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Shock Power - Innovation Nation
What if driving over a pothole actually added to your fuel efficiency? Gen Shock is a new kind of shock absorber that generates electricity when it hits a bump. See how it works in this episode of Innovation Nation with Miles O'Brien.
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Total recall!
In NSF Science Now 59, we explore using virtual reality for memory recall; teenage emotion overload, and finally, we examine the role dopamine plays in forming episodic memories. Check it out!
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Heliora - Generation Nano High School Winner 2018
When a fiery villain threatens her city with an ashy fate, solar-powered, fast-charging, high-flying hero named Heliora swoops in to save the day. Generation Nano challenges middle and high school students to imagine novel superheroes...
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Chemist Candy Hwang - ScienceLives
University of Southern California chemistry graduate student Candy Hwang won second prize and the People's Choice Award in a December 2012 video contest sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF), "Creating the Future." Hwang’s...
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Robotic hand with a delicate grip - Empire Robotics at CES 2015
In industry, fragile or difficult-to-grip items require a delicate touch. That’s why Empire Robotics, funded by the NSF Small Business Innovation Research program, is bringing the VERSABALL to the marketplace. The VERSABALL is a...
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Richard Tapia encourages underrepresented minorities in science
Richard Tapia, winner of the National Science Board's 2014 Vannevar Bush Award, talks about his efforts to encourage underrepresented minorities in science. Tapia is a mathematician and professor at Rice University, and director of the...
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Restoring the Mississippi River Delta - USA Science and Engineering Fest
Learn how experiments and computer models can help harness energy and restore free-flowing rivers. Assess the challenges and benefits of restoring lost wetlands in the Mississippi Delta.
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iDigBio delivers digital collections of natural specimens
Adania Flemming, research assistant at iDigBio, discusses a National Science Foundation-funded project that aims to bring digital collections of natural history online, so that they're freely available to people around the world. Once...
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Researchers discover second oldest-known horned dinosaur species!
Triceratops has a new cousin! NSF-funded researchers from George Washington University and the Chinese Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology have uncovered a new species of plant-eating dinosaur that stood on its...
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Engineer Chris Mattson - ScienceLives
Brigham Young University engineer Christopher Mattson designs technology that targets the needs of the world's poorest populations. He and his students have produced new water-well designs for villages in Africa and new tools for farmers...
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2017 Waterman Award Recipient Baratunde Cola
The National Science Foundation bestows upon nanotechnology engineer, Baratunde Cola the nation’s highest honor for a young scientist or engineer: the Alan T. Waterman Award, for two thousand seventeen.
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4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn’t Hear About This Week Episode 15
Illuminating danger, fighting ice with ice, modeling dragonfly wings and new personality choices – which is yours? It’s 4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn’t Hear About This Week, all with funding from NSF. Who did the research: Lord...
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Navigating the New Arctic: Dr. France Córdova Presentation Interactive 2019 SXSW
Director of the National Science Foundation Dr. France Córdova took the stage at SXSW 2019 to describe the next generation of research happening in the new Arctic, from learning more about shipping routes in iceless summers to autonomous...
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Haptic technology for touchscreens! NSF Science Now 31
In this week’s episode we explore the Earth’s inner-inner core, spot fires, haptic technology for touchscreens, and finally, we examine the recent water contamination in Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
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Using Fiberoptics to Measure Water Temperature
Travis Roth describes fiberoptic technologies used to measure stream water temperatures meter-by-meter for tens of kilometers. Roth is a Ph.D. student in Oregon State University's Water Resources Engineering Program.
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Researchers explore sea turtle locomotion! NSF Science Now 14
This week’s episode of NSF Science Now explores sea turtle locomotion by researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology, new images from the Gemini North telescope of comet ISON, how researchers at the University of Illinois at...
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Clean Water Project in Namawanga Village, Kenya
Do engineers have the power to change lives and make a positive difference in the world? This inspiring documentary clearly shows the answer is a resounding “Yes!” This segment on clean water is an excerpt from the 2011 documentary...
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Robotic Fish! NSF Science Now 5
In this week's episode of NSF Science Now we explore negative thoughts, robotic fish, sensitive alligators and finally the discovery...
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Researchers bring science to the big screen! NSF Science Now 4
In this week’s episode of NSF Science Now, we explore Arctic walrus habitats, Cave2, pandas and, finally, algae and biofuels.
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Baby Smiles Provide Clues to Healthy Development - Science Nation
Parents and babies smile, laugh and coo at each other, but scientists still have a lot of questions about how these interactions help infants develop. "Parents tend to put a lot of emotional energy into these interactions," says...
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4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn’t Hear About This Week - Episode 30
Seagrass shaves waves, right whale trails, lessen coral stressin’, and a hurricane in a pool. Hurricane storm surge survival...
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Ask a Scientist – Nano expert: Will Hughes
You sent us your nano questions, and we answered! In this Ask a Scientist – Nano Edition, we join nano expert Will Hughes, from Boise State University. See more nano videos and check out our Generation Nano: Small Science, Superheroes...
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Turning CO2 Emissions into Fuel and More: Black History Today
Carbon dioxide converted into cost-competitive fuels and chemicals? NSF-funded engineer Etosha Cave and her team at Opus 12 have developed technology to do just that, in the size of a small suitcase. We highlight their breakthrough --...
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LIGO Looking Forward
The recipients of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics share an insider's look into the future of the world's largest gravitational wave detectors. From peering inside a supernova to capturing signals from the universe's first moment,...