NASA
The Invisible Network: Bonus - LCRD: Your Questions Answered | NASA’s The Invisible Network Podcast
In this bonus episode of NASA's The Invisible Network podcast, NASA subject matter experts answer questions about the Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) submitted on social media.
Science360
THESE BIOBOTS SHOW SOME REAL MUSCLE
WARNING: THIS VIDEO HAS SCENES WITH FLASHING LIGHTS. The tiny BioBots engineered at one NSF-funded Science and Technology Center (STC) move a bit like inchworms, but they represent giant strides in science and engineering. They can be...
Next Animation Studio
Swallowable camera pill provides imaging of esophageal lining
Researchers at Ninepoint Medical and Massachusetts General Hospital have developed a new tethered, pill sized endoscope that can provide cross-sectional and three-dimensional images of the upper gastrointestinal tract. Researchers placed...
NASA
Gravity Assist: Let’s Talk About Climate Change, with Gavin Schmidt
What’s the difference between climate and weather? How does NASA monitor changing sea levels, melting glaciers, and other effects of climate change? Gavin Schmidt, NASA’s acting senior climate advisor, explains how rising temperatures...
Physics Girl
How 3D holograms work
Holograms are photographic recordings of 3D scenes. Unlike a camera, which captures one view through a small viewer focused by a lens, holograms capture an entire light field which allows them to recreate the 3D scene. Shimmery 2D...
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Curiosity rover zaps martian rock to test equipment
The Mars Curiosity rover has tested its laser and spectroscopy equipment on a 7cm rock dubbed 'Coronation'. The rover's ChemCam (Chemistry and Camera instrument) unit hit the rock with 30 pulses of infrared light over a 10-second period,...
NASA
The Invisible Network: 02. Lemnos | NASA's The Invisible Network Podcast
The mythic hunter Orion, son of the sea-god Poseidon, was himself mortal, but his godly lineage enabled impossible heroic feats, earning him a place in the night sky as a constellation. NASA has developed its own Orion, a hunter for...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Richard Gerrig - Experiencing Narrative Worlds
Richard Gerrig, Ph.D. graduated from Stanford University. He is currently a Professor, Cognitive Science at Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY. Dr. Gerrig's research focuses on several theoretical issues in psycholinguistics...
Curated Video
The Ruby Laser: A World First
Lasers aren't just for sci-fi fans. We use them to scan barcodes in shopping malls, conduct surgeries, even remove tattoos! All thanks to the very first, the Ruby Laser.
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Laser-equipped wheelchair helps blind "see"
Researchers at the Lulea University of Technology in Sweden have developed an electric wheelchair that lets visually impaired users "see" their surroundings. The vehicle uses a laser to scan its environment. The laser scanner creates a...
Science360
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...
Physics Girl
How to Make a SQUARE Vortex Ring! ft. 3blue1brown
Dianna from Physics Girl makes DIY crazy vortex ring shapes with Grant Sanderson from 3blue1brown
Cerebellum
Space Facts II - Lunar Ranging
Space Facts II puts viewers on the forefront of space exploration, examining its role on Earth in fighting forest fires, controlling diseases (such as diabetes), combating air pollution and mapping solar and lunar cycles. This video...
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Researchers fire lasers, discover ancient Amazonian villages laid out like clocks
The circular villages all had remarkably similar layouts, with elongated mounds circling a central plaza like marks on a clock.
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China starts huge project to beam power from space
Beijing aims to put miles of solar panels in space and use them to power a massive microwave emitter that will hang 23,000 miles up in the sky.
NASA
NASA in Silicon Valley: Roger Hunter Talks About Taking Big Risks with Small Satellites
A conversation with Roger Hunter, Program Manager for the Spacecraft Technology Program at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
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U.S. field tests high-energy laser weapon: Pacific Fleet Command
The U.S. Navy shot down an aerial drone with a solid state laser weapon during a test off Pearl Harbor on May 16.
Science360
Like being there: The next generation of 3-D holograms
Imagine watching the World Cup or the Super Bowl in 3-D in the comfort of your own home. That option may be available sooner than you think. With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), optical scientist Nasser Peyghambarian...
AllTime 10s
10 Superweapons Currently Being Built
Freeze rays, invisible tanks and nanobots. These may sound like they belong in a sci-fi movie or a Bond villain's shopping list. But they're all real technologies being worked on right now. To know more about these weapons and more:...
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NASA’s next Mars rover will sport laser to vaporize rocks
NASA’s Mars 2020 rover will sport a rock-vaporizing laser gun
Curated Video
Laser Tattoo Removal Explained
During the tattoo removal process, a laser breaks up the permanent ink particles, allowing the body's immune system to absorb and eliminate the ink. Learn how white blood cells and light work together to break down the materials in a...
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Space travel: Stephen Hawking and billionaire's plan for laser-propelled nanocraft fleet
A team of renowned scientists, Silicon Valley elites and a billionaire businessman have conceptualized a fleet of postage stamp-sized spacecraft for the purpose of interstellar exploration. According to the New York Times, the board of...
NASA
Searching for Signs of Life on Mars
ESA's (The European Space Agency) ExoMars rover is headed to the red planet in 2020, on a mission to search for signs of past or present life. One of its primary tools in this endeavor is MOMA, the Mars Organic Molecule Analyzer. MOMA is...
Science360
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,...