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National Science Foundation

American  

noun

U.S. Government.

  1. an independent agency of the executive branch, created in 1950, that promotes and supports research and education in the sciences. NSF

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National Science Foundation, and incorporates data from multiple NOIRLab telescopes.

From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 2026

Valor is building its first processing facility in Houston and has received funding from venture-capital firms and the National Science Foundation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

Support for the work was provided by the Illinois Materials Research Science and Engineering Center through the National Science Foundation.

From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026

National Science Foundation and researchers around the world to advance the exploration of the universe.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 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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