National Science Foundation - Where Discoveries Begin

Three-dimensional reconstructions of magnetic resonance images of the rat gastrointestinal tract.

Above is a three-dimensional view of a model protocell approximately 100 nanometers in diameter.

The moraine at Tasman Glacier shows glacial melting and climate change in the last 150 years.

Scientists swab imported tree frogs for a deadly fungus infection linked to amphibian declines.

The researchers' findings appear in the May 1, 2009, issue of Science magazine.

The pet trade includes sales of tokay geckos, pictured here.

JOIDES Resolution leaves Singapore in January for its first expedition as a rebuilt ship.

The acronym JOIDES refers to Joint Oceanographic Institutions for Deep Earth Sampling.

Hawaii will soon welcome the "JR" into port.

Core sample from an IODP expedition; sediments may lead to new climate change findings.

Scientists have found a record of glacier advances in Mueller Glacier in New Zealand.

The researchers' findings appear in the May 1, 2009, issue of Science magazine.

Large boulders on top of glacial moraines are sampled to assign dates to climate change.

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Audience Q & A.

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Welcoming and opening remarks.

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David Holland, New York University

A seaglider is prepared for deployment in Davis Strait.

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View video of the seaglider and an interview with Craig Lee of the University of Washington.

Researchers tend to a test batch of heat-tolerant corn.

L. Curtis Hannah, plant molecular biology researcher at the University of Florida.

Heading for the heights to see the view and to exchange views.

Although monarch butterflies only lay eggs on milkweed, they nectar from a variety of flowers.

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Real-time predator-prey behavior of silica spheres towards UV-illuminated silver chloride.

A computer visualization using VisTrails, which will be improved through the CluE inititiative.

Smoke from Southern California wildfires billows over the Pacific Ocean.

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Diana Wall, Colorado State University

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Stephanie Pfirman, Barnard College

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Timothy Killeen, NSF's assistant director for geosciences

On April 6, 1909, polar explorer Matthew Henson was first person to reach the North Pole.