Compound of manganese sulfide compressed in diamond anvil cell undergoes dramatic transition
As a compound of manganese sulfide is compressed in a diamond anvil cell, it undergoes dramatic transitions. In this illustration, the interaction between the manganese atomic ions (purple circles) and disulfur molecular ions (figure eights) increases from left to right until the overlap is ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - November 6, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: video
An unprecedented seven NSF-supported experiments are headed to the ISS National Lab.
Seven NSF-supported experiments are headed to the International Space Station National Lab to be conducted in the microgravity environment. What are these projects going to teach us, and how could the knowledge impact life back home?This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - November 3, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: video
Bees come in a variety of colors, shapes and sizes, but what critical role does this diversity play?
Bees come in a variety of colors, shapes and sizes. This diversity plays a critical role in the health of flowers and farms. Scientists call it the "insurance effect," a great variety of bees working together to pollinate specific plants. Learn more on NSF's "The Discovery Files."This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - October 28, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: video
Saber-toothed cats dig into prey
This detail from the 1988 mural "Trapped in Time" by Mark Hallett depicts saber-toothed cats (Smilodon fatalis) digging into prey. Recent research suggests a social structure that helped members survive to adulthood even when they couldn’t hunt for themselves due to this birth defect. ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - October 28, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: video
School of fish swims over coral reefs of Pagan
A school of fish swims over the coral reefs of Pagan. A research team is analyzing the genetics of eight coral species from the Northern Mariana Islands of Sarigan, Pagan and Maug that were selected for their reef-building ability and their ecological importance.
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Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - October 28, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: video
Telescope operator inspects filter at Kitt Peak
A telescope operator inspects a filter at Kitt Peak National Observatory.
[KPNO is a program of the U.S. National Science Foundation's NOIRLab.]
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Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - October 28, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: video
Creatures have developed many ways to tear into their prey, but not all tissues are made the same.
What forces allow claws, fangs, spines and stingers to break into tissue and scale? Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have created a model to compare puncture energetics.This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - October 27, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: video
Your brain is always at work, whether you are consciously listening or not, making note of the...
Even if you are sound asleep, your brain is always at work, listening to, making note of and interpreting sound. The listening brain performs like an orchestra of neurons that never stops encoding incoming sounds and even has what scientists call a "conductor". Learn more on NSF's "The Discovery ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - October 21, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: video
Automated collection process utilizes unique object identifiers, QR codes and citizen science
A new automated collection process utilizing unique object identifiers, QR codes and citizen science has the potential to revolutionize the way in which biologists acquire data from museum specimens.
[Research supported by U.S. National Science Foundation grant DEB 1916632.]
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Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - October 21, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: video
Monarch butterfly mutant that was generated using a gene editing tool
A monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) mutant that was generated using the gene editing tool CRISPR/cas9 to delete a non-coding DNA sequence, also known as "junk DNA," that regulates a gene that controls wing patterning.
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Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - October 21, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: video
Pattern details of butterfly wing with alterations caused by modification of a non-coding DNA sequen
Pattern details of a gulf fritillary (Agraulis vanilla) butterfly wing with alterations caused by modification of a non-coding DNA sequence using the gene editing tool CRISPR/cas9.
[Research supported by U.S. National Science Foundation grant DGE 1650441, IOS 1656514, IOS 1753559, IOS ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - October 21, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: video
Touch receptors in your skin send messages to your brain, and directs you to look in the direction
Researchers have created novel, reconfigurable integrated circuit materials that are capable of sensing, thinking, and acting upon mechanical stress without needing additional circuits to process the signals.This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - October 20, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: video
Bioinspired design algorithm used to create irregular materials
This image shows a rendering of a new bioinspired design algorithm used to create irregular materials. Building blocks of different arbitrary shapes (in light blue) can be programmed to follow specific rules to assemble complex architectures within a material’s structure, leading to unique ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - October 16, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: video
Laser on Gemini North Telescope undergoes rigorous testing
As stars appear to circle around the north celestial pole, a new laser at the Gemini North Telescope on Hawaii’s Maunakea undergoes rigorous testing, as seen in this image from early October 2019.
[The international Gemini Observatory, a program of NSF's NOIRLab.]
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Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - October 15, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: video
Machine learning model monitors 3D printing in real time
Researchers at MIT have trained a machine learning model to monitor and adjust the 3D printing process in real time.
[Research supported by U.S. National Science Foundation grant IIS 1815070 and IIS 1815585.]
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Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - October 15, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: video
