Professor Dave Explains
Types of Matter: Elements, Compounds, and Mixtures
What's the difference between a physical change and a chemical change? What are elements, compounds, pure substances, and mixtures? So many definitions to learn! Don't worry, Professor Dave will take you through the details.
Visual Learning Systems
Exploring the Building Blocks of Matter: How Small Are Atoms?
Upon viewing the Exploring the Building Blocks of Matter video series, students will be able to do the following: Understand that the quest to better understand the building blocks of matter has transpired over the past several thousand...
Professor Dave Explains
VSEPR Theory and Molecular Geometry
Did you know that geometry was invented by molecules? It's true! Until the first stars went supernova and littered all the elements across the cosmos, everything was simply spheres, from protons to stars. But then, under cooler planetary...
Professor Dave Explains
Prokaryotic Cells: The Simplest Kind of Life
We've established that the basic unit of life is the cell, and that the simplest forms of life are just one cell. The earliest unicellular organisms were prokaryotic, and there are many prokaryotic organisms still around today, including...
Professor Dave Explains
Balancing Chemical Equations
Atoms don't just appear and disappear into thin air, you silly goose. What are you, a magician? When we have a chemical equation we will have to balance it. Here's how to do it!
Ancient Lights Media
Understanding Earth's Ozone Layer
Atmosphere Set: 2. This clip explains how the ozone layer is formed in Earth's atmosphere. The role of ozone is described and the destructive effects on the ozone layer of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCS) is explained.
Professor Dave Explains
Nucleic Acids: DNA and RNA
We've been hearing about DNA since the third grade, and we all know that it's a double helix with little ladder rungs. But now we are ready to understand this molecule on a more fundamental level, which will enable to us to understand...
Visual Learning Systems
Photosynthesis: Overview of Photosynthesis
Almost all life either directly or indirectly depends on one of the most important biological processes on the planet - photosynthesis. Through easy-to-understand graphics and colorful animations, the complex chemical process of...
Curated Video
The Pill That Works Like Alcohol to Cure Hangovers
Thrive+ binds to the same brain receptors as alcohol to combat the negative effects of drinking, says CEO Brooks Powell, who started developing the pills during his sophomore year at Princeton.
Curated Video
New Pill Promises to be the Ultimate Hangover Cure
Thrive+ works by binding to the same brain receptors as alcohol to combat the negative effects of drinking, says CEO Brooks Powell, who started developing the pills during his sophomore year at Princeton.
Curated Video
These UWindsor researchers are working to develop a device to detect and treat brain cancer
Researchers at the University of Windsor are working to develop a device that would be able to detect and treat brain cancer. Lead researcher Simon Rondeau-Gagné told CBC News the goal is to create degradable electronic sensors that...
Curated Video
Are the Nord Stream leaks the worst ever greenhouse gas event?
Scientists are trying to assess the damage from the Nord Stream pipeline leaks.
Curated Video
Swedish scientists have developed synthetic 'blood' to attract and kill malaria-carrying mosquitoes
Scientists claim this cheaper, targeted method of pest control could be an alternative to mass pesticides that impact the entire ecosystem.
Curated Video
Swedish scientists have developed synthetic ‘blood’ to attract and kill malaria-carrying mosquitoes
Scientists claim this cheaper, targeted method of pest control could be an alternative to mass pesticides that impact the entire ecosystem.
Curated Video
NASA says there is definitely water on the moon
NASA scientists announce the first unambiguous detection of water molecules on the lunar surface – a breakthrough that could help facilitate an eventual crewed mission to Mars.
Curated Video
UK scientists begin building human DNA from scratch
UK scientists have embarked on a groundbreaking, and terrifying, project: building artificial human DNA from scratch. This video explores the ethical minefield of creating synthetic genomes, the potential for designer humans, and the...
Curated Video
UK scientists build artificial DNA from scratch
UK Scientists Build Artificial DNA From Scratch, Biological Weapons Fears Rise As Lab-made DNA Advances
Curated Video
Musk's $97. 4bn OpenAI bid contingent on for-profit shift
Round-up of top and latest news from the world of technology: - Musk's $97.4Bn OpenAI Bid Contingent On For-Profit Shift - India Tightens Rules Against Spam Calls And Text Messages - Scientists Develop Method To Restore Lithium Ion...
Curated Video
Pesticides: a health hazard for Europeans?
In Charente-Maritime, France, rising child cancer cases are suspected to be linked to pesticide exposure. Local residents are pushing for stricter national and EU regulations on pesticide use.
Bloomberg
HIF Global's Gentle on E-Fuel, Plans for Texas Plant
Meg Gentle, executive director of the board of HIF Global, discusses the production of e-fuels that can act as substitutes for gasoline and shipping fuel, and plans for a new plant in Texas. She speaks at the BNEF Summit in New York.
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Suzuki reaction. Animation showing the Suzuki reaction, a chemical reaction that forms a carbon-carbon bond between two molecules.
Carbon-carbon bond formation is extremely important in organic synthesis, and the 2010 Nobel Prize for Chemistry was awarded to Akira Suzuki (and Richard Heck and Ei-ichi Negishi) for his work on the reaction that bears his name. This...
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Protein Structure
This video is to show the organisation of protein molecule in a Loopable format