For high school students engaged in independent or mentored research, conferences offer opportunities to formally present findings and receive feedback from professionals.

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Citizen science turns morning walks along Washington’s coastline into environmental surveys, a camping trip with friends into an in-depth exploration of fauna, and a swim in the ocean into a scavenger ...

As a self-proclaimed lifelong learner and former educator, Amy Boyington is passionate about researching and advocating for learners of all ages. For over a decade, Amy has specialized in writing ...

Passive acoustic long-term autonomous monitoring data has been collected in US waters since 2006, amassing an acoustic archive of ~500 cumulative years of continuous high-frequency acoustic data.

University of Colorado Boulder researchers across all STEM disciplines offer summer projects for SMART students. In your Statement of Purpose, be sure to describe research areas/topics you are ...

It might seem surprising, but federal research funding isn’t just for scientists. A component of many federal grants that support basic research requires that discoveries be shared with nonscientists.

The National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) supported 58,800 science fund projects last year, allocating a total ...

Responding to an impending hazard means that time is limited, so analysis and decision-making must proceed on an accelerated timetable. Modeling, numerical simulation, leading to predictive capacity, ...

An illustration shows three scientists in lab coats kneeling, pushing up against a molecular model looming over them. The atom they are pushing on is red and is connected to an orange ball that ...