NSF Science 360

Starting April 16, we’ll be bringing you the latest science tweets exclusively from @NSF’s Twitter. See you over there!

Scientists to build the avian tree of life: bit.ly/2quNdtv Image: Andre Moncrieff/ @LSU

Watch development psychologist Kristina R. Olson win @NSF highest honor for a young scientist -- the Alan T. Waterman Award for 2018: bit.ly/2IQwZ4z

#TBT to the @USAScienceFest last weekend, where visitors had the opportunity to explore exciting #NSFfunded research, including microscopes made out of paper, 3-D printed hearts and virtual robots that help kids learn about animal behavior. See more: bit.ly/2EBJ3Eh

First dynamic spine brace characterizes spine deformities: bit.ly/2EDxTz7 Image credit: Sunil Agrawal/@Columbia

👏 Social & Developmental psychologist Kristina R. Olson receives NSF’s 2018 Alan T. Waterman Award for breakthrough research on early childhood development: bit.ly/2EDwLeQ. Congratulations! #NSFwaterman

This #vizzies sculpture made out of zip ties shows the inner workings of lung cells. The vizzies challenge deadline is this Sunday, April 15. Enter today: bit.ly/2nA1rIt #scicomm

Soft robots -- safer, sturdier, and more nimble than their rigid cousins -- take to the sea... Watch: bit.ly/2GTlNDN @MIT

When #NationalPetDay falls on #NationalRoboticsWeek, you make a quiz to test knowledge on both. Choose your robot: bit.ly/2Hd7woW

@NSF_BIO Image Credit: Mathias Appel

Anti-cancer drugs could save Tasmanian devils from extinction: bit.ly/2HePO4w @NSF_BIO

"Robomechanics" -- like "biomechanics" but instead of studying the movement of tissue and bones think many-jointed legs and wheels -- leading to new search & rescue, planetary exploration, manufacturing, and assistance: bit.ly/2v4uytf @CarnegieMellon

Engineers @Stanford and @ucsantabarbara design soft, inflatable "vine robots" that grow into solutions: bit.ly/2GKn1VP #NationalRoboticsWeek

Fluorescent dye could enable sharper biological imaging: bit.ly/2vatog3 Image: @MIT @NSF_MPS

#Spring is here, and with it, mosquitoes. Where’s your highest risk of a bite? #NSFfunded @USLTER scientists have new answers: bit.ly/2v1NBEv

A new breed of bacteria makes tiny high-energy carbon rings: bit.ly/2qiPeYR Image: @Caltech @NSF_BIO

Biologists and materials scientists are studying the wings of the "skipper butterfly"--what they learn could lead to more energy efficient tech. bit.ly/2tKy1bn #NSFfunded

'Cognitive' ground-penetrating radar could improve inspections for urban development: bit.ly/2En15tS @uvmvermont Image: Brian Jenkins

.@BioXFEL developed X-ray vision like imaging systems to see inside biomolecules like this one. The system will help with virus research. bit.ly/2E2iLe7 #NSFfunded

Bringing the three P's of modern medicine -- precision, predictive and personalized -- to our understanding of the gut microbiome: bit.ly/2q6tKOE @SDSC_UCSD @NSF_CISE