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Richard Lenski oversees the count of micorganisms growing in a Petri dish used in a study of evolution.

E. coli Offers Insight to Evolution

Richard Lenski's two decade experiment on E. coli sheds new light on evolutionary processes.

Transforming Robotics with Biologically Inspired Learning Models

A robot has learned to associate likes and dislikes with a particular color in its environment.

Aisha Sohail, Heather Ames and Jasmin Leveille run simulations of the artificial visual system in Cog.

Transforming Robotics with Biologically Inspired Learning Models

The Neuromorphics Lab at CELEST is building artificial brains to be used in robotics

SharkDefense researcher Patrick Rice with a bonnethead shark at the Aquaranch facility in Long Key, Florida. Bonnethead sharks were used to perform the initial tests on the shark repellent hook.

New Fishing Hook Reduces Accidental Shark Catch

"SMART Hook™" combines two shark repellent technologies into standard fishing hooks in order to reduce the number of sharks caught from commercial fishing.

Placing Landmarks on the Genome Map

Vishy Iyer and colleagues use supercomputers and next-generation gene sequences to explore DNA and heredity.

John Kessler and David Valentine in front of ground zero of the Deepwater Horizon Gulf Oil spill in June 2010. Behind the researchers are other vessels also responding to the Gulf oil spill.

How Tiny Microbes Took a Big Bite Out of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Two researchers describe their research on the fate of massive methane releases from the Gulf oil spill during the summer and fall of 2010.

Howie Choset has developed a snake robot that moves without the aid of a fixed base. It can coordinate internal degrees movement to do a variety of locomotion capabilities.

The Search Serpent: The Next Wave In Robotics

Researchers have designed a robotic snake capable of uniquely traversing its environment

An example of simulated data modeled for the CMS particle detector on the Large Hadron Collider. Here, following a collision of two protons, a Higgs boson is produced which decays into two jets of hadrons and two electrons. DeGrand's theories represent an

Testing Technicolor Physics

The National Science Foundation-funded "Ranger" supercomputer explores what lies beyond the standard model of particle physics.

Covering a large geographic area with a set of early warning analyses.

Mapping Patterns in Crime With Geography and Math

Robert Cheetham, founder and president of Azavea, is developing software to sort through crime data and create maps that are useful for police departments.

Behind The Scenes: Understanding the Brain as a Computational Network

Researchers decode the patterns that connect different types of nerve cells.

Behind the Scenes: Capturing The Fugitive … In Art

Some famous pieces of art vanish if exposed to too much light.

Scenes from the Life of Saint John the Baptist (Francesco Granacci; ca. 1506–1507), egg tempera, oil, and gold on wood; 77.6×151.1 cm. Bottom: Cross Section of paint layers from Scenes from the Life of Saint John the Baptist, 20x objective, DIC light.

Behind The Scenes: What Lies Beneath? Understanding Art Using Science

Researchers are developing a method to identify the materials used in historic artworks.

A preservation view of the U.S. Geological Survey Record Group, including multiple file formats organized in diverse arrangements, show, in coded colors, the different preservation risk levels of the files.

Behind the Scenes: A Glimpse to the Archives of the Future

Texas scientists are finding solutions to keeping track of large amounts of government data.

Behind The Scenes: Surveying Americans' Attitudes and Beliefs

The General Social Survey asks questions about critical societal issues such as civil liberties, crime and violence, tolerance, morality, race, stress and happiness.