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00:13:00

Green roofs

by Christine Thuring
Green roofs
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 13 years ago | 1450 views
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Using roof gardens to improve environment

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00:03:00

Recycled streets

by Dept of Civil Engineering UoS
Recycled streets
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 13 years ago | 1940 views
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Developing an energy efficient concrete to reduce road repairs

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00:05:00

Anti-Body Coated Magnetic Nanoparticles

by Philip Schlenoff
Anti-Body Coated Magnetic Nanoparticles
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 13 years ago | 2102 views
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Philip Shlenoff, recent high school graduate, gives a presentation of his work and opportunity at the Florida State University Dept. of Chemistry. Under the supervision of Zaki Estephan, Philip has actively participated in research that targets canc....

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00:10:00

Feasibility of Zero-Energy Housing in Florida

by Ryan Aughtry
Feasibility of Zero-Energy Housing in Florida
for 18-22 and upwards,
Undergraduate presentations | 18-22 and upwards | 13 years ago | 1762 views
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This presentation is a brief overview of the possible ways to achieve a zero net energy consumption for a typical Florida house. Examples include photo-voltaics and wind-turbines. An emphasis on the economic aspects of being "off-the-grid".

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01:02:00

Thinking like a vegetable: how plants decide what to do

by Ottoline Leyser
Thinking like a vegetable: how plants decide what to do
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 14 years ago | 1310 views
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Plants monitor a wide range of information from their surrounding environment. They combine information of multiple sorts, and respond in an appropriate way. In plants there is no brain, and the information processing is distributed across the plant ....

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01:12:00

Deciphering disease: cells and disruption of their communication

by Dario Alessi
Deciphering disease: cells and disruption of their communication
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 14 years ago | 1398 views
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The human body may seem to be no more than a bundle of tissues and organs, yet the cells these are made from are capable of interacting, communicating and performing complex tasks. Our cells' capacity to interact in this way enables humans to adapt t....

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01:08:00

Housing for a low carbon energy future.

by Tadj Oreszczyn
Housing for a low carbon energy future.
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 14 years ago | 1466 views
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Almost half of the UK 's energy is used in buildings to provide a safe, healthy, comfortable, productive and fun environment. Most future low carbon scenarios assume significant reductions in carbon emissions associated with the built environment ove....

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01:07:00

Climate change and extinction

by Richard Leakey
Climate change and extinction
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 14 years ago | 1748 views
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Today countless protected areas for biodiversity are maintained at huge public and private expense. The question we must consider is whether our protection strategies actually protect when the real threats are related to the current climate change. M....

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01:02:00

What’s going on Underground? Tunnelling into the Future

by Robert Mair
What’s going on Underground? Tunnelling into the Future
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 14 years ago | 1494 views
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Urban congestion is a serious problem in many cities, so the creation of underground space and in particular the development of underground transport is environmentally essential. How can tunnels be built in ground sometimes as soft as toothpaste? Wh....

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01:01:00

Is the Great Barrier Reef on Death Row?

by Charlie Veron
Is the Great Barrier Reef on Death Row?
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 14 years ago | 1821 views
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Professor J.E.N Veron, the former Chief Scientist of the Australian Institute of Marine Science and widely regarded as the world's leading authority on coral reef ecosystems, presents the effects that climate change is having on coral reefs.

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00:47:00

Climate change: space and our own planet.

by Maggie Aderin
Climate change: space and our own planet.
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 14 years ago | 1691 views
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Dr Maggie Aderin develops instruments that monitor climate change. Find out about these and other missions that are making science count in the battle against climate change. With practical experiments to show how climate change works Maggie shows ho....

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01:05:00

Climate change on the living Earth

by James Lovelock
Climate change on the living Earth
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 14 years ago | 1714 views
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Observations from around the Earth suggest that even the gloomiest predictions of climate change from the 2007 IPCC report may underestimate the seriousness of the changes due this century. In this lecture, Professor James Lovelock discusses the cons....

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01:30:00

Behaving badly

by Uta Frith
Behaving badly
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 14 years ago | 1526 views
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Are environment, or genetics, more to blame when a human being turns to a life of crime? What does it mean to be criminally insane? And how effectively can a criminal tendency be treated with drugs? What different lights can literature and science sh....

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01:20:00

From sled dogs to rockets. Up the poles.

by Paul Rose
From sled dogs to rockets. Up the poles.
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 14 years ago | 1532 views
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As part of the celebrations for International Polar Year, Paul Rose takes us on an insightful science journey to the Antarctic and the Arctic. What really are the challenges facing scientists as they work in the remotest field sites on earth?

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00:15:00

Music’s Energy Footprint

by Catherine Bottrill
Music’s Energy Footprint
for 11-14 and upwards,
Lectures | 11-14 and upwards | 14 years ago | 1602 views
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A look at how the UK music industry is working with energy and climate researcher Catherine Bottrill to reduce its carbon footprint.nIn 2007 a group of influential people from the music industry formed Julie's Bicycle, an organisation dedicated to re....

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00:02:00

David Attenborough on birds of paradise – Part 2

by David Attenborough
David Attenborough on birds of paradise – Part 2
for All ages,
Interviews | All ages | 14 years ago | 12025 views
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British broadcaster Sir David Attenborough talks to Nature about his obsession with birds of paradise.

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00:13:00

James Lovelock – A Final Warning

by James Lovelock
James Lovelock – A Final Warning
for All ages,
Interviews | All ages | 14 years ago | 1937 views
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James Lovelock is best known as the father of Gaia theory; the idea that all parts of our planet form a complex interacting system, like a single organism. His new book depicts Gaia in trouble. In this interview Lovelock sounds a final warning for pl....

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00:10:00

Ancient tsunamis

by Brian McAdoo
Ancient tsunamis
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 14 years ago | 1745 views
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The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami was not the first of its kind, according to research in Nature. Two groups of scientists have found sedimentary evidence for possible predecessors to the 2004 event in...

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00:04:00

Climate change: Bhutan

by Anjali Nayar
Climate change: Bhutan
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 14 years ago | 1724 views
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Nature reporter Anjali Nayar hiked for 21 days in Northern Bhutan to find out how this tiny Himalayan nation is dealing with rapidly melting glaciers.

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00:22:00

Climate change: The two-degree target

by Olive Hefferman
Climate change: The two-degree target
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 14 years ago | 2667 views
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In December 2009, policy makers meet in Copenhagen, Denmark to thrash out a new global deal on climate change. The aim is to limit global warming to two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial temperatures. We sent three young climate researchers along ....

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00:48:00

The Wild, Wild World of the Florida Panhandle

by Bruce Means
The Wild, Wild World of the Florida Panhandle
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 14 years ago | 1793 views
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D. Bruce Means gives a presentation of the ecological and biological diversity of the region around the Florida panhandle. Dr. Means gave particular attention to the unique climate and environment of the area. He lists the region as one of six biol....

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00:28:00

The importance of Science, Art and Design

by Harry Kroto
The importance of Science, Art and Design
for All ages,
Lectures | All ages | 14 years ago | 1916 views
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The English mastermind comes to us for a special lecture and presentation on the fundamental role of art in scientific processes. Kroto will urge us to continue tapping into America?s most original and steadfast resource: creativity.nAt ARTISANworks,....

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00:09:00

The role of Aerosols in Climate Change

by Phillip Howard
The role of Aerosols in Climate Change
for 14-19 and upwards,
Undergraduate presentations | 14-19 and upwards | 14 years ago | 1458 views
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Phillip Howard presents on recent discussions regarding the role of aerosols in global climate change.

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00:07:00

The Science of Green Living

by Victoria Palmeri
The Science of Green Living
for 14-19 and upwards,
Undergraduate presentations | 14-19 and upwards | 14 years ago | 1512 views
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Victoria outlines the various ways in which we can all help to reduce our footprint on the planet.

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00:09:00

Finding out where floods will occur

by Jacqueline Diaz-Nieto
Finding out where floods will occur
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 14 years ago | 1857 views
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This research is about developing a computer modelling tool to help manage surface water flooding.

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00:16:00

Weathering Science – how soils are formed

by Steve Banwart
Weathering Science – how soils are formed
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 14 years ago | 2155 views
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Biological weathering and how this leads to soil formation

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00:07:00

A nano-sized gas sensor 6

by Marc Delgado
A nano-sized gas sensor 6
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 15 years ago | 2230 views
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Sensotran are the industrial partner in the nano2hybrids project. A small family firm based just outside Barcelona in Spain, they are experts in commercial production of gas sensors for a range of industries, notably for detecting dangerous gases pro....

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00:59:00

The Epidemic of Mad Cow Disease (BSE) in the UK

by Roy Anderson
The Epidemic of Mad Cow Disease (BSE) in the UK
for 14-19 and upwards,
Discussions | 14-19 and upwards | 15 years ago | 2035 views
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Roy discusses the disturbing events of the then (1997) recent history of the BSE epidemic and some of the crucial mistakes which contributed to the epidemic are highlighted.

