Moore Foundation alumni Karen Cosby, Daniel Yang and Thomas Wang recently authored an article for Diagnosis that discusses the role of philanthropy in advancing diagnostic excellence, and the legacy of the Moore Foundation’s involvement in this space. Read the full article ⤵️

🌿 Last month, the Power of Connections project hosted its third workshop in Manaus, Brazil, focused on Indigenous- and community-led management of natural resources. Leaders from across the Amazon came together to advance collaborative management of forests, rivers and territories. 🌎 Learn more ⤵️

Adrian Forsyth, co-founder of Amazon Conservation and conceptual architect of our Andes-Amazon Initiative, is a tropical ecologist and conservationist with 45+ years of experience. Watch this interview from The Future of Amazonia to hear Adrian’s perspective on strategies for ecological protection ⤵️

🌌 A distant star, ASASSN-24fw, mysteriously dimmed by 97% for eight months before returning to its normal brightness. Ohio State researchers identified a massive dust disk and a companion star as the likely culprits of the eclipsing effect, revealing new insights into stellar evolution. Read more ⤵️

🌿 In 2003, we invested $11M to acquire and support initial stewardship planning of the Cargill Salt Ponds into vibrant wetlands — protecting wildlife habitat and increasing public access to green spaces in the California’s South Bay. Learn more about this #BayAreaConservation effort ⤵️ #Moore25

Our latest newsletter highlights the new phase of the Emergent Phenomena in Quantum Systems Initiative. Building on 12 years and $188M in investment, we’re committing another $230M over the next decade to advance the field. Read the newsletter ⤵️ #MoorePhysics #SciencePhilanthropy

🌊 Through multiple grants — spanning science, ocean monitoring and artificial intelligence — we’re supporting the development of environmental sample processors, automated underwater vehicles, and deep-water imaging tools that push the boundaries of #OceanExploration and engineering. 🛰️   #Moore25

A new @pewtrusts.org report unpacks the global trade of Pacific tuna, showing how these fisheries connect small island nations, major processing hubs and consumer markets across the globe. #SustainableSeafood #FoodTransparency #FisheriesManagement

At The Future of Amazonia, a symposium we hosted in May, Adriana Ramos (@socioambiental.org‬‬‬‬) emphasized the need for Indigenous-led territory management and conservation as the most effective means of protecting the Amazon. 🌳 ‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬ Watch the full interview ⤵️ #IndigenousRights #Moore25

🌊 The world’s high seas are now set to benefit from stronger conservation through the High Seas Treaty — a framework to establish protected areas, strengthen resource stewardship and protect more of Earth’s oceans by 2030. Congratulations to everyone who helped make this historic step possible. 🌍

🔥 The Western Fire & Forest Resilience Collaborative is tackling unanswered questions about ecologically beneficial fire, and about the fastest moving and most destructive wildfires in the Western U.S. This effort is deepening our understanding of fire behavior and how to build resilience. #Moore25

After 12 transformative years and $188 million in grants awarded, we are excited to launch the next phase of the Emergent Phenomena in Quantum Systems Initiative — with a new $230 million commitment over the next decade to continue to advance the field. Learn more ⤵️ #MoorePhysics #Philanthropy

“Nature is a communion of subjects — we coexist with it.” Martín von Hildebrand, secretary general of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization, shares deep insights from his five decades of advancing Indigenous rights in the Amazon. 🌎 Watch Martín’s full interview ⤵️ #AmazonConservation

🎖️ Today, Louie Porta, our Arctic Ocean Initiative program director, received the King Charles III Coronation Medal for being a leading conservationist “who has worked to create and sustain civil society organizations that support a healthy ocean in Canada and around the world.” 🎉 Congrats, Louie!

🗞️ The Science Philanthropy Alliance’s recently released 2025 Science Philanthropy Indicators Report reveals how philanthropic investment is reshaping the U.S. research landscape — underscoring philanthropy’s vital role in advancing science and discovery. Explore the report ⤵️ #SciencePhilanthropy

In 2014, inspired by Gordon Moore’s own childhood experiences, we partnered with @society4science.bsky.social to reimagine the chemistry set. The goal was simple: ignite curiosity in the next generation through hands-on exploration. 👩‍🔬 Learn more ➡️ www.societyforscience.org/blog/winners... #Moore25

🌍 Greenland’s people, environment and way of life show what it means to live in balance with nature. Today, its #MarineConservation landscape is at the center of the Arctic story. The Arctic is home to 5 million people; their future depends on how this fragile environment is managed. 📸: Louie Porta

