NSF's public investment in science, engineering, education and technology helps to create knowledge and sustain prosperity. Read here about the Internet, microbursts, Web browsers, extrasolar planets, and more... a panoply of discoveries and innovations that began with NSF support.
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Teaching Computers How to Write Fast Software
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University develop a framework to replace the human programmer in high performance numerical library development
Released August 8, 2008 |
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The Man Behind Amazing Movie Simulations
He may not be as famous as Johnny Depp or Jessica Alba, but Oscar-winner Ron Fedkiw creates 3-D models of liquids that have had a major impact on Hollywood and our lives
Released July 24, 2008 |
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Computer Program Reveals Anyone's Ancestry
Researchers develop computer algorithm that can trace the genetic ancestry of thousands of individuals in minutes
Released May 5, 2008 |
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Using Abstract Mathematics to Solve Real-World Problems
Researcher's mathematical theory used in new technologies to destroy cancerous tumors
Released March 5, 2008 |
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2007: Year in Review
A look back at some of the NSF-supported advances and activities reported last year
Released January 30, 2008 |
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Brain Surgery: It Really Is Brain Surgery
Dynamic 3-D computer modeling tracks brain changes during surgery
Released August 31, 2007 |
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Helpful Robot Alters Family Life
A relationship with your vacuum cleaner? Robotic vacuums are warming their way into homes and even taking on a personality for some families.
Released June 8, 2007 |
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2006: Year in Review
A look back at some of the NSF-supported activities highlighted last year
Released January 9, 2007 |
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New Technologies Could Make Airport Screening More Effective and Less Cumbersome
Experts focus on identifying passenger ability and intent
Released October 24, 2006 |
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A Better Algorithm for Detecting Cancer Genes
Process detects known cancer-related genes as well as new ones
Released May 12, 2006 |
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Virtual Tools Add New Dimension to Learning
Internet-based resources educate students about archaeology, biology, computer science and geology
Released April 12, 2006 |
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Device Only Atoms Across May Allow Infinitesimal But Powerful Computers
Single-molecule diode may change Moore's "law" of microchip memory
Released April 3, 2006 |
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Getting a Message Across the Universe: Would E.T. Send a Letter?
Snail mail from outer space
Released March 10, 2006 |
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Ben Franklin Web Portal Brings the Man to the Masses
Driven by search-engine technology, site highlights three centuries of revolutionary influence
Released January 9, 2006 |
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Small, Unmanned Aircraft Search for Survivors in Katrina Wreckage
Hurricane search and rescue is one of first domestic uses of such vehicles
Released September 14, 2005 |
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Man Against Machine
Computer-generated method outperforms human-designed program for fingerprint improvement
Released September 1, 2005 |
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New Analysis Method Ranks National Science Foundation As Tops For Computer Science Funding
New data shows NSF has the highest ranking among national and international agencies for funding high-impact computer and information science research.
Released December 16, 2004 |
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Network Telescope Offers Global View of Internet's Dark Side
UCSD's network telescope looks at the dark side of the Internet--traffic destined for a part of the Internet with legal addresses but no active computers. By watching this supposedly dark Internet, researchers have shed light on malicious activities.
Released October 13, 2004 |
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On the Origins of Google
Even in the early days of the Internet, people saw the need for better interfaces to growing data collections. A graduate student supported by an NSF digital library project at Stanford University uncovered the missing links in Web page ranking.
Released August 17, 2004 |
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From Moonbounce to Hard Drives: Correcting More Errors Than Previously Thought Possible
What does a Nobel laureate need to bounce a radio signal off the moon? A good error-correcting code, for one thing. Now, a breakthrough error-correction method has turned almost 40 years of conventional wisdom in digital communications on its head.
Released August 11, 2004 |
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Hearing It Like It Was
Your ears not only tell you what you're hearing, but also a lot about where you're hearing it. A new recording and playback method developed at the University of California, Davis, keeps your head in the mix, so you can hear it like it really was.
Released July 30, 2004 |
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Detecting Hidden Groups on the Internet
In the free-form clamor of the Internet's discussion groups and other public forums, researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute want to listen for the whispers of groups trying to stay hidden.
Released July 30, 2004 |
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Pterosaur Heads Were Uniquely Adapted for Flight
Taking a high-tech look at fossil skulls, scientists examined the brains of ancient pterosaurs. They found key structures to be specialized and enlarged, a discovery that could revise views of how vision, flight and the brain itself evolved.
Released July 30, 2004 |
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eSkeletons: "The Hip Bone's Connected to the …" Web Bone
Cyberskeletons are now a click away at an interactive and expanding digital library of human and primate anatomy.
Released July 6, 2004 |
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Virtual Display Beams Images Directly into the Eye
Researchers have developed a display that beams full-color images directly onto your retina.
Released June 3, 2004 |
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Exterminating Bugs in Spreadsheets and Web Applications
A spreadsheet error sounds harmless enough, unless your retirement funds or medical treatment rely on that faulty calculation. A six-campus team is working to exterminate the bugs that infest spreadsheets and other programs created by computer users.
Released May 17, 2004 |
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Data Mining Pinpoints Network Intrusions
Vipin Kumar and colleagues at the University of Minnesota are developing data-mining techniques to detect rare events, such as computer break-ins, that are difficult to detect using methods that recognize attacks only through pre-defined patterns.
Released April 19, 2004 |
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Graduate Student Invents'Printer' for Low-Cost Eyeglasses
MIT doctoral student Saul Griffith is an old-fashioned inventor with high-tech style. His inventions include a 'printer' for low-cost eyeglass lenses and electronic goggles to diagnose a person's eyeglass prescription.
Released April 5, 2004 |
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An Automatic System for Matching Dental Records
By matching bicuspid to bicuspid and filling to filling, forensic investigators use dental records to give a John Doe a real name. Researchers are combining advanced image-processing techniques with elements of logic to get accurate matches faster.
Released March 29, 2004 |
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Researcher Founds a Robot Soccer Dynasty
Since receiving her doctorate in 1992, Manuela Veloso's research interests in artificial intelligence have focused on duplicating the success with which humans plan, learn and execute tasks. Founding a robot soccer dynasty was purely coincidental.
Released March 24, 2004 |
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