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00:59:00

In the Oceans

by Jacqui McGlade
In the Oceans
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 15 years ago | 1246 views
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Satellite, ship survey and computer modelling studies of the workings of the marine environment are used explore present fish supplies worldwide. The desperate need for global 'farming' strategies necessary to ensure that the Oceans can continue to p....

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00:35:00

Malaria

by Andrew Spielman
Malaria
for 14-19 and upwards,
Interviews | 14-19 and upwards | 15 years ago | 1908 views
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Professor of Tropical Public Health, Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases at Harvard School of Public Health is one of the world?s experts on vector born infections such as malaria and dengue which constitute a heavy and increasing burden....

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00:14:00

Environmental Scientist & Space Forester

by Yavinder Malhi
Environmental Scientist & Space Forester
for 11-14 and upwards,
Lectures | 11-14 and upwards | 15 years ago | 4137 views
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Yadvinder works in the Geography department at Oxford University. He looks at how human activity and especially carbon dioxide emissions have changed the ecosystems of tropical rainforests. This work takes him on regular trips to his two research sit....

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00:29:00

Endless Energy

by Various Presenters
Endless Energy
for 14-19 and upwards,
Discussions | 14-19 and upwards | 15 years ago | 1932 views
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How green are you prepared to be? Burning fossil fuel is choking our planet with carbon dioxide, but would you stop using petrol or allow wind farms to be built in your back yard? Is it finally time for renewable energy to stop being the alternative ....

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00:29:00

Is There Anybody Out There?

by Various Presenters
Is There Anybody Out There?
for All ages,
Discussions | All ages | 15 years ago | 1671 views
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Is there life out there? Either on other worlds, deep space, or even deep in our oceans that we haven't encountered yet? Our panel of experts discusses the possibilities, and if there is life, what it may be like.

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00:29:00

Voyage to the Bottom of the Deep

by Various Presenters
Voyage to the Bottom of the Deep
for All ages,
Discussions | All ages | 15 years ago | 1540 views
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We are only just developing the technology necessary to probe deep beneath our oceans. Contrary to earlier expectations, we are finding whole new ecosystems of life. Are the ocean depths the next new frontier? Over half the surface of the earth is co....

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00:16:00

Martinus J.F. Veltman

by Martinus Veltman
Martinus J.F. Veltman
for 18-22 and upwards,
Interviews | 18-22 and upwards | 15 years ago | 1550 views
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Martinus J.F. Veltman, the Netherlands shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1999 with Gerardus 't Hooft the Netherlands 'for elucidating the quantum structure of electroweak interactions in physics'. Not all areas of Holland were very advanced when V....

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00:14:00

Entomologist

by Rob Hutchinson
Entomologist
for 14-19 and upwards,
Careers | 14-19 and upwards | 15 years ago | 11471 views
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Rob Hutchinson is an entomologist and one of the top mosquito experts in Europe whose work assesses the risk of Malaria returning to UK. He has developed a great interest in mosquito biology and did a masters degree at the School of Tropical Medicine....

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00:14:00

Plague-carrying crayfish

by Jeama Stanton
Plague-carrying crayfish
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 15 years ago | 1863 views
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Jeama Stanton studies plague-carrying crayfish in UK waterways

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00:14:00

The Molecular Gastronomer to the best restaurant in the World

by Rachel Edwards-Stuart
The Molecular Gastronomer to the best restaurant in the World
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 15 years ago | 1343 views
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Twenty three year old Rachel is a Cambridge trained biochemist who has been taken on by Heston Blumenthal, owner of the Fat Duck at Bray, to carry out research for her PhD into the molecular make up of flavours and how they can be applied to food in ....

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00:09:00

Using tissue engineered skin to study bacterial infection

by Joey Shepherd
Using tissue engineered skin to study bacterial infection
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 15 years ago | 2904 views
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One of the many ways we can use tissue engineering to study disease

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00:06:00

Nature Solves Environmental Pollution

by Hamid Pouran
Nature Solves Environmental Pollution
for 11-14 and upwards,
Lectures | 11-14 and upwards | 15 years ago | 2328 views
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How bacteria can be used to solve a variety of environmental problems.

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00:10:00

Wakulla Springs Treatment Plan

by Lionel Skinner
Wakulla Springs Treatment Plan
for 14-19 and upwards,
Undergraduate presentations | 14-19 and upwards | 16 years ago | 1418 views
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Wakulla Springs is dealing high levels of nitrates. These high levels have created a problem foreign local plants and animals. There is also a cosmetic problem due to the over-growth of algae. Smith Sewage Processing Plant, Wastewater Sprayfields, Se....

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