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2D Material Workshop 2017: Nanophotonics

This video introduces the 2D materials; photonics & plasmonics in metallic graphene; semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) with large bandgap; and bridging the gap black phosphorus for nanophotonics.

Course related:: AP618 Science and Technology of Micro- and Nano- systems
Subjects:: Nanotechnology
Keywords:: Nanophotonics Two-dimensional materials
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A Crash Course in Organic Chemistry

Jakob Magolan is here to change your perception of organic chemistry. In an accessible talk packed with striking graphics, he teaches us the basics while breaking the stereotype that organic chemistry is something to be afraid of.

Subjects:: Chemistry
Keywords:: Chemistry Organic
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A Forgotten Space Age Technology Could Change How We Grow Food

We're heading for a world population of 10 billion people -- but what will we all eat? Lisa Dyson rediscovered an idea developed by NASA in the 1960s for deep-space travel, and it could be a key to reinventing how we grow food.

Subjects:: Food Science
Keywords:: Carbon dioxide -- Recycling Food science Food--Biotechnology Sustainable agriculture
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A Smarter, More Precise Way to Think about Public Health

Sue Desmond-Hellmann is using precision public health -- an approach that incorporates big data, consumer monitoring, gene sequencing and other innovative tools -- to solve the world's most difficult medical problems. It's already helped cut HIV transmission from mothers to babies by nearly half in sub-Saharan Africa, and now it's being used to address alarming infant mortality rates all over the world. The goal: to save lives by bringing the right interventions to the right populations at the right time.

Subjects:: Health Sciences and Biology
Keywords:: Medicial informatics Big data Public health
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A Typical Animal Cell (Video)

In this video, learners view the parts of an animal cell and its organelles.

Subjects:: Biology
Keywords:: Cell -- Physiology Cytology Cell organelles
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Abdominal organs (plastic anatomy)

We're going to take apart a plastic anatomy model and see what we can find in the abdomen. We'll identify as many organs as we can, see how they fit into the abdomen relative to one another, working our way from anterior to posterior.

Course related:: HTI17102 Imaging Anatomy
Subjects:: Health Sciences and Biology
Keywords:: Organs (Anatomy) Abdomen
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Acid-Base Reactions (Screencast)

Learners view several movie clips that demonstrate the use of an indicator to follow the neutralization reaction that occurs when an acid and a base are mixed. Students test their knowledge in a series of questions. Immediate feedback is given.

Subjects:: Chemistry
Keywords:: Acids Chemical reactions Bases (Chemistry)
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Acid/Base Balance (Screencast)

Students read about how acid/base balance affects a person's health. This activity includes animation.

Subjects:: Health Sciences and Biology
Keywords:: Acid-base imbalances
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Air Pollution 101

What is air pollution? Learn how greenhouse gasses, smog, and toxic pollutants effect climate change, and human health.

Subjects:: Environmental Sciences and Environmental Engineering
Keywords:: Air -- Pollution Greenhouse gases -- Environmental aspects Smog
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An Athlete Uses Physics To Shatter World Records

When Dick Fosbury couldn't compete against the skilled high jumpers at his college, he tried jumping in a different way -- backwards. Fosbury improved his record immediately and continued to amaze the world with his new technique all the way to Olympic gold. Asaf Bar-Yosef explains the physics behind the success of the now dominant Fosbury Flop.

Subjects:: Physics
Keywords:: Soccer -- Kicking Physics
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An Evolutionary Perspective on Human Health And Disease

How does your genetic inheritance, culture and history influence your health? Biological anthropologist Lara Durgavich discusses the field of evolutionary medicine as a gateway to understanding the quirks of human biology -- including why a genetic mutation can sometimes have beneficial effects -- and emphasizes how unraveling your own evolutionary past could glean insights into your current and future health.

Subjects:: Health Sciences, Public Health, and Human Biology
Keywords:: Human genetics Health
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Arterial Blood Gas (Screencast)

Students read an explanation of the values used for arterial blood gas analysis.

Subjects:: Health Sciences, Human Biology, and Medical Laboratory Science
Keywords:: Blood gases -- Measurement
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AsapSCIENCE: Making Science Make Sense

In this youtube playlist, it covers the topic of Coronavirus/COVID-19: What You Need to Know, What’s Happening To Our Planet?,Optimizing Your Brain, Science SONGS, and Sex, Drugs, & Body.

Keywords:: Science Science -- Experiments
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Beauty, Truth And ... Physics?

Armed with a sense of humor and laypeople's terms, Nobel winner Murray Gell-Mann drops some knowledge on TEDsters about particle physics, asking questions like, Are elegant equations more likely to be right than inelegant ones?

Subjects:: Physics
Keywords:: Particles (Nuclear physics) Physical laws
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Biofuels and bioprospecting for beginners

Biofuels can provide energy without the reliance on environmentally harmful fossils fuels -- but scientists are still searching for a plentiful source. Craig A. Kohn demonstrates how cellulose, the naturally abundant tough walls of plant cells, might be the solution.