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NSF Small Business Innovation Research / Small Business Technology Transfer Phase I Programs (SBIR/STTR Phase I)

Published: 15 October 2025
Categories: NSF Due Dates

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Synopsis

The NSF SBIR/STTR programs provide non-dilutive funds for use-inspired research and development (R&D) of unproven, leading-edge, technology innovations that address societal challenges. By investing federal research and development funds into startups and small businesses, NSF helps build a strong national economy and stimulates the creation of novel products, services, and solutions in the private sector; strengthens the role of small business in meeting federal research and development needs; increases the commercial application of federally-supported research results; and develops and increases the U.S. workforce, especially by fostering and encouraging participation by socially and economically-disadvantaged and women-owned small businesses.

NSF seeks unproven, leading-edge technology innovations that demonstrate the following characteristics:

The innovations are underpinned and enabled by a new scientific discovery or meaningful engineering innovation. The innovations still require intensive technical research and development to be fully embedded in a reliable product or service. The

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Nature Careers | Science jobs

Published: 15 October 2025
Categories: Nature Jobs

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Nature Career Guides

Browse collections of career guides. Learn about the mission and achievements of the world’s leading research organisations, find out more about their job roles, courses, and events, alongside independently written editorials that cover advancements and career opportunities in your field. 

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Winter residential energy expenditures vary by heating fuel

Published: 15 October 2025
Categories: US Energy Information Administration

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In-brief analysis

October 15, 2025

We expect energy expenditures this winter will vary based on a home’s main space heating fuel: homes heating with natural gas will pay about the same amount for natural gas as they did last winter, but homes heating with electricity will pay more than they did last winter. Homes heating with propane or heating oil will pay less than they did last winter.

Trends in retail energy prices account for most of the changes in heating expenditures in our Winter Fuels Outlook, released today. We expect weather this winter will be similar to or milder than last winter.

The weather is a key source of uncertainty in these forecasts, so we provide two side cases that assume colder or warmer winter temperatures, as measured by heating degree days. In 9 of

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MIT scientists find metals hold secret atomic patterns

Published: 14 October 2025
Categories: Engineering News

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MIT researchers found that metals retain hidden atomic patterns once believed to vanish during manufacturing. These patterns arise from microscopic dislocations that guide atoms into preferred arrangements instead of random ones. The discovery introduces a new kind of physics in metals and suggests engineers can exploit these patterns to enhance material performance in demanding environments.

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