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Articles including:

• Antibiotic resistance
• