Afleveringen
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UNC Charlotte researchers apply motion analysis to study how the body responds after injuries, surgeries, and rehab programs.
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We may not think of it as much when gas is cheap, but eventually there are many economic and environmental reasons to transition away from fossil fuels. See the biofuels reactor that RTI International researchers are using to create gasoline-like hydrocarbon fuels from plant material and the challenges of creating biofuels..
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Diamond is a collection of interconnected carbon atoms whose strong chemical bonds make the brilliant, super-hard crystals we know. Watch NC State University researchers create brighter, harder, magnetic diamonds with a few quick blasts of a powerful laser. See how by rearranging the chemical bonds in a diamond, they can quickly and cheaply make the new and improved Q-carbon.
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The United Nations estimates that 1.4 billion people worldwide don't have electric light. See how a Charlotte company's easy-to-use solar power system is lighting many homes and clinics in the developing world.
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Viruses like influenza, Ebola and Zika can spread widely around the world through shipping, travel and other ways we humans move things from one place to another. DNA sequencing can provide a roadmap that a virus has followed to get where it is today. Watch as researchers use DNA sequencing to create a powerful tool to track the spread of the Zika virus around the world.
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Davidson College professors study how invasive pythons are devastating the Everglades and could come as far North as Washington, DC. See how the voracious appetites of these huge snakes could spell trouble for animals throughout the Southeast.
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To our ears, the sound of being underwater is all the same muffled tone, but to East Carolina University scientists, the noise carries all sorts of information about the ocean. Watch as researchers use their acoustic wave glider named "Blackbeard" to study underwater noise, acoustically tagged fish and environmental conditions in the ocean.
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This week, we investigate genetically modified crops. See how and why they're made and what different people think about them. We also dive into natural microbial options to protect our crops from pests. Finally we wrap up our three part series on learning STEM by playing outside!
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This week on SciTech Now North Carolina, we're going for a new perspective. First, we double-dip on drones. See how Wake Forest University researchers are designing drones to map coal ash spills and how RTI researchers use them to track public health. See how coastal scientists are using every perspective available to them to map the NC coast. Finally we see more STEM education by playing outside.
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This week on SciTech Now, we do a bit of traveling. We visit the NC Coast where each year you can see millions of birds during their migration. See how scientists track the NC state fish, the red drum, to learn about its habitat. We check in with the NC Science Festival about hands-on science. Finally, we get back outside with our Play Outside NC series.
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Your armpits carry millions of tiny microbial passengers. Watch scientists study the ecosystem of the armpit and learn how deodorants can affect not only your social life, but also your microbial life.
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Whether it's biting your nails, chewing on a pen or watching too much TV, everyone has a habit and they are very hard to break. Watch as Duke scientists explore the lasting changes habits leave on the circuitry of our brains.
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The Eastern United States' mightiest tree, the oak, is in decline, possibly due to over-harvesting or climate change. Whatever the cause, scientists are trying to find ways to reverse this decline. Watch U.S. Forest Service researchers use fire to give young oaks room to grow in the North Carolina mountains.
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This week we're going back in time. See the room at NC State where researchers can use virtual reality to travel into history. We investigate whether the tale of the Trojan Horse was the whole story. Decades before Roanoke, walk through a Spanish fort that was the earliest inland settlement in the New World. Finally we chat with Jonathan Frederick, the director of the NC Science Festival.
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This week, animals! Go inside the largest lemur colony outside of Madagascar to see these feisty, furry primates up close. See how camera traps are keeping an eye on the wild things in our back yards. We dive deep off North Carolina's coast to meet the hungriest invasive species around. Finally we answer the question hours of YouTube can't: Why is that thing so cute!?
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This week, we get tasty! Blueberries are not only tasty, but they are also a healthful superfood! See the brewers at Raleigh Brewing Company harness biochemistry to make beer. We crack open the story of a hypoallergenic peanut. And finally, watch as scientists chart out where to find the best oysters free of potentially dangerous microbes.
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This week, we chat with ECU's Snake Doctor to learn about venom and antivenom. Look out for his slithering friends too! Bill Nye the Science Guy chats about his new book and a satellite that uses light to fly around the solar system. See how Raleigh scientists are developing the vaccines of the future. And finally, we see a day in the life of an ocularist, a designer of prosthetics for eyes.
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Chemicals surround us: in the air, the water, our food, our clothes and our furniture. Which ones are dangerous? How much of them is dangerous? Watch as EPA scientists in Research Triangle Park use chemical toxicology tests to answer these questions.
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This week, mysteries! We visit a spot in Chatham County where nothing grows. Is it the soil or something more sinister? We see how bones can tell the story of someone's life and death and we show the dark story told in the bones of a young girl from Jamestown. Finally, see how scientists can learn how early Native Americans lived in the most logical place: the floor of Lake Huron!
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See the new device NASA is testing to chip pieces off an asteroid. The new tool for astronauts was not developed in NASA labs, but rather at High Point University right here in North Carolina. Scientists are interested in asteroids because they haven't changed much since the dawn of the solar system, and rocks the "Chip and Ship" can capture give scientists a picture of the solar system back then.
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