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Spinach to hearts Leafy vegetable inspires new way to generate heart tissue - Science Nation
NSF graduate student training promotes innovator's mindset to solve critical issues in medicine Description: Most people see a vegetable when they see a spinach leaf, but in a lab at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, they see the...
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New delivery system for prescription eye drugs - Biotech's Future
Jade Therapeutics, a small business with funding from the National Science Foundation Small Business Innovation Research program, is solving a problem that has persisted in the ophthalmology and pharmacology industries for years. How to...
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When Nature Strikes - Earthquakes
John Vidale and his team at the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network are monitoring ground motion across Washington State and Oregon to prepare residents for one of the most powerful natural hazards on the planet - a magnitude 9...
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Brain-Computer Interface - Mysteries of the Brain
Neuroengineer Rajesh Rao of the University of Washington is developing brain-computer interfaces, devices that can monitor and extract brain activity to enable a machine or computer to accomplish tasks, from playing video games to...
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Batteries of the future made with salt - Science Nation
UCSD materials scientist aims to clear hurdles to development of sodium-based rechargeable batteries Running out of "juice," finding a place to charge up, borrowing a charger, waiting for the charge--it's a familiar ritual for cell phone...
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Star Songs
Several different types of stars and their flickers translated into audio files. Video courtesy of Fabienne Bastien, Vanderbilt University
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Waterman Award Winners 2005 - 2015
A look back at past Waterman Award winners from 2005 to 2015.
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NEESWood Capstone Building Shake Test
A video of the NEESWood Capstone building being shaken at E-Defense in Japan, a resreach center of Japan's National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention. The test, ocurring on June 30, 2009, recreated the 1994...
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How can a change to one species trigger a chain reaction that affects many more?
Can a change in the population levels for one species have a cascading effect on others? And how could that change an entire ecosystem? Sean B. Carroll, vice president for science education at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and...
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The complexities of social behavior -- early concept brain research
What goes into fruit fly courtship? It might seem like an odd question, but understanding its neural underpinnings – and studying the male-female interactions at the milliscale level -- could help us better understand the complexities of...
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Airplane illness!
An NSF-funded research team at Florida State University says current airplane boarding procedures may play a key role in spreading disease.
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Lakes in Jeopardy!
In this week’s episode of NSF Science Now, we discover why freshwater lakes are becoming saltier, the role temperature plays in the spread of mosquito-borne diseases, we explore a new device for combatting Parkinson’s disease, and...
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Western Water
The Colorado River provides water for seven states, and it's stretched thin. Water rights exceed the actual volume of the river by more than ten percent. NASA scientists are studying the source of this water.
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The next aether - Finding Your Science
Theoretical physicist John Ellis talks about searching for the elusive Higgs boson. Finding Your Science engages the greatest minds in science to share with you their passion, perspective and inspiration for making breakthrough discoveries.
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How have radio telescope discoveries impacted materials science?
How have radio telescope discoveries impacted materials science? Michael McCarthy of the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics answers the question on this edition of "Ask a Scientist."
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Studying sediment in zero gravity!
National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded scientists and engineers are bringing some of their most challenging research questions to the International Space Station (ISS). NSF, in collaboration with NASA and the Center for the Advancement...
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Bringing science fiction to life!
NSF-funded mechanical engineers at Brigham Young University have brought science fiction to life with a new technology called developable mechanisms that allows them to build complex mechanisms into the exterior of a structure without...
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Science of the Olympic Winter Games Figure Skating Physics
Figure skating has become one of the most popular events at the Winter Olympics. Head of the Physics Department at the University of Michigan Brad Orr explains that good balance, or stability, is basic to everything a skater does--and...
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Smart phone beats paper for some with dyslexia - Science Nation
Matthew Schneps is a researcher at Harvard University with a doctorate in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He also happens to have dyslexia, so reading has always been a challenge for him. That is, until he...
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Helping nanotechnology work for everyone - Science Nation
When you think of researchers working on nanotechnology, you probably picture scientists and engineers manipulating incredibly small structures in a state-of-the-art lab. But there are many others who are also interested in the future of...
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Newton's Third Law of Motion - Science of NFL Football
"Science of NFL Football" is a 10-part video series funded by the National Science Foundation and produced in partnership with the National Football League. In this segment, NBC's Lester Holt breaks down Isaac Newton's Third Law of...
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Science of the Winter Olympic Games - Alpine Skiing and Vibration Damping
Kam Leang, a professor at the University of Nevada, Reno, and Tom Watson, of Watson Performance in Hood River, Ore., describe how advanced materials and engineering help reduce unwanted vibration, optimizing the performance of athletes....
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Changes in Ocean Salinity - The Water Cycle
How do changes in ocean salinity affect the ocean?
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Fish-enomics
In this episode, Jordan and Charlie discuss the economic benefits of regulating mercury pollution. Researchers at MIT were able to translate the estimated health impacts of mercury pollution for US populations into economic benefits.