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Researchers at the Children's Environmental Health Research Center at Illinois use infrared eye tracking to determine if chemicals are negatively impacting…
Using Eye Tracking to Study Infant Behavior
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Contractors delivering a Bruker 9.4 Tesla preclinical animal MRI system at the Beckman Institute on June 25, 2020. Read more here... bit.ly/Bruker-MRI
Timelapse of 9.4 T MRI Scanner Magnet Drop
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Jen Heemstra explains why success is more likely when you’re willing to fail. Heemstra, a chemical and engineering news columnist and associate professor of…
Jen Heemstra: Why Success is More Likely When…
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Neuroscientist Justin Rhodes examines how clownfish brains change from male to female.
Sex Change in the Brains of Clownfish
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Mariana Kersh and her Tissue Biomechanics Laboratory students teach young girls about mechanical engineering at a University of Illinois basketball camp. Kersh is…
Inspiring Young Engineers at Girl's…
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Is cellphone use causing hornlike spikes to grow on the back of people's skulls? Professor Mariana Kersh, quoted by @CNN, says the widely publicized #hornstudy…
Is cellphone use causing people to grow horns? …
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Professor Marni Boppart describes her research in skeletal muscle regrowth. By injecting cells that support blood vessel growth into muscles depleted by inactivity,…
Muscle Regrowth Improves with Pericyte…
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Behind the scenes of "Quantum Rhapsodies," a live performance created by professor and artist Smitha Vishveshwara on quantum physics and its role in our…
Quantum Rhapsodies: Behind the Scenes
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Naira Hovakimyan discusses how drones, planes, satellites, and artificial intelligence will help farmers meet the food needs of our growing world population. …
Future Environments: Future Farming
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Jeffrey Moore discusses bio-inspired, vascularized materials and how manufacturers will take inspiration from the natural world to create better products. Moore…
Future Environments: Bio-Inspired Materials
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Professor Jim Hurrell presents "Climate Predictions and Projections in the Coming Decades: Uncertainty due to Natural Variability." Hurrell is the Scott…
"Climate Predictions and Projections"…
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Professor Donald J. Darensbourg presents "Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCO): Polycarbonates produced from Carbon Dioxide." Darensbourg is a…
"Carbon Capture and Utilization" by D.…
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Professor Rattan Lal presents "Managing World Soils for Confronting the Challenges of Climate Change." Lal is a professor of soil science and Director of…
"Confronting the Challenges of Climate…
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Professor Marcetta York Darensbourg presents "A Role for Organometallic Chemistry in Sustainable Energy Accessibility: Synthetic Analogues of Hydrogenases." …
"Organometallic Chemistry in Sustainable…
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A non-partisan forum where candidates and scientists discuss their perspectives on renewable energy and agricultural policy. Panelists: Andrew Margenot,…
Engaging Politicians with Science: An Open…
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Comparative biosciences professor Susan Schantz warns how common chemicals around the house can impact human development and what can be done to help protect children.…
Future Environments: Household Chemicals
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Bioengineering professor Rohit Bhargava discusses how advances in chemical imaging, machine learning, and 3D printing are changing how we think of and fight cancer. …
Future Environments: Cancer Microenvironments
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Mark Nelson, professor of molecular and integrative physiology, discusses "What Does a Brain Do?" This talk was part of the Summertime Tower Tutorial Talk…
"What Does a Brain Do?" - Mark Nelson…
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Part of the Summertime Tower Tutorial Talk series at the Beckman Institute. Geoffrey Herman is a Teaching Assistant Professor in Computer Science at the University of…
"The Impact of Automated Frequent Testing on…
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From cell phones to electric cars, society is more and more dependent on reliable and portable energy. University of Illinois Professor Nancy Sottos discusses green…
Future Environments: Energy Everywhere
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The handheld medical devices of science fiction are becoming science fact. Doctor Stephen Boppart looks at how technology, including phones and personal health…
Future Environments: Doctor's Office of the…
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The Elevator Pitch. Scientists dread it, but they shouldn't. Sandra Tsing Loh analyzes the language, celebrates the science, lauds the presenters, and gives her…
"Towards Better 60 Second Science" -…
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Laura Kiessling, professor of chemistry at MIT, presents the 2017 Beckman-Brown Lecture on Interdisciplinary Science. Her talk focuses on the roles of…
"Cell Surface Glycans as Cellular IDs"…
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Professor Stephen Boppart uses light to diagnose diseases such as cancer. Called "biophotonics," the technique generates high-resolution, real-time,…
Using Light to Diagnose Disease
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