Engineers have developed a new caterpillar-inspired robot.
Engineers at North Carolina State University have developed a caterpillar-bot that can move using a novel pattern of heated nanowires for control.This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - April 12, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
Researchers have found new insights the characteristics of Earth when life emerged.
Geochemists have found insights into the origins of life on Earth by modeling the characteristics found on the planet's crust 4 billion years ago.This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - April 5, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
Visualization depicting state variables discovered by AI
This visualization depicts state variables – the variables used to describe the physical states of a dynamical system – discovered by artificial intelligence and colored by their corresponding physical variables.
[Research supported by U.S. National Science Foundation grants CBET 2112085, CBET ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - March 31, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
Drone hovers over flight pad on perimeter of prescribed burn
A drone hovers over its flight pad on the perimeter of a controlled fire. The blaze was ignited by an incendiary ball dropped by the drone, a method that allows firefighters to keep a safe distance while managing prescribed burns.
[Research supported by U.S. National Science Foundation grant TI ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - March 31, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
Illustration of boron arsenide crystal undergoing thermal energy transport
An illustration of a boron arsenide crystal, placed between two diamonds in a controlled chamber with thermal energy transported under extreme pressure. Research shows that when boron arsenide is subjected to extreme pressure, heat transfer slows down, contradicting conventional wisdom that heat ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - March 31, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
Infants go head-to-head with Artificial Intelligence models in a battle of wits, to test commonsense
Today's Artificial Intelligence models are smart but lack the commonsense knowledge humans use to detect what motivates others' actions. A new study by New York University researchers finds that infants use this commonsense psychology to understand intentions, goals, and preferences, essential for ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - March 28, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
Researchers at Penn State have found three forms of plagiarism in a popular AI chatbot.
Can artificial intelligence chatbots be reliably used for work projects? Information scientists at Penn State have found three forms of plagiarism in a popular AI chatbot.This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - March 28, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
Bacteria cells on a collagen scaffold
Cells of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (orange), a harmful species of bacteria, are scattered over the surface of a collagen scaffold (blue).
[Research supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation grant DGE 1144245.]
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Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - March 24, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
Technicians in clean room learn to make semiconductors
Technicians in a clean room at the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Northeast Advanced Technological Education Center learn how to operate the equipment used to make semiconductors.
[The Northeast Advanced Technological Education center is funded by the U.S. National Science ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - March 24, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
Dark Energy Camera captures young stars inside NGC 6357
Billowing clouds of dust and gas surround bright, young stars inside NGC 6357, also known as the Lobster Nebula, some 8000 light-years away, in the direction of the Scorpius constellation. The image was captured by the Dark Energy Camera on the Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at the Cerro Tololo ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - March 24, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
The first connectome of an insect brain.
An interdisciplinary team led by Johns Hopkins University and the University of Cambridge has created the first complete map of an insect brain to date.This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - March 23, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
Simulation of asteroid impact with ocean surface
This simulation of the splash created by an asteroid following its impact with the ocean’s surface was created at the National Center for Atmospheric Research to study the aftermath of such impacts.
[The National Center for Atmospheric Research is supported by the U.S. National Science ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - March 18, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
Iridescent orchid bee of the family Apidae/subfamily Euglossinae
An orchid bee specimen from Costa Rica with iridescent body belonging to the family Apidae and subfamily Euglossinae.
[Research supported by U.S. National Science Foundation grant DEB 0337220.] (Date of image: 2004; date originally posted to NSF Multimedia Gallery: March 17, 2023)
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Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - March 17, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
Simulation of molecular dynamics of saltwater solution
A simulation models the molecular dynamics of a saltwater solution. Water molecules are shown in red and white, chloride ions in green, and sodium ions in blue.
[Research supported by U.S. National Science Foundation grant CHE 2108205.]
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Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - March 17, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
A new thermal energy refrigeration system is impacting the food supply in developing countries.
With two awards from NSF’s Small Business Innovation Research program, engineers have developed and brought to market a cold thermal storage system that is impacting the food supply in developing countries.This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - March 16, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
