Δευτέρα 23 Φεβρουαρίου 2015

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION:update

02/20/2015 05:02 AM EST

The Discovery Files
A study done by researchers at MIT has shown that a modified form of the superabsorbent chemical used in disposable diapers can expand brain structures to four and a half times their original size. The process called expansion microscopy will allow scientists to take super-resolution pictures of ...

02/20/2015 12:02 PM EST

man holding a blower airlifting a ball
A stream of air is used to levitate a small ball--and also a light bulb. Parts needed: 1 bendy straw, 1 ping-pong ball, 1 ball pit ball, 1 light bulb, 1 strong blower


02/20/2015 12:02 PM EST

hand holding a cube shape with bubble inside
A plastic frame can be used to create square--and other unusual shape--bubbles. Parts needed: 1 container bubble solution, 1 straw-and-connector construction set.


02/20/2015 12:02 PM EST

a pen is being held over a lightbulb socket
A light bulb has the glass carefully removed, leaving the glass base and filament intact. The bulb is connected to AC electricity, and the filament quickly and dramatically burns out. This leaves the two wires that originally supported the filament separated by the glass in the base. Take a ...


02/20/2015 12:02 PM EST

CLARITY image of mouse brain
CLARITY opens window to brain circuitry, new era for neuroscience The connections between neurons in the brain are involved in everything we do, and no one's pattern is the same. Imagine the medical breakthroughs if we understood more about the brain's circuitry, but a milky opaque tissue that ...







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