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Wind Energy
Wyoming has long been known as an energy exporter, from oil to natural gas to coal. The state is now booming with two other resources: wind energy and qualified technicians trained to build, install and service the enormous growth in...
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NSF Science Now 12
This week's episode highlights Vanderbilt University's humanoid robot geared to help children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, University of Michigan researchers harnessing terahertz technology that could one day help doctors see deep into...
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NSF Science Now: Episode 35
In this week's episode we learn about models that simulate how a majority of Americans can eat locally grown food, how robots learn, fun and educational video games for the classroom and, finally, we explore a future forest.
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Climate Change And Other Threats To World's Freshwater Goliaths
The Large Lakes Observatory (LLO) helps an interdisciplinary group of scientists use oceanographic research approaches to investigate the mysteries of large lakes, and that includes everything from large-scale reactions to climate change...
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ReNUWIt: Changing the way we manage urban water
The Mines Park apartment complex may look like typical student housing but these apartments are pioneering new water treatment methods for a cleaner future. Wastewater from this complex isn't actually wasted. This is one of the pilot...
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NSF Science Now 6
In this week's episode of NSF Science Now we explore climate change and the Colorado River, helping children with disabilities, porcupine's quills, and finally the decline of chinstrap penguins.
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Viewer's choice: New 'smart bandages' for burn victims and others
Some bandages are embedded with medicine to treat wounds, but researchers at Harvard University and Brigham and Women's Hospital have something much more sophisticated in mind for the future of chronic wound care. With support from the...
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Artificial Retina
Kathy Blake is blind but two years ago she got a glimmer of hope. She heard about an artificial retina being developed by a company called Second Sight and the Doheny Eye Institute in Los Angeles. It was experimental, but Kathy was the...
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NSF Science Now: Episode 20
In this week's episode we learn about new materials with self-healing properties that could also remove paint from walls. And we explore Greenland's fastest moving glacier and how it affects sea level rise. Check it out!
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Neon Cancer Detector
Professor Michael Sailor hopes to dramatically change how cancer is being treated. With support from the National Science Foundation, he is on a quest to create nanoparticles that travel the bloodstream, latch onto cancers in their...
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Pacific Dead Zones
Ocean ""dead zones"" along the Washington and Oregon coasts are threatening critical U.S. fishing areas. These oxygen-depleted regions, that loose virtually all of their marine life in the summer, are expanding, and new ones are...
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Visualization Wall
A giant video screen that takes up an entire wall, floor to ceiling, is allowing scientists to see details they've never seen before. Developed at Tufts University with help from the National Science Foundation, the Visualization Wall...
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Science in Motion: Reusing Forests
A lively, informal look at research from the University of Maine, where scientists are turning forest-industry waste into fuel, construction materials, textiles and polymers for space-age plastics.
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NSF Science Now: Episode 18
In this week's episode we dig up the ""King of Gore,"" the oldest discovered Tyrannosaurid dinosaur yet. We also learn how ordinary foam can help protect athletes from concussions and how a tongue-controlled wheelchair could give people...
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NSF Science Now: Episode 42
In this week's episode we explore origami-inspired devices, examine family technology rules and, finally, we examine how changing ocean chemistry may threaten the Antarctic food chain.
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Robotic Arms
Who do you call if you need a little help with some of life's more complicated tasks...like building a car, performing surgery, or even diffusing a bomb? The people at Barrett Technologies in Cambridge, Massachusetts are always glad to...
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Eye On Home
Ever leave the house and then wonder if you left the iron on, or the oven, or maybe the lights? That's something Anthony Rowe doesn't need to worry about. The Carnegie Mellon University Computer Scientist and Electrical Engineer can...
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New CoBots are 'help on wheels'
Meet CoBot - short for ""Collaborative Robot."" You might call it ""help on wheels."" With support from the National Science Foundation, computer scientist Manuela Veloso and her team at Carnegie Mellon University are developing CoBots,...
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Mind Reading Computer System May Help People With Locked-In Syndrome
Imagine living a life in which you are completely aware of the world around you but you're prevented from engaging in it because you are completely paralyzed. Even speaking is impossible. For an estimated 50,000 Americans this is a harsh...
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NSF Science Now 8
In this week's episode of NSF Science Now we explore spiders' silk, a bionic eye, coral reefs, and finally the sense of touch.
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NSF Science Now: Episode 30
In this week's episode, we explore how babies learn, discover what is threatening coral reefs, see how coffee house hackers are stealing computer data and, finally, we explore our memories. Check it out!
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NSF Science Now: Episode 23
In this week's episode we discover the earliest and most primitive pterodactyloid. We learn about a new device for diagnosing pancreatic cancer. We study the cougars' diet and finally we explore a science & engineering festival. Check it...
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Like being there: The next generation of 3-D holograms
Imagine watching the World Cup or the Super Bowl in 3-D in the comfort of your own home. That option may be available sooner than you think. With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), optical scientist Nasser Peyghambarian...
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NSF Science Now: Episode 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.