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Supercomputers aid researchers in hunt for COVID-19 answers
The computing power of more than a million laptops combined. That's the firepower a network of NSF-supported supercomputing resources brings to the fight against COVID-19. From atomic scale models of the virus' structure, to modeling the...
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Scientists discover the earliest and most primitive pterodactyloid! NSF Science Now 23.
In this week’s episode, we discover the earliest and most primitive pterodactyloid; we learn about a new device for diagnosing pancreatic cancer; we study the cougars’ diet; and, finally, we explore a science & engineering festival....
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Meet Ro-bat, Brown University's Robotic Bat Wing
The strong, flapping flight of bats offers great possibilities for the design of small aircraft, among many other applications. By building a robotic bat wing, Brown University researchers have uncovered flight secrets of real bats. Bat...
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Science Now Episode 7
This episode explores an innovative new monitoring software that allows diabetics with chronic foot ailments to track and monitor their condition at home, and a vast collection of subglacial lakes hidden deep beneath the West Antarctic...
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Why scientists have such good taste - Finding Your Science
Chemistry Nobel Laureate Alan Heeger talks about how risk taking and good taste are inherent to discovery. Finding Your Science engages the greatest minds in science to share with you their passion, perspective and inspiration for making...
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One breath could possibly save your life! NSF Science Now 27
In this week's episode, we’ll test drive a new smart headlight that’s easy on the eyes. Discover the source of gas contamination in drinking water from wells--and finally, we’ll learn how one breath could possibly save your life.
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Discover! - Green Revolution
Meet Diana Northup and Monica Moya, researchers who study life in caves. As they explore the cave they ask questions, think of possible answers and ways to test them, and discuss how to share their findings with the community. Together,...
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Discover how desert sidewinder rattlesnakes slither sandy slopes! NSF Science Now 28
In this week’s episode we learn how researchers are working to stop Ebola in its tracks; explore ways to streamline air traffic control, saving fuel and airport emissions; discover how desert sidewinder rattlesnakes slither sandy slopes;...
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4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn’t Hear About This Week - Episode 10
Genes turn on, fluids go surfing, radioactivity spills from a cosmic collision, and an oceanic plate crashes the party at Earth’s mantle. It's your weekly briefing on the latest discoveries you might not hear about anywhere else, all...
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Band WATCH -- wireless data delivery over active TV channels
Rice University engineers have demonstrated the first system that allows wireless data transmissions over UHF channels during active TV broadcasts. If the technology were incorporated into next-generation TVs or smart remotes, it could...
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Computer Science Teachers Speak Out!
Computer science teachers from across the country tell you what excites them about teaching computer science. A strong foundation in computer science--being able to apply foundational concepts, methods and tools--is required to excel in...
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What does a civil engineer do? - Careers in Science and Engineering
What's it really like to be a civil engineer? What does a civil engineer do all day? Ken Maschke shows us some of the latest engineering projects taking place at Thornton Tomasatti and what his typical day is like inside and outside the...
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Scientists discover the King of Gore ! NSF Science Now 18
In this episode, we dig up the “King of Gore,” the oldest discovered Tyrannosaurid dinosaur yet. We also learn how ordinary foam can help protect athletes from concussions and how a tongue-controlled wheelchair could give people with...
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Mathematician and engineer Solomon Wolf Golomb, is a 2011 National Medal of Science Laureate
Mathematician and engineer Solomon Wolf Golomb, 2011 National Medal of Science Laureate, is best known to the general public and fans of mathematical games as the inventor of polyominoes, the inspiration for the computer game Tetris. He...
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The very first episode, ever
In the first episode of NSF's Science360 Super Science Show, Jordan D’Eri and Charlie Heck, co-editors of NSF’s Science360 News Service bring you a bionic leaf that uses bacteria to convert solar energy into liquid fuel, floatie-worthy...
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Science Now Episode 5
This episode explores negative thoughts, robotic fish, Mt. Erebus and finally alligators. Check it out!
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PAEMST Awardee Judith Martinez Discusses Why She Became a Science Teacher
Judith Martinez is a 7th-12th grade Science teacher at Colegio Católico Notre Dame High School in Caguas, Puerto Rico. She is also a 2011 Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching awardee. For more information go to...
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Computer scientist Teresa Dahlberg - ScienceLives
Teresa Dahlberg is professor of computer science and associate dean of undergraduate programs and administration for the College of Computing and Informatics at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She has more than 25 years of...
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Science Now Ep. 11
New NSF Science Now Video: From monsoons to ground-level ozone to Greenland Ice melt-Check out the exciting discoveries!
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2017 Waterman Award Recipient John V. Pardon
The National Science Foundation recognizes mathematician John V. Pardon as one of two winners of the 2017 Alan T. Waterman Award, the nation’s highest honor for a young scientist or engineer.
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Understanding coastal seas - NSF grants offer new insights
New NSF grants are helping us better understand our coasts; NSF's David Conover explains.
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Science Now Episode 4
NSF Science Now highlights some of the latest in NSF science & engineering research and discoveries.
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NSF funds precision agriculture for food security
Here's a longer version of the story, with grant links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Lf81WZ0VVE Support from the National Science Foundation (NSF) has led to the development by start-up SupraSensor Technologies of a novel sensor to...
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Atmospheric scientist Ralph Cicerone - ScienceLives
If you read Ralph Cicerone’s Massachusetts Institute of Technology profile, it says as an undergraduate he was a bit unprepared when he arrived at the school in 1961. Apparently, the public high school in his small Western Pennsylvania...