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Engineers investigate possible lingering impacts from Elk River chemical spill - Science Nation
In January, 2014, thousands of gallons of chemicals, including crude 4-methylcyclohexanemethanol, or MCHM, spilled into West Virginia's Elk River, near Charleston. The spill ultimately contaminated the local water supply and...
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Climate Change Clues from Ancient Volcano
South Dakota State University chemistry professor Jihong Cole-Dai and colleagues have discovered evidence of a previously undocumented volcano whose eruption may have contributed to the climate change in the early 1800s. Their ice core...
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Alfred Russel Wallace's personal cabinet
Take a look inside Alfred Russel Wallace's personal cabinet full of bugs and butterflies collected over his lifetime. Discovered by a Washington, D.C., lawyer in search of antique furniture, this is truly a Cabinet of Wonders, for inside...
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Testing Ways to Protect Against Natural Hazards - NHERI
The National Science Foundation's NHERI Experimental Facilities allow researchers to test ground-breaking concepts to protect our infrastructure against natural hazards, and enable innovations that help prevent natural hazards from...
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Stretchable, flexible, ultra-thin batteries made with zinc – Imprint Energy
The rapidly growing portable electronics industry means huge demand for affordable, durable batteries that pack more energy. Imprint Energy, a small business funded by the National Science Foundation, is pioneering a new way to...
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Research gov Site Demonstration Part 1 Public Services
Research gov is an exciting initiative that enables organizations and researchers to access streamlined research grants management services and other resources for multiple federal agencies in one location. This video provides an...
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Listener fatigue prompts research and in-ear headphone redesign
A novel device with rock 'n' roll roots may protect listeners from potential dangers of personal listening devices and hearing aids. Engineers investigating "listener fatigue"--the discomfort and pain some people experience while using...
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NSF Director on 1st cosmic event seen in gravitational waves and in light
Excerpts from National Science Foundation Director France Córdova's remarks at the press conference announcing the first gravitational wave detection of a neutron star collision and the first time a cosmic event was seen both in...
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions - History Of Climate Change Research
When was it first determined that greenhouse gas emissions were causing warming?
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Self-Sacrifice Among Strangers Has More to Do with Nurture than Nature
Socially learned behavior and belief are much better candidates than genetics to explain the self-sacrificing behavior we see among strangers in societies, from soldiers to blood donors to those who contribute to food banks. This is the...
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PredPol Algorithms for predicting crime
Big city crime is nothing new. But the Los Angeles Police Department has a way to stay a step ahead of criminals and efficiently allocate police resources. With support from the National Science Foundation, a team at UCLA developed...
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Research on popular sentiments in the Middle East - Long interview
Mansoor Moaddel, Professor of Sociology at Eastern Michigan University and Research Affiliate of the Population Studies Center at the University of Michigan, is a world-renowned expert on public sentiments in the Middle East. In this...
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Human Spark Project - Webcast with Alan Alda
Funded in part by the National Science Foundation, the television series, The Human Spark, engages host Alan Alda with dozens of scientists across three continents to get at the sources of human uniqueness through the lenses of...
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Helping stroke survivors walk as normally as possible - Science Nation
Research team focuses on “locomotor learning” for lasting rehabilitation Description: A major issue in rehabilitation robotics is that devices such as exoskeletons and treadmills correct patients' movements only while they are using the...
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Rock arches are singing and scientists are listening - Science Nation
Geologists tune into the vibrations of natural arches to help assess structural integrity and possible collapse Description: A University of Utah research team is perfectly situated to study rock arches. Arches National Park in Utah has...
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Next Generation Arctic Research Vessel On-track for Voyage of Discovery - Science Nation
The National Science Foundation (NSF), in cooperation with the Marinette Marine Corporation (MMC) and the University of Alaska, Fairbanks (UAF), has successfully launched the R/V Sikuliaq, a "next-generation" global class research...
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Engineering a more efficient way to diagnose prostate cancer - Science Nation
To diagnose prostate cancer, urologists, such as John Wei, and pathologists, such as Scott Tomlins, at the University of Michigan Health System, use biomarkers, which are biochemical signatures in blood, urine and tissue that suggest the...
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NSF media briefing - The Event Horizon Telescope, a year after the black hole image
Panelists Sheperd S. Doeleman, founding director of the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), which produced the first image of a black hole, and Michael Johnson, astrophysicist, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, answer questions...
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Science of the Winter Olympics - Snowboarding
The stakes are high for the snowboarders in Vancouver as they try to master new tricks to unseat the star of Torino, American Shaun White. But to get "max air" off the half-pipe without losing their balance, they might want to check out...
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Internet of Things privacy app shows IoT tech around you and what data they're collecting
New infrastructure will enhance privacy in today’s Internet of Things https://cylab.cmu.edu/news/2020/02/19-privacy-assistant.html Internet of Things (IoT) Portal: https://www.iotprivacy.io/login IoT Assistant app is available in both...
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The Mission of the Office of Legislative and Public Affairs
What is the mission of the Office of Legislative and Public Affairs within the National Science Foundation? What is OLPA currently working on and what are its goals for the future? This video explains all the above and shows you what the...
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Clothes make the cloud in this lab - Science Nation
Computer scientist wants to put us in charge of our own data security with personal, mobile clouds Description: Cloud computing has emerged as one of the most successful computing models in recent years. However, lack of accountability...
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Self-powered device measures lung function - CES 2015
A portable device powered by a simple breath can measure lung function and transmit results to your phone. The 3-D printed device is designed to enable people with lung conditions, such as asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease...
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Listening to classical music while you sleep may improve test scores
Listening to classical music while you sleep may improve test scores. Baylor University researchers with funding from the National Science Foundation have discovered that college students who listened to classical music during a...