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Best image ever of planet formation around infant star taken by ALMA
The National Science Foundation-funded National Radio Astronomy Observatory expanded on a news release related to the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array's (ALMA) new high-resolution capabilities. Astronomers have captured the...
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Biometrics - Science of Innovation
A method for capturing and analyzing the vein patterns in the white part of the eye to help identify people. Biometrics has potential applications for driver's licenses, passports or computer identification control. Provided by the...
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Steel Wool on a DRONE
You have probably heard of steel wool before. You can burn it and swing it around to create amazing sparks and effects. I thought it would be fun to attach steel wool to a drone and fly it around a beach at night. It turned our really...
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Evolutionary biologist Sally Otto - ScienceLives
Sarah (Sally) Otto is an evolutionary biologist and professor at the University of British Columbia in Canada. She studies the evolutionary process through mathematical modeling and the use of model organisms like yeast. Evolution is...
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Navy veteran studies genetic variation - Scientists & Engineers on Sofas (and other furnishings)
Graduate Research Fellow Amy Battocletti is a Navy veteran who was awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship in 2014. She’s a doctoral candidate in biology at Georgetown University conducting research on the impact of genetic variation...
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Molecular biologist and geneticist Leroy Hood is a 2011 National Medal of Science Laureate
Biologist Leroy Hood, a 2011 National Medal of Science Laureate, is recognized as one of the world's leading scientists in molecular biotechnology and genomics. His development of the DNA sequencer, DNA synthesizer and other instruments...
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Impact of Military Service on Our Returning Veterans
With over 200,000 individuals currently separating from military service each year, a growing number of veterans are faced with readjusting to civilian life. Researchers study employment, health and family life of veterans.
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Biology of bats!
It turns out that warm-blooded animals aren’t warm all of the time! Researchers at Brown University studying the muscles in bats’ wings found that their wings operate at a significantly lower temperature than their bodies, especially...
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Fluorescent Foliage - Science Nation
The vascular system of a leaf provides its structure and delivers its nutrients. When you light up that vascular structure with some fluorescent dye and view it using time lapse photography, details begin to emerge that reveal nature's...
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NSF-funded BICEP2 collaborators announce confirmation of cosmic inflation
Researchers with the National Science Foundation-funded BICEP2 Collaboration announced that their telescope in Antarctica has allowed them to collect what they believe is the first direct evidence for cosmic inflation. Inflation is the...
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Molten Aluminum Vs 'Spitballs' - SO COOL!! (water balz)
I packed a fishtank completely full of water balls (water beads, water balz, orbeez, spitballs...). Im guessing there are over 10,000 in there!
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Food and Fear: Modeling animal tradeoffs shaped by landscape complexity - Science Nation
Ecologists take a comprehensive look at sagebrush habitat through the eyes of a small, but important, resident Description: The Lemhi Valley is a high desert sagebrush steppe environment in eastern Idaho, along the border with Montana....
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Pouring Molten salt into Water - Explosion!
Pouring Molten salt into Water - Explosion!
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Picture Yourself Where Discoveries Begin - Business Operations
Rafael Cotto, Jeff Cunningham and Anita Browne Cordova provide an overview of many business operations roles supporting NSF discoveries.
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How robots learn! NSF Science Now 35.
In this week's episode, we learn about models that simulate how a majority of Americans can actually eat food grown locally, how robots learn, fun and educational video games for the classroom and finally we explore a future forest.
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Mantis Cam!
NSF-funded researchers at the University of Illinois have developed Mantis Cam. This bio-inspired camera mimics the eyes of the mantis shrimp. Mantis cam enables researchers to see the same polarized light that sea creatures do. The data...
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Redefining success in STEM
How do you define success in STEM? By discovering? Inventing? Graduating? By redefining what it means to be successful in STEM fields, institutional barriers can be lowered for underrepresented groups. Dr. Corey Welch is program manager...
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A glimpse of the ancient world through 20-million-year-old Amber! NSF Science Now 26.
In this week’s episode, we explore an iPad app that makes learning weather fun; we get a glimpse of the ancient world through 20-million-year-old Amber; we discover how a flat sheet of paper can transform into a robot; we discover...
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Ping Pong ball filled with Propane spins and EXPLODES
What happens when you fill a ping pong ball with extremely flammable propane, then light it on fire? Does it spin really fast, or make a cool noise, or explode? The answer is yes! Last video, I made a mistake. I forgot to set one of...
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Dropping a red-hot bolt in liquid nitrogen!
Using a 200w induction heater to heat a bolt, then dropping it into liquid nitrogen. The liquid nitrogen starts leaking and science quickly devolves into shenanigans :)
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Successful Completion of NSF South Pole Medical Evacuation
A Twin Otter aircraft successfully completes unprecedented medical-evacuation mission to the National Science Foundation’s Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. Two Lockheed Martin contract workers at the station had become seriously ill in...
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Fossilized skull reveals origins of a 250-million-year-old shark-like fish!
In this week’s episode of NSF Science Now, we learn about a new app for bird watchers, girls and stereotypes, beluga whale migration and, finally, the discovery of a 250-million-year-old shark-like fish. Check it out!
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6 Dangerous Ways to Cook an Egg
In this video I explore some crazy ways to cook an egg, and kind of go into the science behind it. Plus, its a great excuse to break out the flamethrower! Making a squirt gun flamethrower is very dangerous. I get a lot of emails asking...
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Face Blindness study sheds light on typical brain function - Science Nation
Behavioral and brain imaging data reveal new details about how facial recognition works in the brain Description: People with acquired prosopagnosia recognize few faces, a condition known also as "face blindness." These are people who...