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
Stages of an annular solar eclipse
The stages of the annular solar eclipse that occurred Oct. 14, 2023, photographed in Albuquerque, New Mexico. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the moon blocks out most of the surface of the sun, leaving only a bright circle of light known as a "ring of fire," or more accurately, an "eclipse ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - November 3, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
Nathaniel B. Palmer at Davis Station anchorage
The research vessel Nathaniel B. Palmer at Davis Station anchorage in Antarctica with an aurora borealis light show overhead.
[The U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP) is supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation.]
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Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - October 27, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
Astronomers find a new luminous fast blue optical transient cosmic explosion
Using data from the Gemini South Telescope and other observatories, astronomers have found a new luminous fast blue optical transient (LFBOT), a powerful but poorly understood type of cosmic explosion characterized by intense blue light. The LFBOT occurred in the far outskirts of a galaxy, rather ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - October 27, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
Lattice structure of antiferromagnetic mott insulators
Antiferromagnetic mott insulators -- magnetic materials in which the electron spins are aligned in a repeating stable pattern -- contain electrons (orbs) that are organized in lattice structures of atoms so that their spins point up (blue) or down (pink) in an alternating pattern. However, when ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - October 27, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
Workers removing molten iron
Workers remove molten iron from a pilot scale facility at Boston Metal in Woburn, Massachusetts, a U.S. National Science Foundation-supported startup. The company is developing a new method to produce cleaner, cheaper, greener steel and stainless steel that focuses on the production of iron and ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - October 6, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
Chemotactile receptors in suckers of octopus help them explore surroundings
Chemotactile receptors in the suckers of octopus allow the animals to methodically explore their surroundings using "taste by touch." Researchers traced the evolutionary adaptations in the sensing capabilities of octopus and squid, revealing evolutionary links to human brain receptors.
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Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - October 6, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
Microtissues stained to distinguish features
Microtissues that are stained to distinguish cell nuclei (blue), sarcomeric alpha-actinic (red) and myosin binding protein C (green). Researchers developed an algorithm that directly and noninvasively monitors the coupling of calcium waves, membrane voltage and mechanical contraction beat by beat ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - October 6, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
NSF's National Solar Observatory is studying the sun and eclipses with new advanced telescopes.
People with eclipse safety glasses will have a chance to view the solar eclipse Oct. 14 while NSF's National Solar Observatory is advancing understanding of the sun with new advanced telescopes.This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - October 5, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
Depiction of coherent, laser-like X-ray pulse with the largest color spread generated to date
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Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - September 28, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
NSF-supported researchers have developed a Parkinson's disease severity test powered by AI.
NSF-supported researchers at the University of Rochester have developed an artificial intelligence system that can diagnose the severity of Parkinson's disease using a motor performance test from the comfort of home.This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - September 27, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
First all-atom structure of an HIV virus capsid in its tubular form
This computer-generated image of the first all-atom structure of an HIV virus capsid in its tubular form was created using the U.S. National Science Foundation-supported Blue Waters supercomputer at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications.
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Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - September 27, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
NSF-supported researchers are highlighting the role of super-computers in the field of biophysics.
NSF-supported researchers at Auburn University are shining a light on the role of supercomputers in transforming the landscape of biophysics.This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - September 20, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
