National Science Foundation
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D-Wave announced Tuesday that it had secured a $1.6 million National Science Foundation grant.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
The research was supported by the Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation.
From Science Daily ● May 29, 2026
The National Science Foundation is moving at 20% of its normal pace, threatening basic research in computing, energy, advanced engineering and other fields.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
“It does call into question,” Reyes posits, “what are their plans for the National Science Foundation given the period that we’re entering?”
From Salon ● May 2, 2026
The largest semi-steerable radio/radar observatory on the planet Earth is the Arecibo facility, which Cornell University operates for the National Science Foundation.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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