Physics Girl
Are planes safe during COVID?
How likely are you to get sick on an airplane? How safe are airplanes? The science of ventilation and bioaerosol research.
Healthcare Triage
Incidents and Criticisms: Vaccine Backlash Part 2
Part five of our six-part series on vaccinations, supported by the National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation, continues to explore the history of societal backlash against vaccination, with particular attention to...
Healthcare Triage
The Stuff We Worry About, and the Stuff That Actually Kills Us
What are we worried about in terms of health? What's really gonna kill us? How different is that from the past? All this and more on this week's Healthcare Triage News.
msvgo
Principle of Immunisation
It explains the basic principle of immunisation and explains vaccines. It lists a few diseases against which vaccines are available.
SWPictures
Vaccine Hunters: A Cure for Poverty
The big issues, the controversies, the debates – and the future. Despite the excellent track record of vaccines in some quarters they are still treated with considerable suspicion. How can – and should – these doubters be convinced? In...
Professor Dave Explains
The Plague Yersinia pestis
The Plague! The Black Death! You've heard of some version of this disease, which wiped out massive percentages of the global population several times in recent millenia. Terrifying, no? So what causes it? Well now we know! It's a little...
Curated Video
Describe a neural network : Evaluate Accuracy
From the section: Introduction to Artificial Neural Networks (ANN). This section introduces Artificial Neural Networks. You will learn about Neural Network for Binary Classifications, Neural Network with PCA for Binary Classifications,...
Science360
BIG DATA TO INDIVIDUALIZE MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC DISEASES
Some chronic conditions, such as the autoimmune disease scleroderma, are especially difficult to treat because patients exhibit highly variable symptoms, complications and treatment responses. The process of finding an effective...
Encyclopaedia Britannica
History of Pandemics
Learn about the history of pandemics, including the COVID-19 pandemic caused by a new coronavirus.
Curated Video
Understanding Health Issues: Causes, Interactions, and Data Insights
This is a video that discusses different factors that can affect an individual's health, including disease, diet, stress, life situations, and more. The video explains that different types of diseases may interact and cause additional...
US Department of Agriculture
The U.S. National Plant Germplasm System - An Overview
The Agricultural Research Service operates a genebank network designed to protect crucial plant germplasm. This helps plant breeders and researchers develop superior crops for today and tomorrow.
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Prevention of Infection and Spoilage of Food
It explains infections caused by disease-causing microbes and describes methods of food preservation.
Science360
Restoring vision to millions of people - Biotech's Future
LambdaVision, Inc., a small business funded by the National Science Foundation Small Business Innovation Research program, has designed a retinal implant to help restore vision in people who have retinitis pigmentosa or age-related...
SWPictures
KILL OR CURE - Cancer Wars
Cancer researchers dream that one day our bodies will cure themselves of cancer. In Cancer Wars we hear from cancer researchers’, like Awen Gallimore, hope that cutting edge research using the immune system and antibodies, will make that...
The Viral Fever
The Food Files, Series 2
Hot on the heels of the popular first series, The Food Files returns to investigate the real health benefits and risks of the foods we eat. Foodie and health guru Nikki Muller travels back to the source of the food’s origins, and breaks...
Professor Dave Explains
Virus-Cell Interactions Part 1 Productive vs. Non-Productive
Now that we know a bit about viruses, we understand that they require a host cell. So let's get some more details about how viruses interact with cells. There are a few different ways this can play out, so let's start by looking at...
Curated Video
Identifying Specific Plant Diseases and Their Defenses Against External Threats
The video discusses specific plant diseases and ways in which plants defend themselves against external threats. It highlights some signs of plant diseases, such as spots on leaves, decay, growths, and discoloration, and discusses how to...
SWPictures
Rapid Testing for the Next Pandemic
The video highlights the importance of quickly diagnosing and isolating people carrying infectious diseases to prevent their global spread. It introduces a small machine called the Micro Kit, designed by Professor Jackie Ying and her...
Professor Dave Explains
Gonorrhea Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Gonorrhea is the second-most common sexually transmitted infection, or STI, in the world. What is the pathogen responsible for this infection, how was it discovered, and precisely what does it do in the body? Let's answer these questions...
Science360
SOLAR CYCLES
In episode 17, Charlie and Jordan chat about wastewater catalysts, solar cycle disruptions and an "iron shield" for rice.
Curated Video
Covid-19: what the world has learned during lockdown
Lockdowns appear to have slowed the spread of covid-19. But what has the world learned about the virus during this time? Ed Carr, The Economist's deputy editor, and Callum Williams, our senior economics correspondent, answer your questions.
The Wall Street Journal
The Rise Of The Microbiome
Viome founder and Chief Executive Naveen Jain speaks with WSJ Business Editor Jamie Heller about how fully mapping the microbiome may be a moonshot for medicine and how we combat illness.
Healthcare Triage
Ticks! They Can Really Make you Sick
Might as well make it Parasite Month. Evidently, I could spend the rest of my life making videos like this, but I'm cutting it off here. One more, and then we're done. Unless you guys vote them back on Patreon, but that's on you. Ticks...