SciShow
The 2017 Nobel Prizes: Biological Clocks and Microscopy
Last week, the recipients of the 2017 Nobel Prizes were announced. We take a closer look at the winners of the Physiology and Chemistry Awards, whose breakthroughs change the way we study sleep, and allow us to look at microscopic...
TED Talks
TED: The incredible cancer-detecting potential of photoacoustic imaging | Lei Li
Could we use the energy from light and sound to detect disease? TED Fellow Lei Li shares the exciting promise of photoacoustic imaging: an affordable, painless and accurate method of converting light into sound in order to create...
SciShow
4 Body Parts Discovered in the Last 10 Years
Did you know we are still discovering completely new pieces of our anatomies? Even in the last decade, we've found multiple new body parts, including some you can see with the naked eye!
TED Talks
TED: How I'm discovering the secrets of ancient texts | Gregory Heyworth
Gregory Heyworth is a textual scientist; he and his lab work on new ways to read ancient manuscripts and maps using spectral imaging technology. In this fascinating talk, watch as Heyworth shines a light on lost history, deciphering...
SciShow
A Blood Test for Cancer
Since many cancers don’t have symptoms early on, they may go unnoticed until they are at an advanced stage. But that is changing, thanks to a newer, non-invasive tool.
Curated Video
WHAT IS A CT SCAN and why do we need it
Have you ever wondered what are ct scans used for? And how do they work? In this video, we will be answering all the lingering questions you may have about this popular medical imaging technique. DISCLAIMER: The content in this video is...
Curated Video
What Are Electromagnets?
How do electromagnets differ from permanent magnets, and what are they used for? Physics - Electricity And Circuits - Learning Points. An electromagnet is created by running an electrical current through a coil of wire. An electromagnet...
Curated Video
Ultrasound - High-Frequency Sound
Sound with a frequency above the normal range of human hearing, or 20,000 hertz. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise textual definitions. Twig Science Glossary...
Curated Video
Revolutionizing Heart Disease Detection: The Power of Multi Slice CT Coronary Angiography
This video discusses the prevalence of heart disease in America and introduces a new medical imaging technology called Multi Slice Computer Tomography Coronary Angiography (MSCT). This advanced form of CT scan uses 64 sensors and rapid...
Curated Video
Bacterial Meningitis : Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatments & Pathology
What is Meningitis? Well, Bacterial Meningitis is a True Medical Emergency that requires an urgent Lumbar Puncture for the diagnosis. This real life clinical case is about a young female patient in her thirties who presented with...
Science360
Quantum entanglement microscopes advancing chemistry, medicine, materials science - Science Nation
Harnessing entangled photons to image fragile samples, such as living cells With support from the National Science Foundation, this University of Michigan team has built a new laser-based instrument called a quantum entanglement...
Healthcare Triage
Low-Value Diagnostic Imaging: Examining Wasteful Spending in the Emergency Department
We’re constantly on the look out for ways to save money in the US health care system. Targeting waste is our best bet to do so. A new study in JAMA Pediatrics points out a contender – low-value diagnostic imaging in the emergency...
Curated Video
How Digital Cameras Use Numbers to Create Images
This video explains how digital cameras work and how they are different from film cameras. It describes how electronic technology is used to capture and store images as strings of numbers, allowing for instant sharing and manipulation of...
Science360
EARLY CONCEPT BRAIN RESEARCH: NEXT-GENERATION OPTOGENETICS
Researchers all over the world use a technology called optogenetics that allows them to turn neurons on and off in living laboratory organisms by exposing them to certain types of light. Stephen Boppart of the University of Illinois at...
Science360
Spying on Synapses - early concept brain research
Signaling across synapses--the tiny gaps between neurons, over a thousand times thinner than a sheet of paper--requires multiple molecules to work together. To learn how neurons communicate, and ensure they pass across the synapses at...
Physics Girl
Are MRIs safe?
Are there any dangers associated with receiving an MRI and how exactly does an MRI work? Is it safe? Medical imaging, specifically magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), has come so far that we can create high resolution images of the entire...
Science360
AI helps medical professionals interpret, perform ultrasounds – Bay Labs
Bay Labs, a small business funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), uses artificial intelligence to help medical professionals perform and interpret ultrasounds. Bay Labs is using deep learning technology to enable a wider range...
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Novel NIST Technique Measures 3-D Shapes in Computer Chips Using Optical Microscopy
NIST’s Ravi Attota shows how Through-Focus Scanning Optical Microscopy (TSOM) able to detect tiny differences in the 3-D shapes of computer chip components, revealing variations less than 1 nanometer (billionth of a meter) in size.
Healthcare Triage
Choosing Wisely is a Great Idea. Does it Work?
If you don't know what Choosing Wisely is, start with our HCT episode on it. If you do, then still watch it. It's good.
Curated Video
Exploring Space with the Hubble Space Telescope
In this video, we learn about the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and how scientists use it to take pictures of space.
Science360
Researchers harness ultrasound technology to give amputees a better grip with their prosthetics.
Controlling today’s advanced prosthetic arms and hands can be very challenging. Often, today’s prosthetic systems can’t provide the type of control and functionality for day to day tasks. National Science Foundation-funded engineers at...
Curated Video
Green Screens: Exploring Chroma Key and Visual Effects
This video explains the concept and importance of green screens in creating visual effects and technology. It discusses how green screens use Chroma Key or color keying to isolate a specific color and make it transparent, allowing for...
Curated Video
How the Human Eye Functions Like a Camera
Discover how light passes through the lens of our eyes and is recorded on the retina, which then sends messages to the brain for processing. There are many parts of the eye involved in this process, such as the cornea, pupil, lens, and...
STAT
Saving Bentley's brain
A daring surgery aims to put a baby's brain, which was growing partly outside of his skull, back where it belongs.