What makes Weddell seals such excellent divers?
What makes Weddell seals such excellent divers, routinely able to forage underwater for food as long as 20 minutes at a time? Did you know they have natural, internal scuba tanks? Weddell seal moms make an extraordinary sacrifice to help prepare their offspring for such extended underwater dives. ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - August 10, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: video
Venus flytrap - magnified
At Duke University's Biological Sciences Greenhouse, plants like this Venus flytrap are housed and maintained for use in research projects.
[Research supported by U.S. National Science Foundation grants DEB 1713435, DEB 1713502 and DEB 1426802.]
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Composite of Centaurus A revealing lobes and jets from galaxy's black hole
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Brain sensors record electrical signals directly from surface of the human brain
A new array of brain sensors can record electrical signals directly from the surface of the human brain in record-breaking detail. These sensors feature thin, flexible and densely packed grids of either 1,024 or 2,048 embedded electrocorticography sensors.
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Folklore about a shipwrecked Spanish galleon comes to light in the oldest sequenced DNA ever found.
Off the coast of Maryland and Virginia, on the island of Assateague, a centuries-old mystery is coming to light. Folklore has it that a shipwrecked Spanish galleon had been carrying a herd of horses that survived by swimming to the shore. The oldest sequenced DNA ever found in the molar of an ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
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School of Antarctic silversides
A school of Antarctic silversides (Menidia menidia).
As humans continue to pump carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere, some of the CO2 gets absorbed into the sea, which raises its acidity--a process called ocean acidification. Scientists are seeking to learn ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
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Great white shark
This image of a great white shark was captured near Guadalupe Island in Mexico.
The U.S. National Science Foundation supports many forms of research pertaining to sharks, both living and extinct – from their biology to their habitats to their diets – to increase understanding of our Earth and ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
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Babies are like sponges constantly absorbing information. One vital component is learning a language
Babies are like sponges, constantly absorbing information. But how early do infants begin to learn language, a vital component of an infant's development? What processes do they use and how can parents help? Learn more about important "naming moments" on NSF's The Discovery Files.This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
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Great white shark near Guadalupe Island in Mexico
This image of a great white shark was captured near Guadalupe Island in Mexico. The U.S. National Science Foundation supports many forms of research pertaining to sharks, both living and extinct – from their biology to their habitats to their diets – to increase understanding of our Earth and our ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
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Great white shark near Guadalupe Island in Mexico
A great white shark photographed near Guadalupe Island in Mexico.
(Date image taken: 2021; date originally posted to NSF Multimedia Gallery: July 25, 2022)
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Great white shark'The Joker '
The great white shark in this image has been dubbed "The Joker" for the scar on its face and is well known to researchers. It has appeared in several "Shark Week" programs on The Discovery Channel. The image was captured near Guadalupe Island in Mexico. The U.S. National Science Foundation supports ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - July 25, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: video
What is " Cosmic Microwave Background? "
Planets, interstellar gas, and stars that illuminate the night sky account for only 15% of the matter in the universe. So, how important is a "Cosmological Signature" and what is "Cosmic Microwave Background?" What does either have to do with scientists' search for invisible, dark matter, 85% of ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - July 20, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: video
What makes the images on television screens, hand-held video games, and smartphones so dynamic?
What do SMILES have to do with fluorescent dyes and how might they make the images on television screens, hand-held video games, and smartphones more dynamic, even brighter? Researchers are turning fluid fluorescent dyes into solid-state form and making the brightest fluorescents ever made. Learn ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - July 19, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: video
Explore with us the largest marine predator that has ever existed,
Imagine! A prehistoric, megatooth shark that lived as recently as 3.6 million years ago, measuring almost 70 feet in length, and living at the very top of its food chain. While others focus on today's sharks, explore with us the largest marine predator that has ever existed, a creature with the ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
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Electron fractionalization in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene
This image shows electron fractionalization in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene.
[Research supported by U.S. National Science Foundation grants DMR 1809802 and DMR 1231319.]
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