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The balloon-based Concordiasi Project will increase understanding of annual ozone-hole formation in the Southern Hemisphere.
Greg Waite is studying the "mini-earthquakes" caused by small eruptions in order to unlock details about how all eruptions unfold.
Vanessa Hull evaluates the impacts of zoning on pandas in Wolong Nature Reserve in southwestern China.
Experimental evolution reveals a possible intermediate stage in the evolution of sex determination.
The males of two bipedal hominid species that roamed the South African savannah more than a million years ago were the stay-at-home types, compared to the wandering females, who went off on their own, leaving the men behind.
Cree replaces traditional and toxic fluorescent lighting with LEDs.
Jennie Russ ventures in to the Guatemalan rain forest to find new insects and friendships.
This animation, set to Hanuman by Rodrigo y Gabriela, shows the LLAMA research team collecting and cataloging leaf litter arthropods in Guatemala at low elevation sites, below 500 meters.
This animation, set to Hanuman by Rodrigo y Gabriela, shows the LLAMA research team collecting and cataloging leaf litter arthropods in Guatemala at low elevation sites, below 500 meters.
Researchers have developed a new material that when cold is nonmagnetic, but at high-temperatures is a strong magnet. Such materials could potentially be used to help generate power.
Arkansas Power Electronics International is working to create a power module that can support the demands of plug-in electric vehicles.
The 5-phase HIPPO (HIAPER Pole-to-Pole Observation) project generated the first detailed mapping — both vertically and across latitudes — of the global distribution of greenhouse gases, black carbon, and related chemical species in the atmosphere.
The adhesive properties of meat-eating sundew plants and the nanoparticles in English ivy are being harnessed for innovative medical and cosmetic applications.
When the Air Barrier System is activated (green laser visual) it creates a 5 cm thick clean air field that purges the water vapor from an mock incision area. When the ABS is deactivated, the viewer can see how the smoke pours over the area.
The Nimbic Systems' Air Barrier System uses proprietary technology to create a "cocoon" of highly pure air that surrounds surgical incisions.
Researchers have made a robot run like a human, the height of agility for a two-legged machine.
Kris Appel's company, Encore Path, Inc., produces a new device that stimulates and encourages rewiring of the brain, helping stroke victims recover from paralysis.
Julie Lenzer Kirk's nonprofit Path Forward Center, brings women entrepreneurs together with scientists and engineers, helping to bridge the gap between basic research, innovation and the marketplace.
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