National Science Foundation announces Cornell-led AI Materials Institute | Cornell Chronicle The NSF, in partnership with Intel, will invest $20 million over five years to establish the Artificial Intelligence Materials Institute at Cornell, as part of the National Artificial Intelligence Res...

Cornell Tech is helping power the new $20M NSF AI Materials Institute at Cornell! The initiative will build off #CornellTech’s arXiv database, and our K–12 Initiative will help expand STEM access for students: news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...

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Quantifying Summer Internal Phosphorus Loading in Large Lakes across the United States Internal phosphorus loading (IPL) can be a significant phosphorus (P) source in freshwater systems, often causing water-quality improvement delays. Despite its importance, IPL estimates are missing fo...

A group of STEPS researchers, led by scholar Smitom Borah, recently published "Quantifying Summer Internal Phosphorus Loading in Large Lakes across the United States"!

🔗 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

#publication #nsffunded #nsfstories #waterquality

Congratulations to Alondra Deras and Lucas Crane on earning best poster awards at the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors Conference!

#nsffunded #nsfstories #AEESP2025

STEPS releases stakeholder engagement guidance for researchers

We are proud to release 2 pivotal guides and accompanying videos aimed at enriching stakeholder engagement in both academic and community settings! Find the full article and find the resources here: steps-center.org/2025/05/21/s...

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STEPS' education team reaches 130,000 students this year with phosphorus sustainability message

🏆Our education research team completed a highlight year! Read about it below ⬇️

steps-center.org/2025/05/14/s...

#nsffunded #nsfstories #education #research

Phosphorus Fertilization Insights from the Agricultural Triple Bottom Line Scenario Site in Eastern NC, with Dr. Luke Gatiboni PhosForUs · Episode

📣 PhosForUs has released the next TBL episode!
"Phosphorus Fertilization Insights from the Agricultural TBL" explores Eastern North Carolina's unique soil composition and legacy phosphorus with Dr.Luke Gatiboni.
open.spotify.com/episode/4sA2...

#podcast #phosphorus #nsffunded #nsfstories

Professor: What's good for plants is not always good for the environment Phosporous runoff from fertilizing crops has been blamed for harmful algal blooms in bodies of water. (Stock image.)  The week of April 7-11, 2025, was recently named Phosphorous Week by Illinois Gov....

#tbt to P-Week! Dr. Anna-Maria Marshall recently did an interview with University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign News & discussed how nutrient pollution can harm surrounding ecosystems and industries.

🔗 las.illinois.edu/news/2025-04...

#phosphorus #NSFfunded #NSFstories #Pweek2025

What are you looking at??

That would be sweetcorn grown using biofertilizers! STEPS researches at University of Florida are growing sweetcorn in controlled setting to explore alternatives to conventional phosphorus fertilizers.

#sustainableagriculture #corn #nsffunded #nsfstories

My #NSFStories are far from unique. NSF is the scientific engine that makes the US research enterprise the envy of the world. We need NSF—for the discoveries it enables and the careers it builds.

Our researchers from the Molecule Maker Lab Institute worked on an AlphaSynthesis tool which can extract chemical structures and reactions from papers! Super proud of everyone!

Check out the paper here:
doi.org/10.48550/arX...

#AI #chemistry #NSFstories #chemicalstructures #chemicalreactions

💡The governors of NC, IL, & WI have officially proclaimed this week P-Week! These proclamations recognize the broad importance of P to each state's key industries, population, & environment.
🔗 Read more about the proclamations and see them online: lnkd.in/eE3DXNVp

#PWeek2025 #nsffunded #nsfstories

minChemBio: Expanding Chemical Synthesis with Chemo-Enzymatic Pathways Using Minimal Transitions Chemo-enzymatic pathway design aims to combine the strengths of enzymatic with chemical synthesis to traverse biomolecular design space more efficiently. While chemical reactions often struggle with r...

Our MMLI team at Penn State University just published a new paper - minChemBio - to expand chemical synthesis with chemoenzymatic pathways using minimal transitions! Congratulations, Mohit Anand, Vikas Upadhyay and Costas Maranas! doi.org/10.1021/acss...
#NSFstories #AI #chemistry #retrosynthesis

We would like to welcome Dr. Yicheng Yang to the STEPS Center as a postdoctoral researcher! He will be working at the University of Florida on P mitigation treatment technologies applied in South Florida! Welcome Yicheng!

#UF #postdoc #NSFfunded #NSFstories

"Gaps in U.S. livestock data are a barrier to effective environmental and disease management", published by a STEPS team and others, was recently accepted by Environmental Research Letters!

