Science Buddies
Automatic Plant Watering with Arduino
Make your own automatic plant watering system with an Arduino, pump, and soil moisture sensor. Written instructions, including a parts list, circuit diagram, and example code, are available on the Science Buddies website:...
JJ Medicine
Beriberi (Thiamine Deficiency): Wet vs Dry Beriberi, Pathophysiology, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Beriberi (Thiamine Deficiency): Wet vs Dry Beriberi, Pathophysiology, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment Beriberi is a set of two conditions (Wet beriberi and Dry beriberi) that are caused by a deficiency of vitamin B1 (thiamine). Wet and...
The Backyard Scientist
Rainbow Colored Flame(thrower) Science Experiment!
Today I am going to show you how to make rainbow colored flames out of household materials. Whats your favorite color??? Lithium from batteries burns red, Calcium chloride in Damp-Rid burns orange, Sodium in table salt burns yellow,...
CTE Skills
IND-PTP - Jet Pumps
Jet pumps are used to lift liquids from wells. Specially designed jets are used to utilize the venturi effect, which is a drop in fluid pressure that results when an incompressible flows through a constricted section of pipe. In this...
Science360
BIOINSPIRED SOFT MATERIALS CENTER BLURS BOUNDARIES BETWEEN THE ANIMATE AND INANIMATE
Scientists at the Bio-inspired Soft Materials Center at Brandeis University are using fundamentally new approaches to study bioinspired soft materials, with the ultimate goal of developing new materials for artificial muscles,...
Next Animation Studio
World’s largest carbon-sucking machine turned on
The world’s largest carbon capture plant has opened in Iceland and its manufacturers say it will capture 4,000 tons of carbon dioxide from the air per year.
Next Animation Studio
Carbon capture technology improves oil extraction
A joint venture between NRG Energy and JX Nippon Oil & Gas aims to use carbon dioxide extracted from power plants for improved crude oil recovery. The carbon capture technology taps into flue gases released from NRG's WA Parish coal...
Healthcare Triage
Acetaminophen, Risk-Taking, and Covid-19
Does the world’s most common pain relief drug do more than just reduce pain? Recent headlines would have you believe that it also reduces your perception of risk, resulting in more risk-taking behaviors. We think it’s time to take a...
Catalyst University
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy How the Heart Enlarges Pathologically
In this video, we discuss hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, the mechanism by which a heart enlarges in response to chronically elevated afterload and high blood pressure.
CTE Skills
IND-PTP - Lobe Pumps
Lobe pumps, somewhat similar to external gear pumps, allow for fluid flow around the inside of their casing. The lobes in a lobe pump, however, do not make any contact. Lobe pumps have a variety of advantages, including high efficiency,...
Science360
What is the relationship between food, energy and water?
What is the relationship between food, energy and water? Jack Brouwer of University of California, Irvine, answers the question on this edition of "Ask a Scientist." The number of humans alive on our planet today is 7.6 billion. By 2087,...
60 Second Histories
Mode of Communication of Cholera – part 2
John Snow continues with a further extract of his essay on the Mode of Communication of Cholera 1854.
Next Animation Studio
Ventricular assist system keeps failing hearts beating
A ventricular assist system, or VAD, is a implantable device that is used to help a failing heart pump blood through the body, often while the patient is awaiting a heart transplant. It consists of a control system and an energy supply...
CTE Skills
IND-PTP - Reciprocating Pumps
Pumps; they come in all different types, sizes, and functionalities. If you are going into industrial work at some point you are going to be working with pumps and you need to understand how these pumps work and differ from each other to...
CTE Skills
IND-PTP - Vane Pumps
Vane pumps are positively-displaced pumps with two or more vanes attached to the rotor to move the liquid through the pump. Vanes are either sliding or flexible. In this simple course by CTE Skills Training, you will become familiar with...
Physics Girl
Why We Should Be Talking About Energy Storage
To reach our global goal of being net zero carbon emissions by 2050, we must solve one problem - energy storage. Thank you to Toyota for lending us the #Mirai and for sponsoring this series. Scientists, researchers, and engineers are...
Espresso Media
Ariane 5: The Complex Workings of the Ariane Rocket's Cryogenic Engine
Ariane 5 part 5/8: This video provides a detailed explanation of the complex workings of the cryogenic engine used on the Ariane rocket. It highlights the importance of the turbopumps in injecting the liquid oxygen and hydrogen into the...
The Backyard Scientist
Breathe Fire and make Giant Fireballs with Cornstarch!
In this video I team up the The Proper People to make blow huge fireballs and spin steel wool in an abandoned mine! All you need to make these fireballs is cornstarch. Just grab a hand full and blow it onto a flame. This is probably the...
SWPictures
The Struggle to Breathe: Training Local Health Workers in Remote Villages
The Struggle to Breathe part 3/8: The video showcases the efforts of healthcare workers and volunteers in providing education and treatment for pneumonia in a remote village. It highlights the importance of early detection and prevention...
Next Animation Studio
The plan to build tropical sauna islands in Helsinki’s frozen sea
An ambitious new project could soon be providing the very cold city of Helsinki with a sustainable source of heat, while also doubling as an attractive location for Fins to escape the long harsh Nordic winter.
CTE Skills
IND-PTP - Screw Pumps
Screw pumps are rotary, positive displacement pumps that can have one or more screws to transfer high or low viscosity fluids along an axis. A single screw rotary pump is also known as a progressive cavity (a PC pump). In this simple...
Tarver Academy
ACT PREP - Quadratic Equations
In This Episode, Tyler Teaches Us About ACT PREP - Quadratic Equations
Science360
Heads up: Two-pump system in mosquitoes could hold answers for medicine, health
Even though mosquitoes have long been a nuisance to humans worldwide, scientists are still putting together the pieces of their biological puzzle. Researchers at Virginia Tech have discovered the inner workings of a two-pump system in...