🌟 Researchers used the #NSFfunded The CHARA Array to study Polaris (aka the North Star) & discovered that the candle-like star has spots on its surface that change over time & may be linked to a variation in its radial velocity. bit.ly/4dWJmuD 📷: Nancy Remage Evans et al

Teachers & mentors: Join our upcoming webinar to learn all about the NSF Game Maker Awards. Discover how to guide your students in creating video games that imagine life in 2100 and compete for the $100K prize! Register: bit.ly/3z6hZPP #GameMakerAwards #NSF75 #STEM

"You're as cold as ice..." U.S. National Science Foundation's Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station Mamiya 7II, Portra 400. #Antarctica

A new #NSFfunded study maps and models heat exposure in Philadelphia down to a resolution of 1 meter — key to understanding which areas and populations within the city are at greater risk during extreme heat events. bit.ly/3yS25IW 📹: Xiaojiang Li, Penn

The Event Horizon 'Scope collaboration, an #NSFfunded global network of telescopes, has achieved the highest resolution radio observations of astronomical objects ever obtained – a breakthrough that enables future images of black holes to be 50% more detailed. bit.ly/3yKX70F

When Iceland’s Fagradalsfjall volcano began erupting in 2021 after 800 yrs of dormancy, a team of #NSFfunded researchers from UC San Diego seized this opportunity to uncover insights that could help forecast volcanic activity in the future. 📸 Savannah Kelly/Scripps Oceanography

Astronomers draw closer to unlocking the mysteries of magnetars. 🌌🧲 Researchers used NSF National Radio Astronomy Observatory | NRAO's Very Long Baseline Array to record measurements on the youngest, fastest known nearby magnetar. #NSFfunded bit.ly/3ZlIXOr 📷: NSF, AUI, NSF NRAO, S. Dagnello

NSF invests $14.5M in the inaugural Innovation in Two-Year College in STEM Education awards. This program will support projects advancing innovative, evidence-based practices at two-year colleges nationwide. bit.ly/4g6djKs

The U.S. National Science Foundation Game Maker Awards is an exciting opportunity for students in grades K-12 to showcase their creativity, technical skills and passion for game design. Students will compete to win up to $7,500 in various prize categories. Learn more: buff.ly/3AEDbNf

Does dusty air increase rainfall? 🌫️ 🌧️ Machine learning aided #NSFfunded researchers in linking more aerosols, particularly Saharan dust, in the air to increased tropical cyclone rainfall. bit.ly/3X1BOjr

#NSFSBIR TestParty ensures organizations' websites are inclusive for people with disabilities. Its AI-powered platform SpellCheck for Accessible Code empowers engineers to write compliant code. ✅👨‍💻 tcrn.ch/4dFQjjL 📷: Eve Photography, Evgenia Eliseeva

NSF is investing $39M in innovative quantum research, training and education through the NSF Expanding Capacity in Quantum Information Science and Engineering program, supporting 23 projects at various institutions across the U.S. bit.ly/4e2ElAz

"I'm your Huckleberry." — Earth #NSFunded researchers University of Kentucky hypothesize that the Yellowstone caldera swallowed the northern half of the Teton range following the Huckleberry Ridge eruption over 2 million years ago. bit.ly/3X7enoX 📷: Summer Brown/UK

#NSFfunded researchers @harvard have shown that quantum coherence — the ability of particles to maintain phase relationships and exist in multiple states simultaneously — can survive a chemical reaction with ultracold molecules. Learn more: bit.ly/4cV11Sm

NSF invests $75 million in BioFoundries — integrated facilities that enable rapid designing, creating, and testing of tools and products to advance the #bioeconomy. 🧪📈 bit.ly/4g4qonL #NSFfunded

A #NSFfunded study out of the University of Utah suggests that conserving water flow to the Great Salt Lake in Utah will reduce dust exposure to all local residents. Learn more: bit.ly/4ecdG4m 📷: Michael Werner, University of Utah

#NSFSBIR transaera develops energy-efficient cooling systems that remove moisture from the air before cooling it, then use the heat generated by the air conditioners to dry the material for the next cycle. 🆒🔁💨 #greentech tcrn.ch/4dP6qMc 📷: Transaera

🌟Attention teachers & mentors: Encourage your K-12 students to enter the NSF #GameMakerAwards and create a video game focused on #lifein2100. Help them showcase their creativity and STEM skills and win up to $8,500 in prizes! Learn more: bit.ly/4gfWFrR #NSF75 #STEM

Are you curious about how magnetism & electricity work? The Magnet Academy from the NSF National MagLab has got you covered. With fun experiments, videos, interactive tutorials, lesson plans for teachers & more, students can learn in a fun & exciting way. bit.ly/3MyU9iN

Seeing through skin? Researchers Stanford University discovered a simple way to make skin reversibly transparent, revealing organs, blood flow and even digestion in sleeping animals. Published today Science Magazine, learn more: bit.ly/3z7EWSM