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New Filtration Material Could Make Petroleum Refining Cheaper, More Efficient
This view of the molecular structure of the MOF shows the triangular channels that run through the material. The walls of these channels trap the lower-octane components of gas while allowing the ...

Contact: Chad Boutin
boutin@nist.gov
301-975-4261
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Closer Than We Thought (1 of 2)
This is a schematic diagram of the white dwarf binary system SS Cygni. The two stars are close enough to one another that gas falls in from the companion star and swirls around the white dwarf in an ...

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

Getting to the Root of an Itch (2 of 2)
Dr. Mishra discusses the research. This podcast relates to a paper that appeared in the May 24, 2013, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by Santosh K. Mishra and Mark A. Hoon at ...

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

Getting to the Root of an Itch (1 of 2)
Itch-inducing agents activate a discrete population of peripheral sensory neurons defined by the expression of the neuropeptide natriuretic polypeptide b (Nppb). In turn, the release of Nppb from ...

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

Roshni George and Don Graves, University of California, Santa Barbara
Graduate student researcher Roshni George, left, and Don Graves, University of California, Santa Barbara, adjunct professor in the Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, have ...

Contact: Sonia Fernandez
sonia.fernandez@ia.ucsb.edu
805-893-4765
University of California - Santa Barbara

Bradley N. Doebbeling, Indiana University
Regenstrief Institute investigator Bradley N. Doebbeling, M.D., is a professor of medicine in the Indiana University School of Medicine and an adjunct professor in the School of Informatics at Indiana...

Contact: Cindy Fox Aisen
caisen@iupui.edu
317-843-2276
Indiana University

Tension Gauge Tether
In this experiment, ligand molecules are tethered by DNA strands to a substrate; the strands have defined tension tolerances and will burst if tension above their tolerance is applied. The integrin-...

Contact: Taekjip Ha
halab_admin@physics.illinois.edu
217-265-0717
University of Illinois College of Engineering

Tracking the Earth's Mantle
Robert Moucha is an assistant professor of Earth Sciences in Syracuse University's College of Arts and Sciences.

Contact: Rob Enslin
rmenslin@syr.edu
315-443-3403
Syracuse University

Green Alga Micrograph
This transmission electron micrograph shows bacteria-feeding in the green alga Cymbomonas. In the cross-section features a large vacuole (v) containing bacterial cells. It also shows the ...

Contact: Kendra Snyder
ksnyder@amnh.org
212-496-3419
American Museum of Natural History

Cymbomonas
The green alga used in this study and shown here is from the genus Cymbomonas, which presumably resembles early ancestors of the group. The scale bar represents 10 micrometers.

Contact: Kendra Snyder
ksnyder@amnh.org
212-496-3419
American Museum of Natural History