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Innovative Research Supported by NSF Could Lead to More Sustainable Agricultural Practices Imagine being able to develop a low-cost and sustainable fertilizer that improves the production of crops and plant growth by repurposing the massive amounts of biomass waste that exist worldwide. This is the goal of Benjamin S. Hsiao, distinguished professor of chemistry at Stony Brook University. He and colleagues at Stony Brook and University of Queensland in Australia (led by Darren Martin, professor o...

Innovative research could lead to more sustainable agricultural practices; Stony Brook-led work supported by NSF STONY BROOK, NY, December 22, 2022 – Imagine being able to develop a low cost and sustainable fertilizer that improves the production of crops and plant growth by repurposing the massive amounts of biomass waste that exist worldwide. This is the goal of Benjamin S. Hsiao, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at Stony Brook University. He and colleagues at Stony Brook and Univ...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) $5 million to participate in NSF’s groundbreaking Convergence Accelerator Program.

Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System is collaborating with partners in the Pacific Islands, the Pacific Northwest and Alaska.

I first read Alice Sebold when I took on “The Lovely Bones.” She then had me reading more of her works. There are very few contemporary writers who have that kind of power over writers. Now out with her next, “The Almost Moon,” Sebold tells the after-tale of a daughter killing her mother.

The project aims to make space and terrestrial navigation far more sensitive, accurate and affordable.

The project aims to make space and terrestrial navigation far more sensitive, accurate and affordable.

Smart traps will detect virus-carrying insects by their wing patterns

The “no glass on the beach” rule might get turned on its head, just a bit, now that a team of Tulane University engineers and scientists has received funding to establish a recycling program that u

The event will take place on April 15 from 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. EDT. Researchers, administrative staff and others in the social, behavioral and economic sciences community are encouraged to attend and learn more about what it takes to create — and lead — a research proposal for these major initiatives, including Trust and Authenticity in Communications Systems, Understanding the Rules of Life: Emergent Networks, mid-scale research infrastructure and others. Featured speakers include NSF Assista...