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Robin Murphy talks about her deployment of rescue robots during the 9/11 response in New York City.
Robin Murphy, director of the Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue at Texas A&M University, was on-site at Ground Zero within 24 hours of the attack. She brought along a team of students and colleagues to deploy a cadre of robots...
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How can we test a structural design for earthquake resiliency?
How can we test a structural design for earthquake resiliency? We asked Shiling Pei, Colorado School of Mines Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering professor, the answer on this Ask a Scientist.
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Whales Of A Tail
In episode 57, Charlie and Jordan explore different whale species-specific hotspots for dinner time. Using acoustic data, researchers have found that as multiple species of whales feast on herring, they tend to stick with their own kind....
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Understanding the Mind by Mapping the Brain - Science Nation
Neuroanatomist Jacopo Annese is looking for 1,000 brains. The Director of the Brain Observatory at the University of California, San Diego is on a quest to collect, dissect, and digitize images of the human brain for the Digital Brain...
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Paper snow flakes and solar panels
In episode 31, Charlie and Jordan talk about the ancient Japanese art of Kirigami and how researchers are using it to inspire new, lightweight solar cells.
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How soft robots could shape our future
How soft robots could shape our future. This is a Squishy Robot. Researchers at Stanford University and UC Santa Barbara, with funding from the National Science Foundation, have developed this soft robot that combines traditional and...
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NSF & The Consumer Electronics Show 2014
At 2014's Consumer Electronics Show, visitors were introduced to brand new products never seen before. At Eureka park, visitors could take look into future products from NSF funded SBIR companies that offer prototypes with the potential...
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Engineers are 'schooling' themselves on fish maneuvers - Science Nation
With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), aerospace engineer Michael Philen and his team at Virginia Tech are investigating the biomechanics of fish locomotion, in hopes of contributing to the next generation of robotic...
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Effects On Ocean Life - The Carbon Cycle
What will increased carbon do to life in the oceans?
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Carbon Dioxide And Global Warming - How Do We Know?
What does carbon dioxide have to do with global warming?
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4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn’t Hear About This Week – Episode 3
Beaches, bandages, batteries and a blueprint. It’s your weekly briefing on the latest discoveries you might not hear about anywhere else, all with funding from the National Science Foundation. Episode 3: 1. “These could revolutionize the...
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World Cup exoskeleton allows paraplegic to walk again
Built with funding for basic research from the National Science Foundation, Dr. Miguel Nicolelis and the Walk Again Project have built an exoskeleton that will allow paraplegics to walk again. The exoskeleton uses computer algorithms to...
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Heads up: Two-pump system in mosquitoes could hold answers for medicine, health
Even though mosquitoes have long been a nuisance to humans worldwide, scientists are still putting together the pieces of their biological puzzle. Researchers at Virginia Tech have discovered the inner workings of a two-pump system in...
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Multi-messenger astrophysics neutrino breakthrough!
On Sept. 22, 2017, the National Science Foundation's IceCube Neutrino Observatory alerted the international astronomy community that a high-energy neutrino had passed through the Earth. That notification set in motion follow-on...
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Welcome to the National Science Foundation
A two-minute overview of the National Science Foundation.
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Trapping blood clots to treat stroke
Strokes are primarily caused by blood clots in the blood vessels of the brain. An NSF-funded technology developed by Insera Therapeutics is designed to efficiently trap and remove these clots, even in some of the tiniest blood vessels....
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PREDATOR-Protects against malicious websites. Check out NSF Science Now 47!
In this week's episode, we learn about new tools to protect against malicious websites, restoring the sense of touch to amputees and those with paralysis, and examine how older adults hear.
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NSF-funded researchers build wall-jumping robot! NSF Science Now 48
In this week’s episode, we learn about a new wall-jumping robot, using sensor-integrated blocks to better identify developmental disabilities, we learn about creatures with camouflage, a new procedure to detect exposure to dangerous...
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Protecting soldiers from chemical warfare
Northwestern University scientists, using nanotechnology facilities funded by the National Science Foundation, have successfully combined textile fibers with a nanomaterial referred to as metal-organic-framework or MOF. This material...
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Computer scientist Shaundra Daily - ScienceLives
Increasingly unconstrained by the limits of their lifeless, emotionless construction, computers are being used more and more to improve our understanding of human emotions. This trend is due, in part, to the work of Shaundra Daily, who —...
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Chemistry Platoon - Raising GPAs, Raising Morale
When Scott Daly entered college after serving in the military, he wanted to take an introductory chemistry class. His academic advisor tried to dissuade him, encouraging him to avoid science classes because they are harder. But Scott...
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4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn't Hear About This Week - Episode 7
“Walking molecules” that haul damaged DNA to the cell’s emergency room, drones that could be small as a fingernail, fish that do the “electric hide,” and local interventions that could boost coral’s resilience to bleaching. Yes, it’s “4...
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Blacksmith Myth - Will a drop of Water on the Anvil make it explode?
I read a myth (below) that said striking a drop of water with a hot iron and hammer will send the hammer flying. luckily I just met a local Blacksmith! Why do blacksmiths ring their anvils? WELL THEN, Once upon a time long long ago and...
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Science Now Episode 8
In this week's episode we examine spiders' silk, coral reefs, artificial retina technology, and the sense of touch. Check it out!