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A COLOR-BASED, DISPOSABLE ANEMIA TEST
Two billion people worldwide have iron deficiency anemia, a condition in which blood lacks adequate healthy red blood cells needed to carry oxygen to tissues. Left untreated, anemia can lead to severe health problems. To help people...
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WALK THIS WAY!
National Science Foundation-funded researchers at Carnegie Mellon University developed a technique that can dramatically improve mobility for millions of people who currently use prosthetic limbs and exoskeletons to walk.
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TINY SOLUTIONS TO BIG WATER PROBLEMS
How do you take dirty water and make it clean? With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), this team is hard at work designing nanometer-scale water filters that could soon make clean drinking water available and affordable...
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SMART SHOES
Sensors capture information to create a detailed picture of a patient's gait and walking abnormalities, while real-time visual feedback helps patients and therapists see and measure change and progress. The result: made-to-order physical...
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NSF SCIENCE360 SUPER SCIENCE REWIND: CELL TALK
In this Super Science Rewind, Charlie and Jordan demonstrate how the cells responsible for relaying information from the ear to the brain adapt to noise levels in an environment. A cell in the auditory nerve exposed to loud sounds for a...
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SEA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION HELPS PREPARE ENVIRONMENTALLY LITERATE LEADERS OF THE FUTURE
The National Science Board established the Public Service Award in 1996. The annual award recognizes people and groups (e.g., companies, corporations, organizations) that have increased the public's understanding of science or...
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NEW TOOL FOR EARLY DETECTION OF PANCREATIC CANCER
National Science Foundation-funded engineers at Harvard use light-scattering spectroscopy to detect malignant pancreatic cysts during early, treatable stages.
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FERTILIZER GENOMICS
Researchers at New York University are tackling one of the major challenges in agriculture: How to raise healthy plants while minimizing the use of fertilizer and the leaching of fertilizer chemicals into the environment. With support...
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TRANSFORMATIONAL BUILDING DESIGN ENERGIZES WATER RECYCLING--LITERALLY!
Architect Maria Paz Gutierrez is a woman on a mission. In addition to mentoring student building designers at the University of California (UC), Berkeley, Paz Gutierrez is putting her own design skills to work to address a key...
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LEVERAGING THE IMMUNE SYSTEM TO FIGHT CANCER
Inventors are using small-scale biology and engineering to find ways to use the body's natural defenses to effectively treat cancer. National Science Foundation-funded small business GigaGen uses microfluidics, bioinformatics and genome...
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SILK PROTEINS FOR MORE STABLE VACCINES
Almost all vaccines on the market require refrigeration to remain viable, including during transport. Continuous cooling is expensive and especially challenging in developing countries. To solve this problem, Vaxess Technologies Inc., a...
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GULFSTREAM V HELPS HURRICANE FORECASTING
The National Science Foundation/NCAR's high-altitude science research aircraft, Gulfstream V, returns from being on loan to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration after successfully ensuring there was no gap in observations...
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WOOLLY MAMMOTH
In episode 19, Charlie and Jordan delve into a study of mammoth proportions, chat about a new 3-D printed soft robot and an advance in breast cancer research.
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YELLOW CHEMISTRY' TURNS SULFUR WASTE INTO PLASTICS
While many scientists are hard at work on "green chemistry" projects that will benefit the environment, there are a handful of researchers at the University of Arizona who are starting a trend of their own - "yellow chemistry." That's...
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NERD STUFF
In episode 25, Charlie and Jordan examine a rare nautiluses (not seen in 30 years), how to fold a shell and enrolling more girls in computer science classes.
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NSF SCIENCE360 SUPER SCIENCE REWIND: NO BONES ABOUT IT
In this Super Science Rewind, Charlie and Jordan explore how engineers are studying the way bones heal in order to make materials last longer. The ability to bounce back after breaking is important because it allows the healed bone to...
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THE TERRAFORMER: ONE-OF-A-KIND WIND TUNNEL FOR HAZARDS ENGINEERING
With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Forrest Masters and a team at the University of Florida are developing a world-class facility with new technology to help engineers and scientists better understand the high-wind...
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FIRE IT UP! 'BLUE WHIRL' FIRE TORNADO BURNS CLEANER FOR REDUCED EMISSIONS
In episode 63, Jordan and Charlie discuss the 'blue fire whirl,' a type of fire whirl that could lead to beneficial new approaches for reducing carbon emissions and improving oil spill cleanup. Fire whirls, otherwise known as fire...
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HANDS-ON SCIENCE INSPIRES THIS ELEMENTARY TEACHER
Natalie Harr, a 2012 awardee for the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, credits mentor Ranger Ed for enriching her science teaching.
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WHAT MAKES SOLAR ECLIPSE GLASSES SO SPECIAL?
We asked NSF's Division of Astronomical Sciences Program Director David Boboltz what makes solar eclipse glasses so special? Can't I just wear regular sunglasses? Provided by National Science Foundation
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BIOTECH'S FUTURE: RESTORING VISION TO MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
LambdaVision, Inc. a small business funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research program, has designed a retinal implant to help restore vision in people who have retinitis pigmentosa or age-related...
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GO WITH YOUR GUT (MICROBES)
In Episode 8, Charlie and Jordan chat about the many different species of gut microbes, explore how math is helping ovarian cancer research and investigate the smell coming from water pipes in West Virginia's Elk River area.
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BAROBO ROBOTS TEACH CHILDREN ALGEBRA
At the Consumer Electronics Show, CES 14, Barobo, Inc. showed the National Science Foundation their robot that helps teach children algebra in a completely new way. By taking algebra off the page and into the physical world, Barobo aims...
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LIFE ON THE (URBAN) FARM
In episode 27, Jordan and Charlie discuss a new mammilian fossils find in New Mexico, Using molecular analysis to clarify dinosaur colors and the Urban Hydrofarmers Project.