SciShow
The Woman Who Saved the World
On her way to winning the 2023 Nobel Prize for her pioneering work on mRNA vaccines, Katalin Karikó lived a life made for the big screen.
Crash Course
Carbon... SO SIMPLE: Crash Course Biology
And thus begins the most revolutionary biology course in history. Come and learn about covalent, ionic, and hydrogen bonds. What about electron orbitals, the octet rule, and what does it all have to do with a mad man named Gilbert Lewis?...
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...
SciShow
The Scientist Who Made the Internet Possible | Great Minds: Narinder Singh Kapany
Thanks to Qualcomm for sponsoring a portion of this video.
TED Talks
Juan Enriquez: Using biology to rethink the energy challenge
Juan Enriquez challenges our definition of bioenergy. Oil, coal, gas and other hydrocarbons are not chemical but biological products, based on plant matter -- and thus, growable. Our whole approach to fuel, he argues, needs to change.
SciShow
The 2015 Nobel Prizes!
Over the past few weeks, the Nobel committees have been announcing the 2015 laureates. This year’s winners in the physics and chemistry categories made discoveries about the tiny neutrinos flying through all of us, and the ways our...
SciShow
A Deadly Mistake That Led to Safer Medicine | Elixir Sulfanilamide
In the 1930s, a mistake that cost over a hundred lives helped usher in a new era of safer medicine.
SciShow
How an Ancient Remedy Became a Modern Cure for Malaria
In the 1960s drug-resistant strains of malaria emerged, making the disease even deadlier than before. Then, pharmaceutical scientist Tu Youyou discovered a promising new remedy buried within the pages of ancient Chinese texts.
TED-Ed
TED-ED: How does the Nobel Peace Prize work? - Adeline Cuvelier and Toril Rokseth
Among the top prestigious awards in the world, the Nobel Peace Prize has honored some of the most celebrated and revered international figures and organizations in history. But how does the nomination process work? And who exactly is...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: The genius of Marie Curie - Shohini Ghose
Marie Sk_odowska Curie's revolutionary research laid the groundwork for our understanding of physics and chemistry, blazing trails in oncology, technology, medicine, and nuclear physics, to name a few. But what did she actually do?...
SciShow
Nitroglycerin: Explosive Heart Medication
Imagine a substance so powerful that it could blow you to bits or save your life depending on how you used it. Well imagine no more: such a substance exists and you've probably heard of it.
TED-Ed
TED-ED: Rosalind Franklin: DNA's unsung hero - Claudio L. Guerra
The discovery of the structure of DNA was one of the most important scientific achievements in human history. The now-famous double helix is almost synonymous with Watson and Crick, two of the scientists who won the Nobel prize for...
Curated Video
Nobel and Dynamite
The story of Alfred Nobel's life work and legacy, and his little known role in the discovery of dynamite. Chemistry - Reactions - Learning Points. Alfred Nobel invented dynamite in 1867. Alfred Nobel also founded the Nobel Peace Prize,...
Curated Video
Woodrow Wilson
Dr. Forrester provides a biography of the twenty-eighth president of the United States, Woodrow Wilson. She focuses on his strong belief in education.
Curated Video
Madame Marie Curie: Science Pioneer
Dr. Forrester teaches about the discoveries of radioactive isotopes by Marie Curie.
Centro Selenium
La SOLUCIÓN DEFINITVA para personas con daños CEREBRALES (quizá)
Descubre un nuevo posible tratamiento para regenerar el cerebro a partir de unas células similares a las células madres.
One Minute History
115 Madame Curie - One Minute History
Madame Marie Curie is the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. She is awarded the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics, along with her husband Pierre and Henri Becquerel, for developing the theory of ‘radioactivity’. In 1911, Curie wins a second...
Healthcare Triage
Innovation in a Changing US Health System
The US healthcare system has a lot of issues, but one thing it's got going for it is innovation. More clinical trials originate in the United States, and more Nobel Physiology and Medicine Laureates are from here than from any other...
National Institute of Standards and Technology
NIST Unscripted: Dave Wineland
Dave Wineland, NIST physicist and 2012 Nobel Laureate in Physics, discusses his landmark work developing laser cooling, a technique that has led to ultraprecise atomic timekeeping and advances in experimental quantum computing.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Why Does India have Twice the Productivity of Capital Compared to China - Sir James Mirrlees
Sir James Mirrlees, Nobel Laureate, notes that China does not use its capital as efficiently as India, even though their overall growth rates are about the same. As an economist, he is fascinated by this discrepancy, and says that it...
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Single Ion Clocks featuring NIST Nobel Laureate David Wineland
This is a short video clip of Nobel Laureate David Wineland, a physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), excerpted from a multimedia physics course called Physics for the 21st Century. NIST Physicist James...
Physics Girl
This thing is -270°C and is EVERYWHERE
The universe is microwaving itself. A mystery signal discovered in the 1960s led to a Nobel prize. In this video, Dianna explores one of the most mysterious discoveries in physics - a constant microwave signal that seemed to be coming...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Krugman and Stiglitz: What's the Future of Economic Thinking?
At INET's Conversation on the Economy with Joseph Stiglitz and Paul Krugman, we asked two Nobel laureates and got two different answers. Krugman began by giving a nod to young economists and then pointed to a focus on empirics and...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : FILE Svetlana Alexievich wins Nobel Literature Prize
CLEAN : FILE Svetlana Alexievich wins Nobel Literature Prize