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Molybdenum survives temperatures that would melt most metals, but at room temperature it can crack without warning. Reforming its internal crystal grains has required heating the entire part to about 1,000 °C.
Updated Yesterday
Primary funder and operations overseer of the LSST survey
On June 23, 2025, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory released its first images. A 3.2-gigapixel camera, the largest ever built for astronomy, captured 10 million galaxies in a single frame. In just 10 hours of test observations, it found 2,104 asteroids nobody knew existed, including seven near-Earth objects; for the next decade, it will photograph the entire Southern Hemisphere sky every three nights.
Updated 3 days ago
Received $8.75B for FY2026; diverted $1.4B from research and awarded no new economics or archaeology grants in 2026
Congress preserved federal science budgets for 2026, rejecting President Trump's proposed cuts of 40% to 57%. The administration has kept pressing through agency actions. The National Science Foundation diverted $1.4 billion from its research account and awarded no new grants in economics or archaeology this year.
Updated Nov 3
Re-awarded the Antarctic contract to KBR on October 29, 2026
The National Science Foundation re-awarded KBR its $8 billion, 20-year contract to run U.S. Antarctic research stations on October 29. The agency says it fixed the flaw a federal watchdog found in how it scored the bids.
Updated Nov 1
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The federal government committed $749,387 to train 32 new secondary math teachers for high-need districts in California's San Joaquin Valley. The award, recorded August 12, 2026, goes to the California State University, Fresno Foundation. The project was scheduled to start October 15, 2026, under the NSF's Noyce program.
Updated Oct 16
Funding decision pending for TMT
Spain's €1 billion bid to host the Thirty Meter Telescope on La Palma is dead. The consortium behind the giant observatory failed to reach consensus on the financing offer, ending the island's decade-long role as the project's official backup site.
As of August 2026: Funding source
A research-grade confocal microscope is coming to Corpus Christi. The National Science Foundation recorded a $625,954 award to Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi on August 4 to buy the instrument, which images living cells in 3D at high resolution.
Updated Aug 30
As of May 2026: Primary funder of the research
Ships sink when water floods their hulls, but researchers at the University of Rochester have developed aluminum tubes that trap air so effectively they float indefinitely—even riddled with holes. The breakthrough, published in Advanced Functional Materials, uses laser-etched surfaces that mimic how diving bell spiders and fire ants stay buoyant underwater.
Updated May 23
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