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Smart vents to save energy – CES 2015
NSF-funded small business Keen Home has developed a smart vent that opens and closes to reduce uncomfortable hot and cold spots, save energy in unused rooms, and tailor a home’s heating and cooling to fit specific lifestyles. The new...
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4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn’t Hear About - Episode 32
Crocodile smile, incognito from mosquitoes, future frequent floods, and saving sea otters For more information: '100-year' floods will happen every one to 30 years, according to new flood maps...
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How does this jellyfish sting without touching you?
In warm coastal waters around the world, swimmers can often spot large groups of jellyfish pulsing rhythmically on the seafloor. Unless properly prepared with protective clothing, it is best to steer clear of areas that Cassiopea, or...
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What is a black hole?
What is a black hole? Hans Krimm, an observational astronomer at the National Science Foundation, answers the question on this edition of "Ask a Scientist."
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Kidding Around about Dinosaurs
Kids talk about dinosaurs and are introduced to the largest known dinosaur of them all.
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How do you study Behavioral Science?
How do you study Behavioral Science? Sherry Benton, CEO and Founder of TAO Connect, answers your question in this edition of Ask a Scientist. TAO Connect is supported by America’s Seed Fund powered by the National Science Foundation, a...
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Peter Elmer of Princeton explains how data is critical to understanding fundamental physics
Peter Elmer of Princeton University explains how the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is a Higgs boson factory, and why hunting through its data is like looking for a needle in a haystack. Elmer is the principal investigator on the $25...
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Mitochondria - Chalk Talk
Take a look at the power plant that's inside almost all living organisms with complex cell structures. This animated series of short videos acts as a video glossary to define specific scientific terms or concepts in a fun, easy to...
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Computer Scientist Kyla McMullen - ScienceLives
While companies create visually enhanced movies, TVs and videogames to capitalize on the public fascination with 3-D technology, Kyla McMullen, assistant professor at Clemson University's Human-Centered Computing Lab, works on 3-D...
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Sunny with a Chance of Solar Storms
In a flash, all of your electronics could be gone, and you'd be left thanking a solar storm. However, a collaboration of National Science Foundation-funded scientists has created groundbreaking visualizations to help scientists and...
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Eyes in the Sky - Antarctica
NSF-funded KU researchers successfully test unmanned aircraft system in Antarctica. Check it out!
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Fascinating Flight - Science Nation
Biologist Ken Dial has documented in extraordinary detail how birds are put together and the mechanics of how they take to the air. With support from the National Science Foundation, Dial and his team at the University of Montana Flight...
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Recycling Metal To Save Energy
The Metal Processing Institute at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) is finding ways to reuse and recycle metal, rather than smelting metal from ores, which saves significant amounts of energy and reduces emissions of greenhouse gases.
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Computer scientist Wanda Eugene - ScienceLives
As a child, Wanda Eugene's mischievous scientific curiosity might have landed her a few "timeouts." But as an adult her multi-disciplinary scientific interests have helped her earn prestigious degrees — specifically, a bachelor's degree...
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Stronger Wings - Innovation Nation
Aerospace Engineer Nikhil Koratkar is filling dust with billions of carbon nanotubes, and the new composite can be used to make airplane wings stronger and even fix cracks from inside. See how he's doing it in this episode of Innovation...
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Snapology
In episode 46 Jordan and Charlie talk about a new type of foldable material that is versatile, tunable and self actuated. Like origami, this cube can be folded along its edges to change shape, size and volume.
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Scientists discover oldest known fossil tumor
National Science Foundation-funded paleontologists at the University of Washington discovered a benign type of tumor hiding within the teeth of a previously unearthed animal that lived 255 million years ago, making this the oldest known...
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Ultrafast lasers and Archimedes - Scientists & Engineers on Sofas (and other furnishings)
When it comes to ultrafast lasers, Margaret Murnane’s name is one of the best known for her work in this field of science. Since 1999, she has been a professor at the University of Colorado’s NSF-funded JILA Physics Frontier Center,...
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Fire starter
In episode 28, Charlie and Jordan build the perfect fire, according to science. Now you'll be able to, too.
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Earliest and most primitive pterodactyloid discovered - Science Now 23
In this week's episode we also learn about a new device that may help diagnose pancreatic cancer earlier and how cougars may have survived extinction 12,000 years ago by not being picky about what they ate. Check it out!
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Scientists successfully test an unmanned underwater vehicle beneath Antarctic sea ice
Scientists successfully test an unmanned underwater vehicle beneath Antarctic sea ice. The AUV produced high-resolution 3-D maps of previously inaccessible sea-ice floes.
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Paleontologists discover fossil of ancient bobcat-sized carnivore!
NSF-funded paleontologists have discovered a new species of hyaenodont, a type of extinct meat-eating mammal. Named Pakakali rukwaensis, it was the size of a bobcat and was the main mammalian predator on the African continent between 25...
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NSF Hosted STEM Careers Fair with Congressman Frank Wolf
For two days in September, Congressman Frank Wolf and the National Science Foundation (NSF) hosted a fair at the Dulles Town Center in Virginia that inspired young people to consider careers in science, technology, engineering and...
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AI avatars of historical scientists teach the nature of the universe – The Beamer
The Beamer, a small business funded by the National Science Foundation, is developing an interactive learning platform to teach science to children aged 8 to 13. The Beamer’s platform weaves science into a story about atoms and the...