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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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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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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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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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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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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...
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Green office holiday party tips - Green Holidays
Sue Van Hook of Ecovative Design discusses sustainable packaging and how to be more "green" while decorating for your office party.
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Chemical investigations -- early concept brain research
Dopamine is a special chemical, neurologically speaking. The neurotransmitter is crucial for decision-making, learning, movement and more. Scientists know that varying dopamine levels affect neurons, but don’t yet have a method to...
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Computer scientist Scott Aaronson researches quantum computers
Scott Aaronson is a computer scientist at MIT who studies computational limits and quantum computers. He has been awarded the 2012 Alan T. Waterman Award
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Grip - Science of Speed
There's one thing every driver always want more of: Grip. Grip is the frictional force that holds the tires on the track, but crew chiefs like Steve Letarte describe it as a 'warm and fuzzy feeling' when you have it. Whether mechanical...
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Vying for the Termite Throne
Battles between colonies are a clue to an evolutionary puzzle: Why are whole classes of termites sterile? Social insects--ants, bees, wasps and termites in particular--can have over a million sterile and/or non-reproductive workers and...
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Plasma cutter with pencil lead - Little Shop of Physics
A mechanical pencil lead is used to make a small-scale plasma cutter, cutting shapes in aluminum foil. Parts Needed 4 9 V battery 2 Clip leads 1 5 mm pencil lead Aluminum foil Box or tub Rubber band This demonstration is only for the...
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Engineering and Music: A Powerful Duet for Art and Science - Science Nation
University of Rochester electrical engineer Mark Bocko has combined his passion for music with his passion for engineering, devising a way to digitally reproduce music in files 1,000 times smaller than an mp3! But along with this new...