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Natural-Color Image of the Aral Sea in Central Asia
Clouds are hard to spot in this natural-color image of the Aral Sea in Central Asia, taken March 24, 2013.

Contact: Kate Ramsayer
kate.d.ramsayer@nasa.gov
301-286-1742
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

A Look with the New Band on the Landsat Data Continuity Mission Satellite
A new band on the Landsat Data Continuity Mission satellite detects cirrus clouds, making these high-altitude clouds visible over the Aral Sea region on March 24, 2013.

Contact: Kate Ramsayer
kate.d.ramsayer@nasa.gov
301-286-1742
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Pinned Specimen
Calbug participants can help digitize labels such as the one accompanying this pinned specimen.

Contact: Sarah Yang
scyang@berkeley.edu
510-643-7741
University of California - Berkeley

Darwin Bug
Citizen scientists will transcribe labels similar to the one above, which shows a ground beetle from Tierra del Fuego, Chile, that was collected in 1833 by Charles Darwin.

Contact: Sarah Yang
scyang@berkeley.edu
510-643-7741
University of California - Berkeley

Solar Flare
New research led by a Johns Hopkins mathematical physicist focuses on the "misbehavior" of magnetic fields in solar flares. In this image, the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) captured an X1.2 class ...

Contact: Phil Sneiderman
prs@jhu.edu
443-287-9960
Johns Hopkins University

Gregory Eyink, Johns Hopkins University
Gregory Eyink, professor of applied mathematics and statistics at Johns Hopkins.

Contact: Phil Sneiderman
prs@jhu.edu
443-287-9960
Johns Hopkins University

Ferritin is Fused with the Influenza Protein Hemagglutinin
When ferritin (gray) is fused with the influenza protein hemagglutinin (blue), it self-assembles into a sphere with eight protruding spikes from its surface.

Contact: NIAID Office of Communications
niaidnews@niaid.nih.gov
301-402-1663
NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Transparent Electrode Material
These electron microscope images show a new material for transparent electrodes that might find uses in solar cells, flexible displays for computers and consumer electronics, and future "...

Contact: Emil Venere
venere@purdue.edu
765-494-4709
Purdue University

Malaria Oocyst
This is a micrograph of a mature oocyst of a malaria parasite.

Contact: A'ndrea Elyse Messer
aem1@psu.edu
814-865-9481
Penn State

Malaria Sporozoites
This is a micrograph of malaria sporozoites being released from a mosquito salivary gland.

Contact: A'ndrea Elyse Messer
aem1@psu.edu
814-865-9481
Penn State