☄️ Moore grantee Jessica Barnes and her team at @uarizona.bsky.social’s Lunar and Planetary Laboratory (@uarizonalpl.bsky.social) used the nanoscale secondary ion mass spectrometer (NanoSIMS) — a tool built for asteroid/planetary analysis — to study samples from asteroid Bennu. Learn more ⤵️

🌎 In May, we hosted The Future of Amazonia in Peru — the first of our five-part 25th anniversary symposia series — convening experts to discuss conservation in the Amazon. 🎥 Learn what gives Mariana Montoya (@wcs.org) hope to mitigate threats to the region ⤵️‪‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬ #AmazonConservation

⚛️ Emergent Phenomena in Quantum Systems Experimental Investigator Ming Yi and colleagues have shown the first direct experimental proof that the unique patterns of electrons know as active flat electronic bands exist within a special type of material called a kagome superconductor. Learn more ⤵️

🩺 Over the course of five years, the Moore Foundation invested $100M+ in our Diagnostic Excellence Initiative. To extend the impact of our Patient Care Program, which concluded in 2023, we established a national coordinating center for diagnostic excellence at @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social. #Moore25

📡 Moore grantee Victoria Kaspi at @mcgill.ca and colleagues used CHIME radio telescopes to pinpoint one of the brightest fast radio bursts ever detected. This finding + location surprised the team and offers new insight into fast radio bursts — one of #Astrophysics’ greatest mysteries. Learn more ⤵️

In May 2025, we hosted The Future of Amazonia — the first of our 25th anniversary symposia series — convening nearly 70 conservationists, policymakers, Indigenous representatives and civil society leaders to discuss conservation in the Amazon. Read the full story ➡️ tr.ee/AnZDET Watch the playlist ⤵️

🔭 During a year of closure during COVID-19, The Lawrence Hall of Science used the downtime to improve its programming and facilities, enhance the visitor experience, and renew its connection with the local Indigenous community, the Ohlone. Learn how The Lawrence delivers #STEM education to all ⤵️

🛰️ Our Science portfolio supports the development of advanced scientific instruments. Among these are the shoebox-sized ocean color monitoring SeaHawk nanosatellite and the multinational Accelerator on a Chip collaboration. Learn how these projects came together ⤵️ #SciencePhilanthropy

🔥 Research from the Western Fire & Forest Resilience Collaborative led to new insights on “fast fires” — rapid-spreading, difficult-to-contain wildfires that were responsible for nearly 90% of fire-related damages in the U.S. from 2001 to 2020. Go deeper on fast fires ⤵️ #WildfireResilience

“2024 was a momentous year for our foundation... This annual report holds stories of ideas brought to life in unexpected ways, proof that innovation can be a lifeline in seasons of change.” — Harvey Fineberg, President, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Read the letter and explore the report ⤵️

⚖️ This @issuesinst.bsky.social commentary reflects on the vital role of programs supporting state legislators as lawmakers navigate complex science and technology policy decisions. Read the full commentary ⤵️ #SciencePhilanthropy #SciPol #STEM

🎙️ Our latest Beyond the Lab features Dr. @kakanikatija.bsky.social, principal engineer and Bioinspiration Lab lead at @mbarinews.bsky.social. Her team created an underwater optical imaging system that visualizes and measures fluid motion, particles, and living organisms in 3D. Go Beyond the Lab ⤵️

🦎 With Moore Foundation support, @inaturalist.bsky.social has become a global force in #CommunityScience — turning smartphone photos from more than 9 million users into research-grade biodiversity data, advancing conservation around the world. 📱🌱 🔍 Explore iNaturalist ➡️ inaturalist.org #Moore25

As part of our 25th Anniversary, we partnered with @asm.org to spotlight a new Early Microbial Life report, released at #ASMicrobe. Afterward, Ashley Hagen, Michael Lynch and @vscooper.micropopbio.org recorded an episode of Meet the Microbiologist. 🦠 Watch or listen here ▶️ asm.org/podcasts/mtm...

🌋 Is it possible to use existing infrastructure to “hear” volcanic eruptions before they erupt? Grantee Zhongwen Zhan and his team at @caltech.edu have demonstrated an application of distributed acoustic sensing to do just that. 👂 Learn more ⤵️ #SciencePhilanthropy #Volcanoes #Geophysics

🌲 With Moore Foundation support, Blue Forest launched its #ForestResilienceBond (FRB) in 2018 — a #ConservationFinance fund that raises private investor capital to support forest restoration efforts. The FRB has produced measurable water and #Wildfire benefits in CA and beyond. 🔥💧 Learn more ⤵️

