Life reconstruction of juvenile dinosaur Iani smithi
A reconstruction of a juvenile dinosaur named Iani smithi, after Janus, the two-faced Roman god of change. L. smithi lived approximately 99 million years ago and was an early ornithopod, a group of plant-eating dinosaurs that ultimately gave rise to the more commonly known ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - September 16, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
Artist's rendition of juvenile dinosaur Iani smithi
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Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - September 15, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
Halide nanocrystal array emitting light
A rendering of a halide nanocrystal array emitting light. Researchers developed a technique to "grow" halide perovskite nanocrystals -- delicate materials with superior optoelectronic properties -- with precise control over the location and size of each individual crystal. The method allows the ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - September 15, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
Dinosaur bones of juvenile dinosaur Iani smithi
Drawers displaying the bones of a juvenile ornithopod dinosaur named Iani smithi are among the collections housed at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. Researchers recovered most of the dinosaur's skeleton — including skull, vertebrae and limbs — from Utah's Cedar Mountain ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - September 15, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
NSF-supported researchers developed a textile system that puts haptic feedback in your clothes.
NSF-supported researchers at Rice University have developed a textile system that could put haptic feedback in your clothing. Photo credit: Preston Lab/Rice University.This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - September 13, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
Vials of nanoparticle solution that can target cancer biomarkers
These vials of nanoparticle solution, shown against a projected tissue sample scan, can be used to target multiple cancer biomarkers by giving off two distinct signals when lit by one fluorescent wavelength -- a feature that could help doctors distinguish tumor borders and identify metastatic ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - September 9, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
Insect-inspired RoboFly
The RoboFly is an insect-inspired bugbot weighing just 150 milligrams with a breakthrough flight control and wind sensing system that uses accelerometers. Accelerometers measure the airspeed of a flying object by sensing drag-induced acceleration. The idea was inspired by observations that flies ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - September 8, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
Mixotrophs, single-celled microbes
These single-celled microbes (Paramecium bursaria) called mixotrophs can photosynthesize like a plant or hunt food like an animal. During photosynthesis, they soak up carbon dioxide, a heat-trapping greenhouse gas, and when they eat, they release CO2. Mixotrophs include most of the world’s ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - September 8, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
NSF-supported researchers have developed a football helmet with liquid shock absorbers.
NSF-supported researchers at Stanford have developed a football helmet with liquid shock absorbers.This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - September 6, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
NSF-supported researchers have found microplastics in the soft tissues of whales and seals.
NSF-supported researchers at Duke University have found microplastics translocating into the soft tissues of whales and seals. Photo credit: Greg Merrill, Duke University Marine LabThis is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - August 30, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
Collage of NOIRLab ’ s current and future observatories and data-driven exploration tools
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Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - August 26, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba)
are the primary source of food for most marine mammals and seabirds in Antarctica. Research has found that the combined effects of ocean warming, sea ice loss and ocean acidification are negatively impacting krill survival and ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - August 25, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
NSF-supported researchers have discovered the true shape of Lithium metal.
NSF-supported researchers at UCLA have discovered the intrinsic morphology of metallic lithium to be that of a rhombic dodecahedron.This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - August 22, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
Astrocytes, a type of glial cell, from a rat brain
. Recent research suggests that glia play a vital role in brain cell communication, and perhaps in the development of human intelligence.
[The U.S. National Science Foundation supported a workshop in 2013 (grant SMA 1258562) which enabled ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - August 19, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
Illustration of Earth and its tectonic plates
An illustration of Earth and its tectonic plates with the moon in the background. Research indicates that mobile plate tectonics -- a process involving the horizontal movement and interaction of large plates below Earth’s surface, thought to be necessary for the creation of a habitable planet -- ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - August 18, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video