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Closer than We Thought (2 of 2)
This is an animation of the orbit of the white dwarf binary star system SS Cygni. The white dwarf and its companion star are separated by just under a million miles, and orbit each another once every ...

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

Phasegram (2 of 2)
Fig. 3 shows the phasegram of a lab-induced vocalization from a sika deer larynx. The air pressure needed to drive the vocal folds was gradually increased during the first part of the experiment (0 - ...

Contact: Christian Herbst
christian.herbst@univie.ac.at
43-142-777-6101
University of Vienna

NeuroChip (2 of 2)
This is a video of the NeuroChip.

Contact: Glenn Harris
G.Harris@soton.ac.uk
44-023-805-93212
University of Southampton

Zebrafish Larva Hunting
This video shows a zebrafish larva hunting for prey.

Contact: Johann H. Bollmann
johann.bollmann@mpimf-heidelberg.mpg.de
49-622-148-6282
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

Movie of 3-D Image of a Gold Nanocrystal 60 Picoseconds after Excitation with a Laser
The acoustic phonons can be visualized on the surface as regions of contraction (blue) and expansion (red). The diameter of the nanocrystal is 350 nanometers.

Contact: Clare Ryan
clare.ryan@ucl.ac.uk
44-020-310-83846
University College London

Movie of 3-D Image of a Gold Nanocrystal 110 Picoseconds after Excitation with a Laser
The acoustic phonons can be visualized on the surface as regions of contraction (blue) and expansion (red). The diameter of the nanocrystal is 350 nanometers.

Contact: Clare Ryan
clare.ryan@ucl.ac.uk
44-020-310-83846
University College London

Tangled up in Fishing Gear
Using a "patient monitoring" device attached to a whale entangled in fishing gear, scientists showed for the first time how fishing lines changed a whale's diving and swimming behavior. The monitoring...

Contact: Media Relations Office
media@whoi.edu
508-289-3340
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

NOAA's GOES-13 Satellite Shows the Movement of Storm System
This animation of imagery from NOAA's GOES-13 satellite shows the movement of storm systems in the south central United States on May 20, 2013. Warm, moist gulf air flowing across Texas, Oklahoma, ...

Contact: Rob Gutro
Robert.j.gutro@nasa.gov
443-848-1779
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Class on German Thin-Shell Structures Yields New Exhibit
Princeton professors Sigrid Adriaenssens and Branko Glisic co-taught an undergraduate course on German thin-shell structures that has resulted in a new exhibit, "Evolution of German Shells: Efficiency...

Contact: Teresa Riordan
triordan@princeton.edu
609-258-9754
Princeton University, Engineering School

NASA's IRIS Mission Readies For a New Challenge

The time draws near. NASA is getting ready to launch a new mission, a mission to observe a largely unexplored region of the solar atmosphere that powers its dynamic million-degree outer atmosphere ...

Contact: Susan Hendrix
Susan.m.hendrix@nasa.gov
301-286-7745
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center