🔥 @calfire.bsky.social, in collaboration with the Moore Foundation and Earth Fire Alliance, are calling on developers, data scientists and systems architects to create innovative solutions to conserve natural resources and make communities and firefighters safer. 🧑‍🚒 Learn more about the challenge ⤵️

🦿 Three Texas high school students designed a brain-controlled prosthetic leg — NeuroFlex — to help their friend and other amputees worldwide. In May, their invention was recognized at #RegeneronISEF 2025 with the Gordon E. Moore Award for Positive Outcomes for Future Generations. 🏆 Learn more ⤵️

🌲🔥 The California Fire Chiefs Association has completed the second phase of its Wildland-Urban Interface Data Commons project, a new effort to close crucial data gaps in #WildfireResilience, convening 100+ experts to shape a roadmap for a pilot launch in 30-50 neighborhoods across up to 7 states. 🧯

🩺 Established in March 2009, the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at @ucdavis.bsky.social was launched through a $100 million commitment from the Moore Foundation, in honor of our founder Betty Irene Moore’s commitment to patient care, quality nursing care and education. #Moore25 #PatientCare

🏛️ Strong policy builds from a strong knowledge base. At the 2025 National Conference of State Legislatures summit in Boston, our colleagues Jon Kaye, Adam Jones and Aneesha Gharpurey attended a panel on how PhD-level science policy fellowships connect state lawmakers with the scientific community.

⚛️ 🔦 Grantee Wolfgang Ketterle and his team @mit.edu ‬have reimagined the famous double-slit experiment, using individual ultracold atoms as the slits and light so faint that each atom scattered at most one photon — performing the experiment’s most “idealized” version yet. Read more in MIT News ⤵️

While re-envisioning their space in 2003, @calacademy.bsky.social faced a challenge: moving 5,400 aquatic species + a 6K-gallon coral reef to a temporary aquarium during renovation. 🐙🚚 In 2008, the Academy reopened with a new, sustainably designed 225,000-gallon reef and other natural features. 🪸♻️

🗺️ Since 2013, we’ve supported Clark Labs in developing the first global, high-resolution maps that track mangrove loss from #ShrimpAquaculture in 17 countries using satellite imagery — helping to identify whether shrimp farms were built by clearing mangroves. 📡 🌳 🧭 Explore the maps+data ⤵️ #Moore25

🔍 What’s smaller than a notebook, costs less than a backpack, and lets you explore the hidden world around you? 🧐 🔬Foldscope, an origami-style microscope with ≥340X magnification, created by a @stanford.edu team, reveals everything from pond critters to pollen grains. 🌼 🐜 Learn more ⤵️ #Moore25

🔎 Moore Foundation Experimental Physics Investigator Mengkun Liu‪ and postdoctoral scholar Ran Jing at @stonybrooku.bsky.social have developed a microscopy technique that provides unprecedented resolution for studies of quantum materials. ⚛️🔬 Read more in Physics Magazine ⤵️ #MoorePhysics

Forever Costa Rica helps Costa Rica build and sustain a national level network of terrestrial and marine protected areas with a stable source of funding. Since launching in 2010, it has engaged 90+ protected areas and launched hundreds of community-based projects. 🌎 💚 #Moore25

🦪 @science.ubc.ca researchers found that a newly discovered virus is associated with mass mortality of Pacific oysters — the world’s most widely farmed shellfish. We’re excited to support this discovery that will support coastal communities’ well-being. Read more in @sciencex.bsky.social ⤵️‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

☀️ After 150 years, the Kashia Band of Pomo Indians have returned to their homeland on the California Coast. 🌲 The Kashia Coastal Reserve includes one conservation easement on the 700+ acres and another allowing the California Coastal Trail to pass through the protected land. Learn more ⤵️ #Moore25

💎 Two teams, led by Moore Foundation Experimental Physics Investigators Shimon Kolkowitz (@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social) & Nathalie de Leon (Princeton), have built a novel diamond-based quantum-sensing platform — expanding the potential for next-gen quantum technology development. ⚛️ #MoorePhysics

🌱 Transparency matters. ‪@trase.earth, launched by‬ @globalcanopy.org and @sei.org in 2015 with our support, maps global supply chains for forest-risk commodities like soy, palm oil and beef — tracking and linking data to environmental impact. 🌎 Learn more ➡️ trase.earth #Moore25 #Deforestation

@ssir.org explores how tools like Global Forest Watch Pro and @globalfishingwatch.org’s Vessel Viewer, now a critical part of infrastructure for many companies, may scale beyond philanthropic funding. 🌳 🔗 Read more ⤵️

Going beyond the article... Read about @plos.org's new initiative, funded by @moorefound.bsky.social & Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. plos.io/45XeXvx