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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 14-Nov-2025 21:11 ET (15-Nov-2025 02:11 GMT/UTC)

Tiny diatoms, big climate impact: How microscopic skeletons rapidly shape ocean chemistry

Georgia Institute of Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A Georgia Tech-led team reveals how diatoms' rapid transformations are reshaping our understanding of how ocean sediments regulate carbon and climate.

Journal: Science Advances
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation, U.S. National Science Foundation

Nonsurgical treatment shows promise for targeted seizure control

Rice University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Rice bioengineers have demonstrated a nonsurgical way to quiet a seizure-relevant brain circuit using a method that merges ultrasound, gene therapy and chemogenetics.

Journal: ACS Chemical Neuroscience
Funder: G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Charitable Foundation, Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, National Institutes of Health, U.S. National Science Foundation

Worcester Polytechnic Institute receives $1 million grant to expand workforce training for hydrogen jobs

Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Grant and Award Announcement

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has been awarded a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to develop hands-on training, internships, and mentoring aimed at expanding the hydrogen energy workforce. The unique program will focus on experiential learning to build a blueprint that can be adapted to prepare workers for other jobs in any emerging technology industry, not just hydrogen energy.

Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation

Talking with our hands: Duke study reveals how culture shapes our gestures

Duke University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new Duke study reveals how cultural identity shapes nonverbal communication and how understanding these differences can help us connect better across groups.

Journal: Journal of Experimental Psychology
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation

Texas Tech professors awarded $12 million for data center and AI research

Texas Tech University
Grant and Award Announcement

Texas Tech University has secured a five-year grant totaling $12.25 million in NSF funding for the REPACSS project, which will design and develop advanced computing systems that integrate multiple energy sources while addressing automation, remote data control and scientific workflow management. This five-year effort positions Texas Tech as a national leader in large-scale computing, distinct from commercial data centers by focusing on diverse academic and scientific applications.

Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation

Kennesaw State associate professor receives NSF grant to improve student success in engineering

Kennesaw State University
Grant and Award Announcement

Kennesaw State University researcher Ordene Edwards is exploring how to help engineering students see the value in their studies and help improve their performance with the aid of a five-year, $700,000 National Science Foundation grant.

Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation

UAlbany study finds disparities in risks for reading difficulties emerge by kindergarten

University at Albany, SUNY
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Early struggles with reading can have lifelong impacts on mental, physical and emotional health. Understanding who is most at risk of experiencing reading difficulties can inform strategies for early interventions to support students before they fall further behind. A new UAlbany study reports on disparities in the prevalence of early reading difficulties among U.S. elementary school students.

Journal: Journal of School Psychology
Funder: Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. National Science Foundation

Scientists discover chameleon’s telephone-cord-like optic nerves once overlooked by Aristotle and Newton

Florida Museum of Natural History
Peer-Reviewed Publication

After millennia of study, modern imaging has revealed the secret of chameleons' ability to move their eyes in a nearly 360-degree rotation and look in two different directions at once. Behind their bulging eyes lie two long, coiled optic nerves — a structure not seen in any other lizard.

Journal: Scientific Reports
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation

Food after a flood

University of Texas at Austin

A new dataset that found key factors affecting post-Harvey retail and charitable food supply was awarded a 2025 NHERI DesignSafe Dataset Award.

Journal: Journal of the American Planning Association
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation

A few words with a big impact: How one sentence can make classrooms more inclusive

Arizona State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new Arizona State University study shows that when instructors briefly disclose their LGBTQ+ identity, even in a single sentence, students report greater feelings of belonging and connection. Across nine university classrooms and more than 2,000 students, the vast majority viewed these disclosures positively, suggesting that small, authentic moments of visibility can foster inclusion in science education.

Journal: Cell Biology Education
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation

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