up on a beach. All Washed Up and Somewhere to Go Seaweed on beaches is an ecological treasure trove
Released July 20, 2012
Photo of a student observing patterns of flowering and pollinators. Novel Answer to That Perennial "Earth Day" Question: "What Can I Do to Help?" Groups of citizen scientists are making pivotal contributions to research on the Earth, its place in the universe and other natural phenomena
Released April 19, 2012
Photo of a father holding a baby. Six-month-old Word Learners Study of infants challenges developmental sequence of human language learning
Released March 8, 2012
Image of a wolf howling in the forest. Studying Nature's Rhythms: Soundscape Ecologists Spawn New Field Listen to biophony, geophony, anthrophony: the 'music' of Planet Earth
Released February 6, 2012
Photo of a hunter enlarging a burrow and his dog at other burrow end and the words Photo Gallery. Older Is Better for Hunting Dogs Research examines key demographic variables of Nicaraguan canines
Released January 17, 2012
Image of seated child with three cyberbullies each with belt lock rising from her laptop. Foiling the Plan of a Cyberbully Researchers suggest listening to students to craft prevention policies
Released November 22, 2011
Illustration showing a depressed child holding a tablet with 3 cyberbullies coming out of tablet. Recognizing a Cyberbully Anonymous nature of digital aggression clouds identities of virtual bullies
Released November 15, 2011
Illustration showing a depressed child holding a tablet with 3 cyberbullies coming out of tablet. Defining a Cyberbully Social scientists struggle to characterize new form of harassment
Released November 8, 2011
Image of MABEL, a bipedal robot. Meet MABEL: World's Fastest Two-Legged Robot With Knees Researchers have made a robot run like a human and that's the height of agility for a two-legged machine
Released September 30, 2011
George Huber poses with a vial of green gasoline compounds. Green Gasoline Comes Closer to Fueling Your Car Researchers have discovered how to make gasoline from sawdust and other plant materials
Released August 18, 2011
DETER testbed server bank At the Forefront of Cyber Security Research It's all about the Team for Research in Ubiquitous Secure Technology (TRUST)
Released August 11, 2011
University of Michigan engineering researcher Brent Gillespie uses a prototype of a device. Technology May Soon Turn Thoughts Into Action NSF funds research to develop potentially life-changing technology for millions of prosthetic-dependent people
Released July 27, 2011
Photo of Turkana warriors. Warfare Reveals Reasons People Cooperate Research shows large-scale cooperation may have begun with fear of punishment
Released July 27, 2011
Horizontal and vertical words in red, blue and green. Why Context Matters in the Long and Short of Words MIT researchers improve 75-year-old language theory
Released June 17, 2011
Image of nighttime lights visible on earth from outer space. Nighttime Lights Clarify Economic Activity Combining lights and statistics may yield high-resolution global economic data
Released June 10, 2011
Image of researcher Robert Walker on left and project manager Eugenio Arima on right. Journey to the Center of the Amazon Researchers journey along the Transamazon Highway to learn about deforestation and the logging industry
Released May 4, 2011
Images of the top and front of hominin skulls. Researchers Consider Ancestry of Recent Fossil Finds Thought experiment stresses consequences of placing newly discovered fossils on human family tree
Released March 16, 2011
Photo of Sook-Lei Liew and R.J. Andrews in the MR scanner room at Peking University First Hospital. Neuroimaging Chinese Social Cognition Sook-Lei Liew writes about the opportunity to conduct research examining the role of experience on neural networks during a summer in China, as part of NSF’s EAPSI program
Released February 15, 2011
Image of Joshua Wurman, director of the Center for Severe Weather Research. Eye-to-Eye With a Blizzard ...Tornado ... Hurricane A day in the life of the Doppler-on-Wheels
Released December 8, 2010
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