![Six-sided pattern around a droplet showing black interstial particles that allow the defect to heal.](media/images/sphere_fract_l.jpg) |
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This video shows how the crystal "heals" itself when another particle is inserted. Video type: Flash Player Released September 24, 2012 |
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![Image of colloidal beads, bright dots, assembled on a liquid droplet forming a 3-D curved structure.](media/images/spherozome_l.jpg) |
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A video of a three-dimensional curved crystalline structure. Video type: Flash Player Released September 24, 2012 |
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![Image of beach strawberry, Fragaria chiloensis, at Schooner Gulch State Park in California.](media/images/sees_biodiversity2_l.jpg) |
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Beach strawberry, Fragaria chiloensis, at Schooner Gulch State Park in California. Released September 24, 2012 |
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![Image of a Miconia racemosa seedling growing in forest understory in Puerto Rico.](media/images/sees_biodiversity3_l.jpg) |
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Seedling of a plant called Miconia racemosa, growing in forest understory in Puerto Rico. Released September 24, 2012 |
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![Image of a fruit fly gut stained red and yellow.](media/images/sees_biodiversity6_l.jpg) |
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Gut from a fruit fly feeding on a diet stained red; some regions of the gut are stained yellow. Released September 24, 2012 |
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![Image of a carnivorous caterpillar grasping prey in Hawaii.](media/images/sees_biodiversity5_l.jpg) |
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A carnivorous caterpillar in Hawaii: It has hairs that are triggers for grabbing prey. Released September 24, 2012 |
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![Image of Boca Grande River, Coiba Island, Panama.](media/images/sees_biodiversity4_l.jpg) |
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Aquatic fungi will be sampled in the Boca Grande River, Coiba Island, Panama. Released September 24, 2012 |
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![Image of endemic jellyfish in Jellyfish Lake in Palau.](media/images/sees_biodiversity1_l.jpg) |
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Jellyfish Lake in Palau has millions of endemic jellyfish, Mastigias papua etpisoni. Released September 24, 2012 |
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![LIDAR image of steep areas in orange along the Minnesota River.](media/images/sees_wsc3_l.jpg) |
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LIDAR image of very steep areas (orange) along the Minnesota River: Hotspots of change. Released September 24, 2012 |
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![Image of WSC researchers talking about paddy irrigation with a farmer in Sri Lanka.](media/images/sees_wsc6_l.jpg) |
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WSC researchers talk about paddy irrigation with a farmer in Sri Lanka. Released September 24, 2012 |
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![Image of Friant Dam on the Lower San Joaquin River in California.](media/images/sees_wsc4_l.jpg) |
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The Lower San Joaquin River in California is fed by water releases from Friant Dam. Released September 24, 2012 |
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![Image of melting snow and conifers in the headwaters of the Rio Grande River in Colorado.](media/images/sees_wsc5_l.jpg) |
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Headwaters of the Rio Grande River in Colorado; snowmelt is the river's main water source. Released September 24, 2012 |
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![Aerial photo of the watershed of the Yakima River Basin in Washington State.](media/images/sees_wsc2_l.jpg) |
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WSC scientists will study the watershed of the Yakima River Basin in Washington State. Released September 24, 2012 |
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![Aerial photo of Colorado's South Platte River.](media/images/sees_wsc1_l.jpg) |
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A WSC project will look at Colorado's South Platte River: From mountains to urban lands. Released September 24, 2012 |
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![Cover of the September 21, 2012 issue of the journal Science.](media/images/science_092112_l.jpg) |
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The researchers' work is described in the September 21, 2012 issue of the journal Science. Released September 20, 2012 |
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![Confocal microscope images of the symbiosis.](media/images/symbiosis3_l.jpg) |
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Confocal microscope images of the symbiosis. Released September 20, 2012 |
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![Micrograph of a small phytoplankton believed to be similar to the symbiont.](media/images/symbiosis4_l.jpg) |
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Micrograph of a small phytoplankton believed to be similar to the symbiont. Released September 20, 2012 |
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![Map showing research sites in the north and south Pacific Ocean where symbioses were found.](media/images/symbiosis2_l.jpg) |
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Map of research sites in the north and south Pacific Ocean where symbioses were found. Released September 20, 2012 |
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![Photo of a researcher on a research vessel watching seawater sampling equipment.](media/images/symbiosis1_l.jpg) |
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Seawater sampling during an oceanographic research cruise to the southeast Pacific Ocean. Released September 20, 2012 |
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![Photo of the nanoscale secondary ion mass spectrometry instrument.](media/images/symbiosis5_l.jpg) |
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Nanoscale secondary ion mass spectrometry instrument, where measurements were done. Released September 20, 2012 |
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![Image of Michigan State University postdoctoral researcher Zachary Blount.](media/images/zachary_blount_l.jpg) |
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Postdoc researcher Zachary Blount discusses discovering the process of E. coli evolution. Video type: Flash Player Released September 19, 2012 |
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![Image of Michigan State University professor Richard Lenski.](media/images/rich_lenski_l.jpg) |
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Richard Lenski discusses understanding E. coli evolution. Video type: Flash Player Released September 19, 2012 |
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![Image of a petri dish illuminated with blue light with E.coli on the surface of the growing medium.](media/images/e_coli_l.jpg) |
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Long-term E. coli experiment yields surprising results regarding complex trait evolution. Released September 19, 2012 |
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![Image of six hands locked together in a circle with the earth in the middle.](media/images/data_link_l.jpg) |
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The project matched records from NSF-Census and BEA surveys. Released September 17, 2012 |
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![Photo of Metallurgy Day in Norilsk.](media/images/sees_rcn_award3_l.jpg) |
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Celebration of Metallurgy Day in Norilsk: largest city on permafrost above the Arctic Circle. Released September 17, 2012 |
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![Photo with the skyline of St. Paul, Minn. in the background, wildflowers in the foreground.](media/images/sees_rcn_award1_l.jpg) |
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St. Paul, Minnesota: Scientists are studying urban heat islands in such cities. Released September 17, 2012 |
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![Photo of a car crossing a nearly submerged causeway along the New Hampshire coast.](media/images/sees_rcn_award5_l.jpg) |
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On very high tides along the New Hampshire coast, this causeway is almost submerged. Released September 17, 2012 |
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![Photo of rock formations in Oman.](media/images/sees_rcn_award4_l.jpg) |
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Carbon storage in naturally-occurring rock formations in Oman. Released September 17, 2012 |
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![Photo of a phosphorus mine in Morocco.](media/images/sees_rcn_award6_l.jpg) |
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Phosphorus mine in Morocco; the element is needed in crop fertilizer and nutritious food. Released September 17, 2012 |
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![Aerial view of Spokane, WA/Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, showing mountains.](media/images/sees_rcn_award2_l.jpg) |
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Aerial view of Spokane, Wash./Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, showing mountain development. Released September 17, 2012 |
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