Insect-scaled aerial robot
During flights, insect-scaled aerial robots like this one suffer damage to their actuators, or artificial muscles, that power their wings. Inspired by the hardiness of bumblebee wings, researchers have developed repair techniques that can enable these aerial microbots to effectively recover flight ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - June 23, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
Conducting underwater test inside WASP
An ocean scientist conducts an underwater test inside WASP, a one-person, one-atmosphere submersible system with a 600-meter depth range.This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - June 23, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
Exploring Earth's subterranean biosphere in < em > Alvin < /em >
Using the submersible Alvin, scientists are exploring indications of the Earth's subterranean biosphere. Submersibles like Alvin, which belongs to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, enable scientists to study subterranean worlds that exist at the bottom of the ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - June 22, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
NSF-supported engineers have developed a polymer skin that can heal autonomously.
NSF-supported engineers at Stanford have fabricated a polymer-based material that can autonomously heal when damaged by cuts, slicing, or even puncture.This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - June 20, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
Tissue engineering research aboard International Space Station
NASA astronaut and microbiologist Kate Rubins conducts tissue engineering research for an NSF-supported project aboard the International Space Station. The project was one of seven supported by NSF that were sent to the ISS in November 2022, where the microgravity can offer new insights into ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - June 17, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
Graphic depicting shapes in the night sky
A graphic representing how different cultures may see different shapes or ascribe different meanings to patterns in the night sky. An international collaboration sponsored in part by NSF’s NOIRLab has released a series of short fulldome films that showcase various constellations and highlights the ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - June 16, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
3D rendering of associated polymer ’ s inner make up
A 3D rendering illustrating two monomers forming a reversible double-hydrogen bond that slows down polymer movement without creating an elastic network. The rendering was created by researchers to show how associate polymers, a class of materials with unique self-healing and flow properties, ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - June 16, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
NSF-supported researchers at the University of Hawaii at M ā noa have developed an AI algorithm
NSF-supported researchers at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa have developed an artificial intelligence algorithm that allows for the measurement of changes in coral reef halos, which can be used as a benchmark of health in these marine ecosystems.This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - June 14, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
Artist ’ s conceptualization of " Air-gen " effect
An artist’s conceptualization of the "Air-gen" effect, the ability to generate electricity from humidity in the air using material with nanopores less than 100 nanometers in diameter (spaghetti-like objects). The nanopores allow water molecules to pass through, effectively creating a charge ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - June 10, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
Study finds horses have been present on Great Plains as early as 16th century
"He Stalks One" of the Lakota Nation connects with a horse. An international study found that horses have been present on the Great Plains of North America since as early as the 16th century. The study was led by the University of Colorado and included researchers from the Lakota, Comanche and ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - June 9, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
' He Stalks One' of the Lakota Nation connects with a horse
"He Stalks One" of the Lakota Nation connects with a horse. An international study found that horses have been present on the Great Plains of North America since as early as the 16th century. The study was led by the University of Colorado and included researchers from the Lakota, Comanche and ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - June 9, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
Study finds horses have been present on Great Plains since as early as 16th century
An international study found that horses have been present on the Great Plains of North America since as early as the 16th century. The study was led by the University of Colorado and included researchers from the Lakota, Comanche and Pawnee nations and from schools across 15 countries, spanning ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - June 9, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
Adelie penguins walk in a line
on the ice in Antarctica. Researchers study individuals like these to understand how environmental conditions, affected by global warming, impact their behavioral patterns.
[Research supported by U.S. National Science Foundation grants OPP 1543498 and OPP ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - June 9, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
Researchers have identified the single-celled organism responsible for a sea urchin mortality event.
NSF-supported researchers at Cornell university and partner institutions have identified the ciliate philaster as the single-celled organism responsible for a sea urchin mortality event occurring in the Caribbean Sea.This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - June 8, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
Light bridge crossing sunspot ’ s umbra
This detailed image of the sun’s surface captured by NSF's Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope shows a light bridge crossing a sunspot’s umbra. Also visible are convection cells which form when heating plasma rises in the bright convective "bubbles" (granules), then cools and falls into the dark ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - June 6, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: video
