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Joey Phantogram
This is an anaglyph 3-D image of a joey used in research experiments at Curtin University enabling improvements in the widely used 2-D-to-3-D printing process. The color bars at the top of the image ...

Contact: Amy Nelson
amy@spie.org
360-685-5478
SPIE--International Society for Optics and Photonics

T Cell Marker
Using a calcium sensor shows that the calcium concentration in T cells (green) changes when it interacts with dendritic cells (red) [top]. The activation of the T cell (red) can be illustrated by the ...

Contact: Stefanie Merker
merker@neuro.mpg.de
49-898-578-3514
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

Ions on Optical Lattice
This image shows ions on an optical lattice.

Contact: Federica Sgorbissa
federica@medialab.sissa.it
39-040-378-7644
International School of Advanced Studies (SISSA)

Are there Atheists in Foxholes?
A Cornell/Virginia Wesleyan study found the majority of soldiers in foxholes aren't atheists. Brian Wansink, Cornell, shows a Silver Star medal of one such man.

Contact: Craig Wansink
CWansink@vwc.edu
757-412-7467
Cornell Food & Brand Lab

A Mother Rhesus Macaque and Infant at the California National Primate Research Center
Studies on rhesus macaques at the California National Primate Research Center contributed to a new technique allowing researchers to pinpoint the end of exclusive breast-feeding in Neanderthals.

Contact: Andy Fell
ahfell@ucdavis.edu
530-752-4533
University of California - Davis

Satellite Captures a Week of Severe Weather
A new animation of imagery from NOAA’s GOES-East satellite shows several outbreaks of severe weather from May 15-21, 2013, over the south central United States. Over the course of seven days many ...

Contact: Rob Gutro
Robert.j.gutro@nasa.gov
301-286-4044
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Ring Nebula
In this composite image, visible-light observations by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope are combined with infrared data from the ground-based Large Binocular Telescope in Arizona to assemble a dramatic ...

Contact: Lynn Chandler
Lynn.chandler-1@nasa.gov
301-286-2806
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Research Identifies a Way to Make Cancer Cells More Responsive to Chemotherapy
New research from Western University explains why some cancer cells don't respond to chemotherapy, and identifies a mechanism to rectify that. Dr. Shawn Li, Ph.D., explains how a protein called Numb ...

Contact: Kathy Wallis
kwallis3@uwo.ca
519-661-2111
University of Western Ontario

Insight into the Insides of An Important Transporter Protein
This is a movie showing the sliding motion of a protein that transports calcium ions across the cell membrane. Though scientists had known the outward facing structure of a related protein, only now ...

Contact: Science Press Package
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Enigmatic Catalyst Acts as Glue for Extracellular Matrix
This video describes the contribution of QSOX1 to extracellular matrix composition and function. This video relates to a paper that appeared in the May 23, 2013, issue of Science Express, ...

Contact: Science Press Package
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science