SciShow
Fighting Carbon With Carbon
To reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, some researchers are taking carbon capture technology to the source(s) — for example, slurping up CO2 before it ever leaves the power plant that made it. But that's not all! Some...
TED Talks
Jack Andraka: A promising test for pancreatic cancer ... from a teenager
Over 85 percent of all pancreatic cancers are diagnosed late, when someone has less than two percent chance of survival. How could this be? Jack Andraka talks about how he developed a promising early detection test for pancreatic cancer...
SciShow
Spinach That Detects Explosives!
What's both edible, and capable of sending you an email to let you know there's explosives nearby? Spinach! Well, spinach with some nanotechnology embedded within it. Learn how Popeye's favorite veggie is involved in the field of plant...
Curated Video
Exploring the Possibility of a Space Elevator: Nanotubes and the Future of Space Travel
Imagine a revolutionary way to send things into space. With a space elevator stretching 100,000 kilometers into the sky, made possible by incredibly strong carbon nanotubes, we can transport payloads up to 13 tons at a fraction of the...
Curated Video
Nanotechnology: Is It Safe?
Nanotechnology is already widely used, but some scientists are warning it could prove dangerous in future. Why? Chemistry - Atoms And Bonding - Learning Points. Nanomaterials take on very different properties to their larger particles....
National Institute of Standards and Technology
NIST Unscripted - Marla Dowell
NIST physicist Marla Dowell describes her work with lasers and optoelectronics to develop high-speed electronic devices, provide measurement traceability for the semiconductor industry, and enable high-power laser calibrations with...
Next Animation Studio
Tiny magnetic coils could be used to clean up microplastics in the ocean
A University of Adelaide-led research team has created a carbon nanotube that could help fight microplastic pollution in our oceans.
Next Animation Studio
Carbon nanotube pencil used to draw sensor circuits
Scientists from MIT have used carbon nanotubes to make a pencil lead, which they then used to draw sensors on paper printed with gold electrodes.
Professor Dave Explains
Carbon: The Element of Life
You may have heard that carbon is the element of life. What does that mean? Let's find out!
NASA
NASA | Blacker Than Black
The NASA Goddard Space Flight Center has a team of scientists testing micro and nano technology to use on spacecraft. The goal is to reduce the reflection off the surface of the instruments so that the data does not get polluted by the...
FuseSchool
Bucky Balls, Nanotubes & Graphene
Learn the basics about bucky balls, graphene and nano tubes. This video start with a short recap on Allotropes and then starts you off learning about Fullerenes and Graphene and then gives you an overview into nanoscience and it's uses...
Science360
Researchers Make Breakthrough in the Production of Double-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
View an interview with Mark C. Hersam of Northwestern University. Double-sided carbon nanotubes are highly prized for their use in solar cells and other applications, but until now creating a supply of just double-sided carbon nanotubes,...
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Screaming Photons
Students from the Alexander Dawson School in Boulder, Colorado explain the workings of a "dark detector" coated with the one of the world's darkest materials, a forest of carbon nanotubes that reflect almost no light across the visible...
Curated Video
Scientist develop new water filter
AP Television
Stanford, California, recent
1. Close shot bottle of carbon nanotubes
2. Various David Schoen preparing water filter demonstration
3. SOUNDBITE (English) David Schoen, Postdoctoral Researcher in Materials Sciences, Stanford...
Curated Video
Scientist develop new water filter
AP Television
Stanford, California, recent
1. Close shot bottle of carbon nanotubes
2. Various David Schoen preparing water filter demonstration
3. SOUNDBITE (English) David Schoen, Postdoctoral Researcher in Materials Sciences, Stanford...
Curated Video
Using nanomaterials to make solar panels more efficient
AP Television
Boston, Nov. 5, 2010
1. General shots Boston skyline
2. Various solar panels on roof of MIT library
3. Wide shot entrance to MIT Building 66
AP Television
Boston, Nov. 3, 2010
4. Zoom in sign for MIT Institute for Soldier...
PBS
Pbs Kids: Bone Regrowth: Nonotubes
Adam broke his leg, now what? Scientists are looking at using nanotechnology to heal broken bones by using a mixture of nanotubes and minerals like calcium that can be injected into the bone. Watch a video in which Kobel and Nathan...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Science Out Loud: Growing Nanotube Forests
What if we could grow elevators to space? Or make phones that last for weeks without a charge? These things could someday be possible someday with an amazing material like carbon nanotubes. Alex goes behind the curious way researchers...