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February 12, 2009
Waterways across our nation have pollution problems that threaten the health of the marine and plant life that live within them. This episode focuses on water quality and the protection of our ...
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February 12, 2009
Professor Hector F. DeLuca’s laboratory has been devoted to the understanding of metabolism and mechanism of action of vitamins A and D. Sponsored by Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and ...
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February 12, 2009
Experts in public policy, technology and media gather to discuss the full and real impact of the Internet and the information age on humans and humanity.  Find out how access to ...
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February 12, 2009
Bacteria have become resistant to our antibiotics. Viruses evolve with blinding speed. Prions may lurk in our meat. Anthrax is put into our mail. Stranger yet, could microbes be causing other ...
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February 12, 2009
Over the last 10 to 20 years, distinctive climate changes have occurred, including a shift in Arctic Ocean circulation, decreased sea ice extent and thickness, regional increases in surface air ...
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February 12, 2009
Over the last 10 to 20 years, distinctive climate changes have occurred, including a shift in Arctic Ocean circulation, decreased sea ice extent and thickness, regional increases in surface air ...
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February 12, 2009
A team from the University of South Florida’s Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue (CRASAR) were on the scene just after the 9/11 disaster aiding in search and rescue. In an effort to ...
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February 12, 2009
This lecture addresses the relationship, if any, between ethics and science.  Storytelling in science, more important than usually 'fessed' up to, will ...
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February 12, 2009
This lecture addresses the relationship, if any, between ethics and science.  Storytelling in science, more important than usually 'fessed' up to, will be ...
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February 12, 2009
Larry Dalton, inventor of the "opto-chip," discusses his research into the use of the next level electro-optic materials. These materials can be used for many different functions, including next ...
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February 12, 2009
New ways of creating molecules in the lab are energizing the collaboration between chemistry and biology. Dr. Stuart Schreiber examines how technological advances in chemical synthesis and ...
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February 12, 2009
How does a tiny virus wreak havoc on the human body to create modern-day scourges such as AIDS? Noted virologist and AIDS expert Dr. Donald Ganem offers a comprehensive primer on viruses, ...
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February 12, 2009
At least 30 percent of the U.S. economy hinges on weather and climate. Agriculture, business, industry and government all rely on today’s advancing technology to provide up-to-the-minute ...
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February 12, 2009
By monitoring insect activity, weather, and early warning signs of disease — and only using pesticides when necessary -- apple growers using 'Integrated Pest ...
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February 12, 2009
Life is the most complex phenomenon in the universe. Yet, remarkably, many of its most complex attributes scale with size in a surprisingly simple fashion. As we look at organisms from the ...
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February 12, 2009
HIV continues to infect 14,000 people a day worldwide despite a variety of prevention efforts. In the United States, the rate of infections has hovered at 40,000 a year since 1992, falling far ...
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February 12, 2009
The biology of our oceans is dominated by microbes too small to be seen with the naked eye. One such group, phytoplankton, help remove the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, ...
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February 12, 2009
New initiatives at NSF focus on merging computer science and biology—a "Mathematical Biology Training Grant," a KDI initiative on biological/engineering problems and a recent research thrust on a ...
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February 12, 2009
Along with the development of the telephone, the automobile and the transistor, the Internet is among a handful of world-changing advances that shaped the 20th century. Our NSFNET experience ...
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February 12, 2009
Throughout its history, the Pacific Northwest has been battered by devastating earthquakes, catastrophic volcanic eruptions, massive tsunamis and windstorms that can reach near-hurricane ...
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