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When Robots Invaded the Senate - Cyber-Physical Systems Demo for Senators and Staff
Scalpels that a surgeon uses to excise small tumors but never actually touches. Robots that can take the place of lab rats in clinical trials. Cars that can drive themselves through busy streets. These were just some of the cutting-edge...
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Enormous Underwater Fossil Graveyard Found
National Science Foundation-funded anthropologists and paleontologists uncovered what could be the largest single collection of lemur remains ever found. What’s more, they found it in a most unusual place--hidden in a series of...
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4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn't Hear About This Week - Episode 4
Zombie ants, DNA robots, growing organs & an app for assessing autism. It’s episode 4 of your weekly briefing on the latest discoveries you might not hear about anywhere else, all with funding from the National Science Foundation....
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The Earth Day special
In episode 9, Jordan and Charlie celebrate Earth Day by: Chatting about hydraulic fracturing, taking a closer look at batteries and exploring biodiversity.
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Meet HARMONY-a first-of-its-kind rehab robot-NSF Science Now 34
In this week’s episode we learn about an app to detect sleep apnea, teen risk-taking, a new Wi-Fi booster and, finally, we explore a first-of-its-kind rehab robot. Check it out!
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Hunting for the WIMPs of the universe - Science Nation
Dark matter is a scientific mystery. We can't see or touch it. But physicists like Dan McKinsey theorize it must exist because, without it, the universe would look quite different. With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF),...
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Researchers discover how elephant seals protect their organs when diving! NSF Science Now 24
In this week’s episode, we discover secrets in buried soils; we learn how elephant seals protect their organs when diving; we learn about Amulet -- the future in wearable technology; and, finally, we explore the fast-moving Thwaites...
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Researchers develop exoskeleton device for walking efficiency-Check it out!
Science Now 33-In this week’s episode we learn about an app to detect depression, walking efficiency, how babies learn from surprise and finally we explore how high-tech tools are helping researcher better understand how granular...
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PAEMST Awardee and Math Teacher Robert Samuel Ettinger Discusses His Love for Teaching Science
Robert Samuel Ettinger is a 7th-12th grade math teacher at Asa Mercer Middle School, Seattle, Wash. He is also a 2011 Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching awardee. For more information go to...
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4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn’t Hear About This Week – Episode 8
Something special in seal blood; a whole new angle on prosthetic ankles; a nanotech inspiration from single-celled architects; and sure, there may be “gold in them thar hills,” but there’s a quadrillion tons of diamonds in the Earth’s...
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4 Awesome Discoveries and a Thing You Probably Didn’t Hear About - Episode 40
In this science video: The singing, song-writing robot; privacy advisory; cloud seeding succeeding; safer self-driving; and arming yourself with tentacles. It’s 4 Awesome Discoveries and a Thing You Probably Didn’t Hear About. New...
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How Will Climate Change Affect Water Supplies? - The Water Cycle
How will climate change affect water supplies in the western United States?
The Backyard Scientist
Its like Liquid Nitrogen - but Fire!
Giant Air Plant information: Its scientific name is Tillandsia Utriculata. They are called 'air plants' because they typically live in trees. People sometimes think the name means they can survive air alone, but thats wrong! they still...
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Running on Oxides - Innovators
With support from the National Science Foundation, University of Wisconsin materials science and engineering professor Chang-Beom Eom and his team are looking closely at the properties of oxide materials and their potential to resolve...
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4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn’t Hear About This Week - Episode 27
It's 4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn't Hear About. In this science video: fabric fab for rehab, cooking up eruptions, down to the wire for virus testing, and why researchers want the Blues How pyroclastic flows cheat friction...
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Microbial Life Discovered Beneath Antarctic Ice Sheet
Researchers with the NSF/ARRA-funded WISSARD project report that hidden beneath a half-mile of ice in Antarctica is an unexplored part of our biosphere.
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Lemur lovers' synced scents reflect strength of their bond
Lemur lovers spread their scents by rubbing glands on everything from tree trunks to their partner. Researchers discovered that the more similar a lemur couples' scents, the stronger their bond. This could be a way to coordinate marking...
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Researchers develop smart bandages! NSF Science Now 32!
In this week’s episode, we learn about smart bandages, magnetic organ retractors, floating wind turbines and, finally, we examine how our brain remembers words. Check it out!
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Nobel laureate Leon M. Lederman discusses science and its impact on our lives
Leon M. Lederman, a Nobel laureate, has served a life-long distinguished career and has been giving many illustrious recognitions for his accomplishments in scientific research and study. Lederman contributed enormously to the public...
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Infrared - Chalk Talk
What do night vision, thermal imaging and remote controls have in common? This animated series of short videos acts as a video glossary to define specific scientific terms or concepts in a fun, easy to understand way. In each episode...
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Protecting our forests. NSF Science Now 3
In this week’s episode of NSF Science Now, we explore the Harvard Forest Long-Term Ecological Site, phytoplankton and climate change, how silver turns people blue and, finally, why math hurts.
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Breast Cancer and Body Rhythms - Science Nation
Virginia Tech Biologist Carla Finkielstein is using funding from the National Science Foundation to investigate a possible connection between body rhythms and breast cancer. Her lab is full of frogs because she uses their eggs to study...
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A first-of-its-kind rehab robot! NSF Science Now 34
In this week’s episode, we learn about an app to detect sleep apnea, teen risk-taking, a new Wi-Fi booster and, finally, we explore a first-of-its-kind rehab robot.