3D CT scan of a fossilized spurge plant
This 3D CT scan of a 52-million-year-old fossilized spurge plant discovered in Argentina shows fruits and the tiny paired seeds inside them. A study suggests that the spurge family's Macaranga-Mallotus clade, encompassing a common ancestor and all its descendants and long considered to ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - August 18, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
Soft robotic glove
A soft robotic glove developed by researchers combines flexible tactile sensors, five actuators and artificial intelligence technologies into a single wearable device that conforms to the user's hand. The glove could help people who have suffered neurotrauma, such as a stroke, or a congenital ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - August 18, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
NSF-supported researchers have discovered the first new gnathiid isopod in Florida in 100 years.
NSF-supported researchers at the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric and Earth Science have discovered the first new gnathiid isopod in Florida in 100 years.This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - August 16, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
Colorized scanning electron microscope image of MXenes
A colorized scanning electron microscope image of tiny, finely layered metal structures known as MXenes, between which scientists can slip different ions for various purposes. These MXenes were grown using a simplified and less toxic method invented by researchers and hold promise for future ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - August 11, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
Vortex ring in superfluid helium
A simulated vortex ring structure (reddish half circle) in superfluid helium. The structure was generated using a model that accurately reproduces the observed vortex ring motion in super fluid helium. This research was performed at NSF's National High Magnetic Field Laboratory.
[Research ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - August 11, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
Pacific spotted ratfish (Hydrolagus colliei), or ghost shark
The Pacific spotted ratfish (Hydrolagus colliei), or ghost shark, lives in deep waters near the ocean floor and possesses strange morphologies like large, rabbit-like eyes and a giant bulb on the forehead of males that grows spiky teeth resembling shark teeth. Researchers are using ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - August 11, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
NSF-supported researchers have developed new material that may revolutionize semiconductors.
Potentially revolutionizing the semiconductor market, NSF-supported engineers have developed a new high crystallinity, topological, semimetal material that can be used for a new class of high-performance devices.This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - August 10, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
NSF-supported researchers are developing an industrial ecosystem in Pennsylvania.
A new NSF Regional Innovation Engine in Pennsylvania will catalyze the development of a plant-based industrial ecosystem by investing in research, manufacturing facilities and workforce education.This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - August 2, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
False-color scanning electron microscope image of two-qubit quantum silicon processor
A false-color scanning electron microscope image of a two-qubit quantum silicon processor where single electrons are trapped and coherently manipulated with high fidelity -- the measure of a qubit’s ability to perform error-free operations.
[Research supported by U.S. National Science Foundation ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - July 29, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
High-resolution image of two-qubit quantum silicon processor with trapped electrons
A high-resolution image of a two-qubit quantum silicon processor in which single electrons are trapped and coherently manipulated with high fidelity -- the measure of a qubit’s ability to perform error-free operations.
[Research supported by U.S. National Science Foundation grant DMR ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - July 28, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
Graduate student prepares sediment samples collected from Greenland
A graduate student prepares sediment samples that were collected from underneath Camp Century, a former Cold War U.S. military facility, and the Greenland Ice Sheet. Researchers’ luminescence dating of the samples revealed that Greenland was once much greener, as recently as 416,000 years ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - July 28, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
Dairy calf wearing blue pedometer
A dairy calf wearing a blue pedometer – an "internet of things," or IoT device – on its hind leg to record its activity, such as the total steps it takes and how often it gets up or lays down. Monitoring dairy calves with precision technologies based on IoT can lead to earlier diagnosis of ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - July 28, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
NSF-supported researchers have developed a dissolving cardiac monitor.
NSF-supported biomedical engineers have developed a cardiac device that can offer real-time data collection, restore heart rhythms to normal and simply dissolve when its job is done.This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - July 27, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
Our oceans are home to more than 90% of all living creatures.
With many hidden deep on the ocean floor, a submersible is the only way to reach them. Scientists in used the submersible, Alvin, to make amazing discoveries, including these ancient deep-sea coral reefs recently discovered within the ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - July 26, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
Very Large Array during the'blue hour '
NSF's Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array is seen here during the "blue hour," the period of twilight when the sun is at a significant depth below the horizon and the remaining sunlight takes on a mostly blue shade.
[The VLA is part of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, a facility of the U.S. ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - July 21, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
