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News Release 07-128
NSF Announces $26 Million Solicitation for Projects That Advance Innovative Computational Thinking
Total cyber-enabled discovery and innovation spending to reach $52 million this year
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![A protein-binding model of cytochrome P450, a heme enzyme responsible for drug metabolism.](/news/mmg/media/images/protein_binding_f7.jpg)
Protein-binding cytochrome P450 is a heme enzyme responsible for drug metabolism in the body.
Credit: M. Freindorf and T. Furlani, Center for Computational Research, University at Buffalo; J. Kong, Q-Chem Inc.; visualization by Adam Koniak, Center for Computational Research, University at Buffalo
![An astronomical catalog sample object distribution, accessible via the National Virtual Observatory.](/news/mmg/media/images/coveragemap_f3.jpg)
The National Virtual Observatory's Sky Statistics Service allows astronomers to get a fast inventory of astronomical objects from various catalogs. These catalogs can be wavelength-based (x-ray sources, radio sources, etc.), phenomena-based (supernova remnants, planetary nebulae, variable stars, quasars, etc.), or may simply show where a telescope has been pointed. The Sky Statistics Service also allows astronomers to easily determine regions of overlap between catalogs. These images show the distribution of objects in a sample of the many astronomical catalogs that are accessible through the National Virtual Observatory.
Credit: National Virtual Observatory and California Institute of Technology (http://us-vo.org/)