TED Talks
Kwabena Boahen: A computer that works like the brain
Researcher Kwabena Boahen is looking for ways to mimic the brain's supercomputing powers in silicon -- because the messy, redundant processes inside our heads actually make for a small, light, superfast computer.
Science360
Computer scientist Shwetak Patel - ScienceLives
Shwetak Patel would like to change your home, and make sensors tell you amazing things from every appliance. His creative thinking spurred the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to call him a "genius" in 2011. He has been a...
SciShow
How Green Energy Could Bring More Rain to Africa
Africa’s Sahara desert is a prime location, some say, to build arrays of solar panels and wind turbines. But scientists are aware that building these structures can potentially have large-scale effects on the surrounding environment that...
TMW Media
Mysterious Weather Clouds: Learn how cloning weather clouds further helps researchers
How can more powerful super computers help with the research of cloud activity and weather forecasting? How to identify the different types of weather clouds and the clouds that might have precipitation or rain? Mysterious Weather...
Curated Video
Wearable Computer Revolutionizes Athlete Monitoring and Performance Analysis
Researchers have developed a wearable computer that remotely monitors athletes' performance over a three-year period. This system tracks acceleration, pace, body temperature, and heart rate, providing coaches, trainers, nutritionists,...
SciShow
Quantum Tunneling Takes a Surprisingly Long Time
Quantum tunneling happens when a particle seemingly teleports across a barrier. But despite how instantaneous this event sounds, recent research suggests that it doesn’t happen nearly as fast as you might think.
Zach Star
Automotive Engineering Careers and Where to Begin
Automotive engineering is about the design, manufacturing, and operation of cars, motorcycles, trucks, and other automobiles. Within automotive engineering there are a variety of sub disciplines including safety, performance, vehicle...
NASA
Why Quantum? Why Now? NASA Celebrates World Quantum Day
April 14 marks the annual World Quantum Day, and NASA's Space Communications and Navigation program is excited to celebrate! Whether you know it or not, quantum physics touches our lives each day. Everything physical around us is made of...
Zach Star
Astronomy Astrophysics Part 2
In this video I cover research examples going on in terms of space exploration. Main topics covered include dark energy, dark matter, black holes, pulsars, neutron stars, and more. Also note there is a theoretical and experimental...
The Daily Conversation
Scientists vs. Public Opinion
New ReviewA data-driven look at how scientists view some of the most important issues facing humanity compared to the general U.S. public, according to surveys conducted by the Pew Research Center.
Science360
Network connectivity
In episode 45, Charlie and fill-in co-host Tommy Taylor Jr. explore Passive Wi-Fi. Engineers and computer scientists at the University of Washington have demonstrated that it’s possible to generate Wi-Fi transmissions using 10,000 times...
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Engineering researchers help Tucson plan for drier days ahead - Science Nation
With water resources dwindling as the population continues to rise, many communities in the desert southwest are proactively seeking to make the tough choices now, so they can avoid more drastic measures in the future. The communities...
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Researchers tackle dangerous, but poorly understood biofilms - Science Nation
Syracuse University chemical engineer Dacheng Ren is leading a multidisciplinary team studying biofilms, which are colonies of microbes, such as bacteria, that grow together in a matrix produced by the cells themselves. Until now,...
Seeker
Goodbye Silicon! Your Next Computer Chip Could Be Made of Gallium Oxide
A new material may be coming for 'Silicon Valley' as researchers are looking towards gallium oxide to produce faster computer chips than ever before. Moore's Law Is Ending... So, What's Next? - https://youtu.be/Vv_2C95cO6s Read More: The...
Curated Video
The Single Chip Cloud Computer (SCC)
Intel has created an experimental microprocessor called the Single Chip Cloud computer (SCC) with 48 cores. This chip behaves like a network cloud on a single piece of silicon, offering the potential to reduce processing times and save...
NASA
NASA | Computer Model Shows a Disk Galaxy's Life History
This cosmological simulation follows the development of a single disk galaxy over about 13.5 billion years, from shortly after the Big Bang to the present time. Colors indicate old stars (red), young stars (white and bright blue) and the...
TED Talks
Sara-Jane Dunn: The next software revolution: programming biological cells
The cells in your body are like computer software: they're "programmed" to carry out specific functions at specific times. If we can better understand this process, we could unlock the ability to reprogram cells ourselves, says...
Curated Video
How Scientists Simulated a Wormhole in the Lab
New ReviewA quantum wormhole was created by a team of physicists led by Maria Spiropulu of CalTech. But this was not a wormhole in spacetime, but a quantum holographic wormhole created inside a quantum computer. The two main theories that describe...
NASA
New Simulation Creates "Pulsar in a Box"
Scientists studying what amounts to a computer-simulated "pulsar in a box" are gaining a more detailed understanding of the complex, high-energy environment around spinning neutron stars, also called pulsars. The model traces the paths...
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DESIGNING OUR FUTURE: A PANEL DISCUSSION ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
DESIGNING OUR FUTURE: A PANEL DISCUSSION ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming the modern world, presenting both challenges and opportunities. Three leading AI experts weigh in on the current state of...
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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...
Science360
Novel approach advances home and health sensors - Science Nation
Computer science team successfully taps electronic "noise" to reveal details about water and energy use Description: You may get a breakdown of your home energy use in your monthly bill, but what if you could see how much energy your...
Science360
Carbon nanotubes scaling up to surpass single-story silicon
A Stanford University engineering team has been busy bringing its grand achievement of 2013 -- the world's first carbon nanotube computer -- to a grand scale by making the performance competitive with silicon-based processors. And the...
Science360
Oil spill cleanups: finding the right chemistry
Sunlight plays a key role in the natural degradation of oil after a spill, oxygenating the oil so it dissolves in seawater and comes in contact with microbes that will break it down. But, under certain conditions, sunlight can have...