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A new robotic exoskeleton in town
In Episode 11, Charlie and Jordan talk about a new robotic exoskeleton, one of the world’s best suction cups and 1,4-dioxane contamination in the Cape Fear River Basin.
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I made the Scorpion From GAME OF THRONES and its CRAZY
Scorpion From GAME OF THRONES
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Autonomous robot does laundry
People typically consider doing the laundry to be a boring chore. But laundry is far from boring for artificial intelligence (AI) researchers like Siddharth Srivastava, a scientist at the United Technologies Research Center, Berkeley. To...
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4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn’t Hear About This Week - Episode 24
Stretching the strength, snake buckling behavior, table for crime scenes, and rewriting the history of oxygen. Super stretchy mighty metal fiber https://news.ncsu.edu/2019/02/researchers-engineer-a-tougher-fiber/ North Carolina State...
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Fishy business
In episode 47, Jordan and Charlie explore how scientists at the University of Texas at Austin have solved the longstanding mystery about how some fish “disappear” from their predators. A fish’s ability to go invisible in polarized light...
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Research immerses HBCU undergrads in biomedical engineering - Science Nation
Center for Biomechanical & Rehabilitation Engineering lab inspires STEM careers by focusing students on helping the elderly For Americans over 65, falls are the leading cause of injury-related death. With increases in average life...
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Chloroform tutorial-Synthesis from Bleach&Acetone!
Ghetto style. 2 gallons 10% sodium hypochlorate and 156ml acetone. Phosgene will not be a problem if you stabilize with a layer of water. Decomposes into CO2.
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LIQUID METAL BULLETS in Slow Motion!
In this video I shoot the worlds first liquid metal bullets made from sodium and potassium. I melted the soft lead from .45 caliber hollow point bullets and replaced it with super soft sodium and potassium metal. When you combine sodium...
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Melting and combining 19 elements! Does it make a Super-Alloy?!
Melting and combining 19 elements! Does it make a Super-Alloy?!
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Ultimate sacrifice - Spider's post-sex cannibalism aids offspring
In this spooktacular episode, Jordan and Charlie explore the male dark fishing spider’s ultimate sacrifice. This death wish probably evolved to benefit his offspring, which grow nearly 20 percent larger, and survive about 50 percent...
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Dr. France A. Córdova assumes leadership of NSF
Dr. France A. Córdova begins her tenure as the National Science Foundation's 14th director with remarks to the NSF workforce.
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Chemistry professor Mircea Dincă discusses Alan T. Waterman Award
The National Science Foundation selects MIT chemistry professor Mircea Dincă as the 2016 winner of the 40th anniversary Alan T. Waterman Award. Dincă discusses the award and metal organic frameworks.
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Ask a Scientist – Superhero Edition 2
We polled top nano experts for their nanotechnology enabled superpower of choice! In this edition, we hear from Saniya LeBlanc, from George Washington University; Quinn Spadola with the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office; and...
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Will an asteroid impact wipe us out?
Have you ever wondered if an asteroid impact wipe us out? Dr. Philip Plait answers your question in this special “Mysteries of the Cosmos” edition of Ask a Scientist.
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What does a Scientist look like?
We asked Fen Zhao, an NSF Program Coordinator in the Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace Program, what does a scientist look like?
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How high can you Pi?
Most people can remember the 3.1415 part. It takes a real enthusiast to get into the famous constant's double digits. Simply put, pi is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter. Less simply, it is a number found in countless...
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Sociologist Duncan Watts - ScienceLives
Sociologist Duncan Watts is a leading researcher and author focusing on social networks and collective dynamics. He recently left his job as Yahoo’s principal researcher to join Microsoft’s new research lab in New York City. Although the...
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International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge
Some of science's most powerful statements are not made in words. From the diagrams of DaVinci to Rosalind Franklins x-rays, visualization of research has a long and literally illustrious history. To illustrate is to enlighten. The...
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ROV JASON
This is JASON, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s state-of- the-art Remotely Operated Vehicle. Supported by the National Science Foundation, it's equipped with sonars, video and still imaging systems and sampling capabilities. Aboard...
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Pseudo-LiDAR for self-driving cars
NSF-funded Cornell researchers have found a simpler, inexpensive alternative to the expensive LiDAR sensors currently used in self-driving cars to detect objects. The team’s new method, called pseudo-LiDAR, uses two inexpensive cameras...
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Removing radioactive waste from water 5 not-so-easy steps
Chemists at the University of Iowa, led by associate professor Tori Forbes, are using National Science Foundation funding to investigate how to remove radioactive substances from water. Forbes' team creates and tests various chemical...
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DIY Rocket Powered Plane!
I've always wanted to attach rocket engines to a styrofoam plane, so I went to the hobby shop and bought all kinds of rocket engines! They come in sizes A, B, C, D, and E. Each step up is 2x as powerfull as the last. I also made my own F...
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Virtual Reality Scientist - Careers in Science and Engineering
What's it really like to be an engineer or a scientist? What do they really do all day? You're about to find out! Meet the next generation of engineers and scientists in these profiles of young professionals, who may just inspire you to...
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Faster, more sensitive imaging of live cells – Biotech’s future
Developing new drugs means researchers must observe how cells react to those drugs over extended periods of time. NSF-funded small business Phi Optics has developed an optical microscope that lets scientists do just that -- study living...