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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 on August 12, 2026, goes to the California State University, Fresno Foundation and comes from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Work starts October 15, 2026, under the NSF's Noyce program, which supports teacher training in science and math.
Updated Aug 30
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.
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
Received $8.75B for FY2026, avoiding proposed 57% cut
For 80 years, federal science funding enjoyed bipartisan protection. Trump's fiscal year 2026 budget proposed ending that consensus, calling for cuts of 57% to the National Science Foundation (NSF), 47% to NASA's science programs, and 40% to the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Primary funder and operations overseer
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 May 19
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