How will climate change affect drought in the western United States?

In episode 3, Charlie and Jordan talk road tripping on lithium-air batteries, the super-compact carnivorous plant – the bladderwort – and new ways to treat water and waste water sustainably and off the grid.

In this week's episode of NSF Science Now(38) we explore our brain on art, examine a buried, ancient Maya village, learn about SafePay-a new, secure method to fight against credit card fraud, and finally we discover how beavers are...

Where does the carbon in the atmosphere come from?

Community, students and scientists benefit from partnership to assess particulate matter pollution



Middle and high school students in Salt Lake City are helping scientists and the community better understand particulate...

What's so difficult about making the electric vehicle a reality? One of the toughest parts is storing enough potential energy to get you where you're going, and in this case, it's all about the battery. Graduate student Katharine...

That was way more work than I thought it would be! Total time to get the safe open - 3 hours of labor. hard labor.<br/>
And I don't even know what to do with it now!

For more information and reaction mechanisms, look at the link below.



PEG is chosen as a hydraulic brake fluid for its very high boiling point. Usually over 400f. So this is a very exothermic

reaction!

Something I...

Molten table salt into water - 5000 fps. First two times nothing happened, just a little splattering. On the third try... BAM!<br/>
Salt melts at ~1400F, and inexplicably explodes when poured into water! I had to find out whats going on.

Can you wiggle your ears? If so, you're a prime candidate to try out a new headset from Reach Bionics. The small business has created technology that harnesses EMG signals from ear muscles. The creators demonstrated the device at the...

Did you know women earn about 42 percent of all science and engineering doctorates? Women in STEM are crucial year-round and the National Science Foundation wants to feature you and your #NSFstories on NSF’s Instagram during Women’s...

Knowing how much something, or somebody, is worth is an important ability. Michèle Lamont investigates how we define worth and excellence, and how these definitions influence hierarchies of all kinds, frequently focusing on racial and...

Electrical engineer and cofounder of wireless technology giant Qualcomm, Andrew Viterbi, received two National Science Foundation Small Business Innovation Research grants to further develop and commercialize Code Division Multiple...

A John S. Toll Professor of Physics at the University of Maryland, College Park, Gates is a member of the President Obama's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from the Massachusetts Institute...

Steve Eikenberry is on the hunt for black holes, investigating why there seem to be super massive black holes at the center of most, if not all galaxies, and what powers them. See how he does it in this episode of Innovation Nation with...

A new robotic wheelchair is giving the disabled much more independence. The Personal Mobility and Manipulation Appliance, or PerMMA, is equipped with arms controlled by a joystick and an online assistant. It's enabling people to do...

How has NSF supported climate change research?

In episode 23, Charlie and Jordan explore coral offspring’s inherent traits, how invasive marine species become invasive and take a peek inside turtle shells.

Enjoy this research video of a butterfly's proboscis and its galeae sliding against one another. Research in this area could hold the secret to gene repair. Learn more