09/14/2017 01:09 PM EDT
NSF-funded researcher Robin Murphy, director of the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue, discusses the use of small, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in supporting disaster response in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. It was the largest ...
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09/14/2017 01:09 PM EDT
An aerial view of several lakes around the Kangerlussuaq region of Greenland from which researchers from The University of Maine are collecting diatom samples for study. Jasmine Saros, a lake ecologist at UMaine, and her research team are studying how climate change is affecting the arctic ...
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09/14/2017 01:09 PM EDT
A healthy male house finch perches on a bramble in Pennsylvania. Researchers are studying house finch eye disease, a form of conjunctivitis, or pinkeye, that is caused by the bacteria Mycoplasma gallisepticum, and has led to an estimated population decline of 40 million house finches ...
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09/14/2017 01:09 PM EDT
A close-up of the interior of Fermilab's MiniBooNE experiment's tank before being filled with ultra-pure mineral oil. [Image 1 of 4 related images. See Image 2.] More about this image The MinibooNE experiment, formally known as the ...
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09/14/2017 01:09 PM EDT
Fermilab's MiniBooNE experiment relies on a 250,000-gallon tank filled with mineral oil, which is clearer than water from a faucet. Light-sensitive devices mounted inside the tank are capable of detecting collisions between neutrinos and carbon nuclei of oil molecules. [Image 3 of 4 related ...
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09/14/2017 01:09 PM EDT
"Frozen Fire," by Craig Cavanaugh and Yongchao Si. This is graphene, a 1-atom-thick sheet of carbon, magnified 35,000 times its actual size. The crinkled, tissue-like sheets resemble a high-speed photograph of an inferno, says Si. Cavanaugh is a lab technician at the University of North Carolina ...
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09/14/2017 01:09 PM EDT
"Nanomushroom," by Pavel Takmakov and Sergei Smirnov. Takmakov and Smirnov make gold nanowires by depositing metals into tiny holes in a membrane made of aluminum oxide. They use a strong base to dissolve the membrane and release the gold nanowires. However, sometimes, when the metals deposited ...
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09/14/2017 01:09 PM EDT
"Chrome Labyrinth," by Michael Woodson. Millions of tiny wrinkles formed when Woodson layered a sheet of chromium (0.1 micrometers thick) over a layer of acrylic polymer and heated the two together. "The formation of these patterns was totally accidental," says Woodson, "and actually caused a fair ...
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09/14/2017 01:09 PM EDT
"Pulmonary Plains," by Jerome Carpenter. A breath of air sweeps over these human epithelial cells, which line the human airway and keep our lungs clean and germ-free. The cells secrete mucins (the boulder-like formations in this image) that trap germs and contaminants. The grass-like cilia push ...
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09/14/2017 01:09 PM EDT
Nocturnal aye aye lemurs are famous for their thin, spidery middle finger, which they use to detect hidden prey like beetle grubs. The finger is packed with sensitive nerve endings so it uses a lot of energy and, like any delicate device, it is best turned "off" when not in use. This thermal image ...
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09/14/2017 01:09 PM EDT
The inside of Fermilab's MiniBooNE experiment's tank is covered with 1280 inward-facing photomultiplier tubes. This picture shows a section of the upper hemisphere of the tank. [Image 2 of 4 related images. See Image 3.] More about this ...
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09/14/2017 01:09 PM EDT
"Aquatic Antenna," by Daniel Torelli. This scanning electron microscope micrograph of the antenna of a ladybug, pictured here upside down, was entered in the 2010 Chapel Hill Analytical and Nanofabrication Lab Scientific Art Competition. The blue background was added for artistic ...
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09/14/2017 01:09 PM EDT
A neutrino signal observed by Fermilab's MiniBooNE experiment. [Image 4 of 4 related images. Back to Image 1.]More about this image The MinibooNE experiment, formally known as the Booster Neutrino Experiment, is an international ...
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