LIGO's vacuum chamber when quantum-squeezing technology is operational and pumped with green laser l
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Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - January 19, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: video

Tiny microscopic copepod belonging to genus Euchirella
A tiny microscopic copepod belonging to the genus Euchirella. Researchers found that particles transported to the deep ocean by currents and zooplankton contribute 30 to 40% of the carbon sequestered there. [Research supported by U.S. National Science Foundation grant OCE ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - January 19, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: video

Acenes emitting rainbow of colors
A rendering of stylized molecules known as acenes, emitting red, orange, yellow, green, and blue light. Acenes are chains of fused carbon-containing rings that have unique optoelectronic properties, which make them useful as semiconductors. [Research supported by U.S. National Science Foundation ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - January 19, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: video

Laser setup for cooling, controlling, entangling individual molecules
Physicists have linked individual molecules together into special states that are quantum mechanically "entangled" – where molecules remain correlated with each other and can interact simultaneously, even if they are miles apart. Shown here is a laser setup for cooling, controlling and entangling ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - January 13, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: video

Butterfly Phenology
Graphic showing a butterfly specimen overtop a portion of the largest butterfly tree of life ever created. The "tree" was assembled with DNA from more than 2000 butterfly species representing all butterfly families and 92% of genera. [Research supported by U.S. National Science Foundation grants ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - January 12, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: video

Computation model predicts transition states of reactions
During a chemical reaction, molecules gain energy until they reach what’s known as the transition state — a point of no return from which the reaction must proceed. Using generative AI, researchers created a computation model that can rapidly calculate and predict the transition state of a reaction ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - January 12, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: video

2D material is used to create hybrid phase-change memristors
A rendering of a 2D material strategically strained to lie precariously between two different crystal phases. Researchers are using the material to create hybrid phase-change memristors, which operate by applying voltage to a thin filament between two electrodes, which offer fast, low-power and ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - December 20, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video

Assistive-feeding robotic arm
A robotic arm designed to assist those with upper-body mobility impairments skewers a piece of fruit during a demonstration. Researchers created a set of 11 actions the robotic arm can make to pick up nearly any food attainable by a fork. [Research supported by U.S. National Science Foundation ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - December 20, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video

Telescopes in the Dark Sector at South Pole Station
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Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - December 1, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video

Force-gauging electronic'sticker '
Researchers developed this thin, flexible electronic "sticker" to measure the force exerted by one object on another. The force stickers are wireless, run without batteries and fit in tight spaces, making them versatile for a wide range of applications. [Research supported by the U.S. National ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - December 1, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video

Bubble-based ultrasound imaging technique
A rendering of an ultrasound imaging technique that uses nano-sized bubbles to distinguish macrophages -- a type of cell vital to nearly every function of the immune system -- from other cells in mammal tissue. [Research supported by U.S. National Science Foundation grant DMR 1845053.] Learn ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - December 1, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video

Nanoscale rendering of graphene and chromium oxide
A nanoscale rendering of two materials, graphene (gray) and chromium oxide (blue), that collectively were used by a team of researchers to fabricate the first magneto-electric transistor. The red and green arrows represent spin, a magnetism-related property of electrons that can be read as a one or ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - November 18, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video

Engineering students fabricate and test structural supercapacitor
Engineering students fabricate and test a structural supercapacitor – a device that provides both structural support and energy storage capabilities. Such technology could add more power to electronic gadgets and vehicles without adding extra weight, allowing them to last longer on a single ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - November 17, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video

Model skull wearing biomedical device to help bones heal
"Skully," a model of a human skull, wears a strong, lightweight biomedical device engineered to hold bones together while they heal. The technology is part of ongoing research that uses advanced manufacturing techniques to develop new materials and products such as orthopedic bearings and tissue ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - November 17, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video

Caribou bull near Toolik Field station, Alaska
A caribou bull near Toolik Field station in autumn. The NSF-supported station is located on the eastern shore of Toolik Lake in the northern foothills of the Brooks Range on the North Slope of Alaska. [Toolik Field Station is operated and managed by the Institute of Arctic Biology at the ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - November 4, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video