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From 'Useless Math' To Powerful Security
William Martin at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has drawn on mathematical systems once thought to have no practical use to help make public key cryptography run effectively on sensors with tiny processors and meager power supplies.
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Economist Paul Milgrom - ScienceLives
In 1994, when the Federal Communications Commission decided to allocate broadcast licenses via auction rather than lottery, it didn't do so in a vacuum. The rationale for the move came from the work of economists and other researchers —...
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Monitoring CO2 Around The Globe - Earth's Heat Balance
How are scientists monitoring CO2 around the globe?
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How the Event Horizon Telescope took first ever image of a black hole
Brief oveview of the Event Horizon telescope with a simple explanation of how the EHT works and the black hole image it captured. Includes a soundbite with the National Science Foundation director and the Event Horizon Telescope director.
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Driving with Your Tongue? - Science Nation
Steering a wheelchair with tongue movements could one day give quadriplegics a taste of independence. With funding from the National Science Foundation, Maysam Ghovanloo at Georgia Tech designs technology that allows people with...
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Computer scientist Kinnis Gosha - ScienceLives
Morehouse College professor and director of the NSF-supported Culturally Relevant Computing Lab, Kinnis Gosha, dedicates his time to reshaping the demographics of the field of computer science.
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Brain Positioning System: BPS - Science Nation
What happens in your brain when you get lost or forget something? Johns Hopkins University Neuroscientist Amy Shelton believes she can find the answer. With funding from the National Science Foundation, she's testing human spatial...
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Can Spiderman Climb The Sticky Wall?
I still had 2 gallons of glue from the last glue trap video, so I thought this would be a great way to use the rest of it! I forgot how gross the glue really is though, I practically need to shower in WD-40 to get if off.
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Rewound Microwave Oven Transformer Melting a Screw
1.6v at "need a new multimeter"Amps
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How Will Climate Change Affect Drought? - The Water Cycle
How will climate change affect drought in the western United States?
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The incredible bladderwort
In episode 3, Charlie and Jordan talk road tripping on lithium-air batteries, the super-compact carnivorous plant – the bladderwort – and new ways to treat water and waste water sustainably and off the grid.
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Scientists & artists team up to explore our brain on art. See it in NSF Science Now episode 38!
In this week's episode of NSF Science Now(38) we explore our brain on art, examine a buried, ancient Maya village, learn about SafePay-a new, secure method to fight against credit card fraud, and finally we discover how beavers are...
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Where Does Atmospheric Carbon Come From? - The Carbon Cycle
Where does the carbon in the atmosphere come from?
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Young citizen scientists assist in Salt Lake City air quality research - Science Nation
Community, students and scientists benefit from partnership to assess particulate matter pollution
Middle and high school students in Salt Lake City are helping scientists and the community better understand particulate matter...
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Electric Vehicles - Green Revolution
What's so difficult about making the electric vehicle a reality? One of the toughest parts is storing enough potential energy to get you where you're going, and in this case, it's all about the battery. Graduate student Katharine...
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Make a Violent fireball and smokebomb with pool shock and brake fluid.!
For more information and reaction mechanisms, look at the link below. PEG is chosen as a hydraulic brake fluid for its very high boiling point. Usually over 400f. So this is a very exothermic reaction! Something I noticed. If the...
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Molten salt teaser video
Molten table salt into water - 5000 fps. First two times nothing happened, just a little splattering. On the third try... BAM! Salt melts at ~1400F, and inexplicably explodes when poured into water! I had to find out whats going on.
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Breaking into a massive 1000lb Safe with a Plasma Cutter
That was way more work than I thought it would be! Total time to get the safe open - 3 hours of labor. hard labor. And I don't even know what to do with it now!
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What does a sustainable energy future look like?
What does a sustainable energy future look like? Jack Brouwer of University of California, Irvine, answers the question on this edition of "Ask a Scientist." The number of humans alive on our planet today is 7.6 billion. By 2087,...
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Headset uses ear muscle signals for hands-free control – CES 2015
Can you wiggle your ears? If so, you're a prime candidate to try out a new headset from Reach Bionics. The small business has created technology that harnesses EMG signals from ear muscles. The creators demonstrated the device at the...
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Do it for the gram! Share your #NSFstories during #WomensHistoryMonth
Did you know women earn about 42 percent of all science and engineering doctorates? Women in STEM are crucial year-round and the National Science Foundation wants to feature you and your #NSFstories on NSF’s Instagram during Women’s...
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Sociologist Michèle Lamont - ScienceLives
Knowing how much something, or somebody, is worth is an important ability. Michèle Lamont investigates how we define worth and excellence, and how these definitions influence hierarchies of all kinds, frequently focusing on racial and...
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National Inventors Hall of Fame Honoree Andrew Viterbi
Electrical engineer and cofounder of wireless technology giant Qualcomm, Andrew Viterbi, received two National Science Foundation Small Business Innovation Research grants to further develop and commercialize Code Division Multiple...