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How Do Wetsuits Keep You Warm?
Snorkelers, surfers, divers. They all use them… wetsuits! So how do they work to keep you warm? It turns out layers of materials, and water itself!
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This Material Is Nearly Uncuttable
European researchers claim to have developed a composite material that is basically uncuttable, so with this material, your bike might never be stolen.
SciShow
Mind the (Solar System's) Gap
Giant disks around baby stars filled with gas and dust provide the material to make all sorts of planets, and new evidence proves that our solar system’s had a massive gap in it! And the water vapor in Jupiter’s moon, Europa, might not...
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How Do Wetsuits Keep You Warm?
Snorkelers, surfers, divers. They all use them… wetsuits! So how do they work to keep you warm? It turns out layers of materials, and water itself!
SciShow
Antimicrobials Inspired by Animals
The animal kingdom is diverse, fascinating, and even inspires the medical world!
SciShow
Why Do Prosthetic Limbs Feel Way Heavier Than Biological Ones?
Because biological limbs are connected to our skeletons, we don't notice that they weigh a lot! As technology develops, scientists have designed lighter, more functional prostheses and the latest can even use the skeleton like a...
Curated Video
How to Choose a Pole for Pole Dancing
Howcast -Learn how to choose a pole from pole dancing instructor Mai Yee in this Howcast video.
Curated Video
FU-Tone's Hardware Guitar Upgrades
From brass blocks and claws to titanium posts, saddle inserts and screws, FU-Tone will make your six-string roar. To demonstrate just how easily and quickly FU-Tone can refresh your six-string, Guitar World Tech Editor Paul Riario sat...
Curated Video
US is Testing and Building World’s Fastest Passenger Planes
Welcome back to the Fluctus Channel for a feature about some of the most awaited and most futuristic aircraft currently in development, that could change face of aviation forever. Fluctus is a website and YouTube channel dedicated to sea...
Curated Video
Using ROMAN NUMERALS to name Ionic Compounds w/ a Transition Metal in Chemistry!
Transition metals are elements in the d orbital. The reason these are unique is that they do not have 1 set charge they become when they become an ion like elements in the s and p orbital. Elements in the d orbital, or our transition...
Curated Video
Landmarks - Frank Gehry
FRANK GEHRY CANADIAN ARCHITECT FRANK GEHRY IS WORLD RENOWNED FOR HIS FANTASTIC DESIGNS. OFTEN THEY ARE SWEEPING METALLIC GIANTS SUCH AS HIS FAMOUS GUGGENHEIM BUILDING IN BILBAO. HIS LATEST EDITION IS A SPANISH HOTEL.
Veritasium
Why Machines That Bend Are Better
Compliant mechanisms have lots of advantages over traditional devices.
Curated Video
Landmarks - Glasgow Science Centre Tower
GLASGOW SCIENCE CENTRE TOWER OF THE MANY LANDMARK PROJECTS CELEBRATING THE NEW MILLENNIUM, A SCOTTISH CITY PRODUCED ONE THAT WAS UNIQUE. THE TOWER AT THE GLASGOW SCIENCE CENTRE IS THE WORLD'S FIRST CAPABLE OF REVOLVING THROUGH...
Curated Video
Metals in Medicine
Metals are used in the human body for a wide range of medical purposes. Discover which metals are used and what properties they have that can help to heal us. Chemistry - Periodic Table - Learning Points. Titanium, stainless steel and...
Institute of Human Anatomy
The Most Painful Surgery Ever?
In this video, Justin from the Institute of Human Anatomy discusses the surgical procedure known as a total knee arthroplasty, and what a patient can expect during and after it's been performed.
Curated Video
A Pencil Upgrade: Woodturning on a Mini Lathe
In this video, we machine a new body from flame maple for a P205 mechanical pencil. We use a miniature lathe and simple tools to do this so anyone can give this woodworking project a go!
Curated Video
Machining a Next-Gen Spinal Implant: My PhD in 9 minutes
In this video, I show the machining of a prototype artificial disc replacement. This formed part of my Ph.D. research project.
TMW Media
Smelting And Refining Aluminium: The recycling of aluminium cans
Explain how aluminium is recycled into new aluminium. What other products are made from aluminium?<br/>
Smelting And Refining Aluminium, Part 3
Smelting And Refining Aluminium, Part 3
Curated Video
The Titan Arum: A Fascinating and Smelly Giant
Also known as "the corpse flower", the Amorphophallus titanum or titan arum as it is also known, is believed by many to be the smelliest plant on Earth. When it blooms, it releases an extremely foul odour comparable to that of...
Curated Video
The Many Uses and Components of Common Elements
Let's take a look back at the elements chlorine, titanium, gallium, potassium, and nickel.
The March of Time
1952: HENDERSON, NEVADA: FOUNDRY: Angled MS Sign 'Titanium Metals Corporation of America' w/ arrow, HA TD Workers walking through open gate. MS Male worker wearing goggles & gloves directing material coming down shoot w/ scoop.
MOT 1952: HENDERSON, NEVADA: FOUNDRY: Angled MS Sign 'Titanium Metals Corporation of America' w/ arrow, HA TD Workers walking through open gate. MS Male worker wearing goggles & gloves directing material coming down shoot w/ scoop.
Professor Dave Explains
McMurry Reaction
It's now time to dig into some olefination reactions, which generate olefins, or alkenes. The first is the McMurry reaction. It involves some rather mysterious titanium chemistry, via a mechanism that is not fully understood. Let's check...
Curated Video
The Versatile and Essential Element: Titanium
In this video, we learn about titanium, a strong and lightweight element with various uses and properties.
Science360
NSF helps launch origami into space
Most people who know of origami think of it as the Japanese art of paper folding. Though it began centuries ago, origami became better known to the world in the 20th century when it evolved into a modern art form. In the 21st century,...