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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 children's cognitive development.…
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6/20/2020 5:00 AM Video credits
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Susan Schantz
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Contractors delivering a Bruker 9.4 Tesla preclinical animal MRI system at the Beckman Institute on June 25, 2020.
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6/26/2020 5:00 AM Video credits
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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 chemistry at Emory University,…
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9/23/2019 5:00 AM Video credits
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Neuroscientist Justin Rhodes examines how clownfish brains change from male to female.
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7/23/2019 5:00 AM Video credits
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Justin Rhodes
Coltan Parker
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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 an assistant professor in the…
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7/2/2019 5:00 AM Video credits
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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 doesn't back it up.
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6/25/2019 5:00 AM Video credits
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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, researchers say they are able to…
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4/25/2019 5:00 AM Video credits
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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 universe. The performance took…
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4/25/2019 5:00 AM Video credits
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Nick Morse Contributors and team members
Steve Drake
Nick Morse
Teppie Apperson
Travis Ross
Danielle Markovich
Jose Vasquez
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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.
Havakimyan is the W. Grafton and…
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1/31/2019 6:00 AM Video credits
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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 discusses how many manufactured goods…
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12/3/2018 6:00 AM Video credits
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Jeff Moore
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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 Presidential Chair of…
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10/29/2018 5:00 AM Video credits
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Professor Donald J. Darensbourg presents "Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCO): Polycarbonates produced from Carbon Dioxide."
Darensbourg is a Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at…
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10/26/2018 5:00 AM Video credits
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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 the Carbon Management and…
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10/26/2018 5:00 AM Video credits
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Professor Marcetta York Darensbourg presents "A Role for Organometallic Chemistry in Sustainable Energy Accessibility: Synthetic Analogues of Hydrogenases."
Darensbourg is a…
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10/26/2018 5:00 AM Video credits
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A non-partisan forum where candidates and scientists discuss their perspectives on renewable energy and agricultural policy.
Panelists:
Andrew Margenot, Assistant professor, crop sciences. …
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10/23/2018 5:00 AM Video credits
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Andrew Margenot
George Gross
Donald Wuebbles
Betsy Londrigan
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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.
Schantz is a professor of…
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8/31/2018 5:00 AM Video credits
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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. Cancer is more than just an…
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7/27/2018 5:00 AM Video credits
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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 series at the Beckman Institute at…
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7/13/2018 5:00 AM Video credits
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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 Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. …
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7/6/2018 5:00 AM Video credits
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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 energy and our ever-growing need…
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6/29/2018 5:00 AM Video credits
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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 monitors, will change our visits to…
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5/25/2018 5:00 AM Video credits
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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 take on remaking "60 Second…
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5/1/2018 5:00 AM Video credits
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Jeff Moore
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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 carbohydrate-binding proteins in checking…
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2/8/2018 6:00 AM Video credits
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Laura Kiessling
Jeffrey Moore
Ted Brown
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Professor Stephen Boppart uses light to diagnose diseases such as cancer. Called "biophotonics," the technique generates high-resolution, real-time, non-invasive images of biological…
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11/28/2017 6:00 AM Video credits
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