🔗 Read in full: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

#NSFfunded #NSFstories #publication 🧪

Machine learning-based identification of animal feeding operations in the United States on a parcel-scale The increasing global demand for meat and dairy products, fueled by rapid industrialization, has led to the expansion of Animal Feeding Operations (AF…

A team of STEPS researchers recently published “Machine learning-based identification of animal feeding operations in the United States on a parcel-scale” !

🔗 full article: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#nsffunded #nsfstories #publication

Members of the STEPS education research team collaborated to solve a "wicked" problem: teaching phosphorus in the classroom!

Read the paper here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#nsffunded #nsfstories #education #phosphorus 🧪

STEPS researchers were recognized for their publication, which came late last year, in CSA News. The short summary provides an easily understandable summary of their important work! Read it here: acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... 🧪

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A huge congratulations to Drs Rubén Rellán-Álvarez & Terri Long on receiving presidential awards!

🔗 PECASE: lnkd.in/dsY4hWZS

🔗 PAESMEM: lnkd.in/gpve8_Fu

#presidentialaward #STEM #NSFstories

Unlocking the phosphorus circularity potential of corn belt watersheds with biorefinery phosphorus recovery incentives As global phosphorus (P) stores rapidly decline, P fed algal blooms continue to threaten critical freshwater resources across the globe. In the Midwes…

New STEPS publication titled "Unlocking the phosphorus circularity potential of corn belt watersheds with biorefinery phosphorus recovery incentives"!

Read the full article: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#NSFfunded #NSFstories #corn #phosphorus 🧪

Our scholars are not just talented researchers, but talented in their other passions! Scholar Christopher Oates' visual abstract was selected as the cover for the Environmental Au (ACS Publications) recent issue!

📲 See the full issue here : pubs.acs.org/toc/aeacc4/5/1

#NSFfunded #NSFstories

A critical eutrophication–climate change link - Nature Sustainability Nature Sustainability - A critical eutrophication–climate change link

🚨 STEPS researchers recently published an article that discusses the role eutrophication plays in affecting global systems!

📲 Video abstract: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvZK...

🌱 Full article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#nsffunded #nsfstories #eutrophication #sciencecommuniction 🧪

Our director, Jacob Jones, has 3️⃣ great reasons for your company to become an IP/Commercialization Partner with STEPS!

📲 www.youtube.com/shorts/X8ckT...

🌿 Learn how to join us on our website: steps-center.org/our-partners/

#NSFfunded #NSFstories #phosphorus

The second way to partner with us is as an IP/Commercialization Partner! Learn more about this partnership below ⬇️

Learn how to join us on our website: steps-center.org/our-partners

#NSFfunded #NSFstories #IP #phosphorus

👫Working towards a more P sustainable future is a team effort & we want you to join us! Our director discusses the benefits of becoming a societal engagement partner.
📲 www.youtube.com/shorts/LB0JJ...
Learn more: steps-center.org/our-partners/

#NSFfunded #NSFstories #phosphorus #sustainability

Being a Societal Engagement Partner is the first way to partner with us!

Learn more below and join us on our website ⬇️
steps-center.org/our-partners/

#NFSfunded #NSFstories #partnership #phosphorus

Phosphorus sustainability is a global challenge we can’t tackle alone—but we can do it together. Join our Partnership Program today!
🌱 www.youtube.com/shorts/QTQ48...

🌿 Visit our website to learn more: steps-center.org/our-partners/

#NSFstories #NSFfunded #partnership #phosphorus

Our resolution for 2025 is to grow our network! We are excited to announce the start of our STEPS Partnership Program. Follow along this week to learn how you can be a part of our phosphorus future!

🌱 Learn more: steps-center.org/our-partners/
#phosphorus #partnership #nsffunded #nsfstories

Last week, Scholar Eduart Murcia-Botache presented during hashtag#AGU24!

💧 He shared his presentation titled "A Comparison of Causal Discovery Approaches to Identify and Quantify Causal Relationships in Engineered Wetlands."

#presentation #nsffunded #nsfstories #wetlands #florida

STEPS is a group of interdisciplinary researchers, organizational partners, and industry leaders working together on phosphorus sustainability!

#nsffunded #nsfstories #phosphorus

Our Vision: The STEPS vision is to facilitate a 25% reduction in human dependence on mined phosphates and a 25% reduction in losses of point and non-point sources of phosphorus to soils and water resources within 25 years, leading to enhanced resilience of food systems and reduced environmental damage.

Where do we see ourselves in 25 year? Well if you ask...

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