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Virtual Reality - The new classroom! Archaeology using VR
This video shows how researchers found a way to use VR (virtual reality) in the archaeology classroom. The team designed a virtual cave modeled in part on a real cave excavated in the 1930's.
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Heat and motion-powered wearable electronics for improved health - CES 2015
At NSF-funded Engineering Research Centers across the United States, interdisciplinary university teams turn knowledge into new systems technologies. Working closely with industry and regional stakeholders, the centers ultimately aim to...
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PAEMST Awardee and Math Teacher Matthew Owens Sees a Digital Age of Math and Science Students
Matthew Montgomery Owens is a 7th-12th grade math teacher at Spring Valley High School in Columbia, S.C. He is also a 2011 Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching awardee. For more information go to...
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Nutrient Loading In Lake Erie
Part of the earth's largest surface freshwater system, Lake Erie is a vital source of drinking water for 11 million people. Researchers Anna Michalak, Tom Bridgeman, and Pete Richards are studying how farming practices and severe weather...
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Computational biology of cancer
Endometrial cancer affects 48,000 women per year in the United States. For patients with tumors greater than two centimeters in diameter, the effected organ(s) and lymph nodes may be surgically removed. Yet post-surgery analysis shows...
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NSF-funded research to forecast space weather, protect the power grid - Science Nation
Multidisciplinary approach to developing next-generation space weather modeling tools, with the goal of a five-day forecast capability Description: While Earth's weather reports center on precipitation, temperature, wind direction and...
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Catching early signs of autism in infants
Catching early signs of autism in infants. About one in fifty-nine children in the U.S. has an Autism Spectrum Disorder or ASD. Diagnosis usually takes place on or after the age of three. Is it possible to spot ASD earlier? A new study...
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How to Grow A Lead Crystal Tree! Old Alchemy Demonstration.
AKA "Saturns Tree" or the "Tree of Saturn", it is a well known, but often forgotten demonstration. It is very easy to do at home, but you must be carefull.. Lead is very poisonous!
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Human Water Cycle - Agriculture
Water. It's an essential building block of life, constantly moving in a hydrologic cycle that flows in a continuous loop above, across and even below the Earth's surface. But water is also constantly moving through another cycle -- the...
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Fire it up! 'Blue whirl' fire tornado burns cleaner for reduced emissions
In episode 63, Jordan and Charlie discuss the "blue fire whirl", a type of fire whirl that could lead to beneficial new approaches for reducing carbon emissions and improving oil spill cleanup. Fire whirls, otherwise known as fire...
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Ancient shark in 3D, scary robofish, skin cancer answer, crops in deep water: 4 Awesome Discoveries
Ancient shark in 3-D, scary robofish, skin cancer answer, and crops in deep water. It’s 4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn’t Hear About. 3-D reconstructions show how ancient sharks found an alternative way to feed...
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Scientists detail Front Range air pollution - FRAPPE
Scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and partner organizations are using specially equipped aircraft, mobile radars, balloon-mounted sensors, and sophisticated computer simulations to measure local and...
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Engineering slick solutions for sticky problems - Science Nation
The natural world has many tricks to teach us about efficiency and design. Take the carnivorous pitcher plant: its super slippery surface acts like a slide for unsuspecting ants that can't stop themselves from sliding right into the...
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Monitoring multiple biomarkers at once – Biotech’s future
NSF-funded small business Applied Biosensors has created sensors that continuously monitor multiple biomarkers. The core technology has implications for biomedical research, water quality management and metabolic monitoring, among...
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Women History Makers Talitha Washington
Talitha Washington, Mathematician and NSF Program Director shares how math didn't come easy for her, and if not for other amazing women in her life, she might not have become the award winning mathematician she is today! Women are making...
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Chemists form new center to reinvent how chemicals are made - Science Nation
Up until now, chemists who want to design breakthrough drugs, formulate better agrichemicals and develop new smart materials have designed their products using long-established laboratory methods. But, that's about to change. With...
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Fluorescent Fruit Flies Shed New Light - Science Nation
Syracuse University biologists are now able to study previously unobservable events tied to sexual selection. That's because they were able to genetically alter fruit flies so that the heads of their sperm were fluorescent green or red....
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Emperor Penguin Populations in Antarctica and Climate Change - Science Nation
You might call them the "poster children" of Antarctica. Penguins have long topped the charts as the iconic animal of the frozen continent. But now, a new study indicates melting sea ice, caused by climate change, may soon wreak havoc on...
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Greenstreets Drexel University researchers investigate urban ecosystem improvements
"Greenstreets" are specially engineered vegetated areas, such as medians and traffic islands, with benefits that go beyond beautifying a city's landscape. From managing stormwater to alleviating air pollution, greenstreets can provide...
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Greenhouse Gases - How Do We Know?
What is the source of the increased greenhouse gases in the atmosphere?
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Science Behind The News: Extrasolar Planets
Extrasolar planets, or exoplanets, are planets that orbit stars other than our sun. Astronomers like Dr. William Welsh at San Diego State University primarily use two methods to detect these distant planets: Doppler and Transit methods....
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Research on airport screening - Long interview
Sheldon Jacobson of the Department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is an expert in operations research, and while his efforts have stretched from vaccine stockpiling to statistics, his studies on...
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PAEMST Awardee and Math Teacher Angela Miller Discusses Inspiring Math Students
Angela Miller is a 7th grade math teacher at Eisenhower Middle School in Manhattan, Kan. She is also a 2011 Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching awardee. For more information go to...