The agency told a Congressional committee that it would not forward peer-reviewer comments of social science grants the committee had requested.
The agency told a Congressional committee that it would not forward peer-reviewer comments of social science grants the committee had requested.
The Asian harlequin ladybird carries a biological weapon to wipe out competing species.
Symbiotic fungi on the roots of bean plants can act as an underground signaling network, transmitting early warnings of impending aphid attacks.
Members of Congress have suggested that the President should be able to pick a US Science Laureate.
The agency released details of the sequester’s effects.
The decline of a population of Arctic foxes isolated on a small Russian island may be due to mercury pollution from their diet of seabirds and seals.
In a recent speech, the President defended spending on science and the peer-review process.
Representative Lamar Smith (R-TX) is writing legislation to change the rules of the NSF’s grant review process.
Researchers in the Amazon are measuring how much carbon dioxide fertilizes the rainforest.
Republican representatives question how the NSF reviews grants.