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How is the Web changing Astronomy?
Have you ever wondered how the Web is changing Astronomy? Dr. Philip Plait answers your question in this special “Mysteries of the Cosmos” edition of Ask a Scientist.
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SmarterShade uses optical filters to revolutionize window shades - CES 2014
This demo at the CES 2014 from small business SmarterShade shows one of several possible applications for their window shading technology--images hidden in glass revealed by the precise position of optical filters. Though smart window...
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Scientists Make Surprising Discovery Deep Beneath Antarctic Ice Sheet
A National Science Foundation-funded team of researchers has made a surprising discovery 2400 feet beneath the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica...fish, invertebrates living and thriving in the brutally cold and perpetually dark waters...
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Water and Oil Everywhere, and Now it's Safe to Drink
Paul Edmiston demonstrates the effectiveness of his Osorb water purifier by drinking from a slurry of water and engine-enhancing fuel additives. Osorb is a powder made from tiny fragments of chemically modified glass, and it works like a...
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Fashionable technology
In episode 7, Jordan and Charlie chat about eating habits in the animal world, peer inside the brain of a living mouse, and delve into some fashionable technology.
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Chemist - Careers in Science and Engineering
What's it really like to be an engineer or a scientist? What do they really do all day? You're about to find out! Meet the next generation of engineers and scientists in these profiles of young professionals, who may just inspire you to...
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New phone app for reporting flash floods- NSF Science Now 44
In this week’s episode, we examine electric eels, test out a new at-home screening test for people on blood thinners, learn about a new app for reporting floods and, finally, examine how RoboBees use static electricity to stick to surfaces.
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Count seals in Antarctica from the comfort of your couch
In episode 72, Charlie and Jordan explore the first ever comprehensive count of Weddell seals in Antarctica: a citizen science program called Satellites Over Seals (SOS). SOS focuses on about 300 miles of Antarctic coastline along the...
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Doppler on Wheels the biggest 'dish' on the road! - Science Nation
For nearly a decade, with support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Doppler on Wheels (DOW) has been doing its best work in dangerous weather, driving into the eye of the storm to gather scientific data about wind, rain and...
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Early Scientific Revolution - Introduction
Europe experienced one of the most remarkable periods in history roughly between 1550 and 1700, when three of history's most important events were occurring simultaneously: the Renaissance, the Reformation, and the Scientific Revolution....
The Backyard Scientist
Breathe Fire and make Giant Fireballs with Cornstarch!
In this video I team up the The Proper People to make blow huge fireballs and spin steel wool in an abandoned mine! All you need to make these fireballs is cornstarch. Just grab a hand full and blow it onto a flame. This is probably the...
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4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn’t Hear About This Week - Episode 18
Catching brain hijackers, landscaping for the birds, a mussel shell tell and faster protein sequencing… much faster! For the Birds Non-native plants in homeowners’ yards endanger wildlife...
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Science Now 25- Google Glass type technology for the Deaf
In this week’s episode we learn about Google glass type technology for the deaf. We learn how studying tornado debris could help save lives. We discover how sweeping fingers could be the future in password security --and finally we...
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Learn to make - Hot Maple Ice Cream with Professional Chef Kevin Carroll
Professional Chef Kevin Carroll from Cookology Recreational Culinary School demonstrates how to make Hot Maple Ice Cream at the Change the World: Science and Engineering Careers Fair at the Dulles Town Center in Virginia. Watch this...
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The Art of Science
Susan Eriksson is a geologist and biochemist who draws on her scientific background in creating mixed-media sculptures, paintings, and installations. Her artwork reflects her unique worldview, blending scientific discipline with the...
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Marine biologist Eric Keen - ScienceLives
Marine biologist Eric Keen, who found time to produce an award-winning video while researching whales in the fjords of the Great Bear Rainforest in British Columbia, is a graduate student at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC...
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Ultrasound 3-D sensing tech for improved gesture recognition - CES 2016
NSF-funded small business Chirp Microsystems is developing an ultrasound 3-D sensing technology that lets users play music or check email on a tablet with the wave of a hand. David Horsley, company co-founder and professor of electrical...
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Tiny Batteries - Innovation Nation
Researchers at Princeton have developed a technique to transfer microscopic materials by blasting them from one place to another with a laser. The tiny patterns they make help pack more into electronic screens. See how it works in this...
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Restoring vision to millions of people - Biotech's Future
LambdaVision, Inc., a small business funded by the National Science Foundation Small Business Innovation Research program, has designed a retinal implant to help restore vision in people who have retinitis pigmentosa or age-related...
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Researchers use high-tech GPS to monitor the Earth for future disasters
NSF Science Now 29-In this week’s episode we discover a new genetic toolkit for achieving increased plant production, explore what our brain is doing when we read, discover ways of making a more reliable prosthesis--and finally we learn...
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Researchers develop powered prosthetic 'tuning' software. See it in NSF Science Now episode 37!
In this week’s episode of NSF Science Now(37) we examine tunable prosthetics, explore origami engineering, duck-billed dinosaurs and discover how a population of King Crabs has migrated to the warming seas off the Antarctic...
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Researchers are developing a smart bandage-check it out!
Science Now 32-In this week’s episode we explore a smart bandage, a magnetic organ retractor, a floating wind turbine--and finally we examine how our brain remembers words. Check it out!
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Research on airport screening - Short interview
Sheldon Jacobson of the Department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is an expert in operations research, and while his efforts have stretched from vaccine stockpiling to statistics, his studies on...
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Now you see it...Invisibility becomes clearer!
Andrea Alù, an engineering professor at the University of Texas at Austin, has an amazing job description: he makes things invisible. Alù is a leading innovator in metamaterials, artificial materials with properties that allow...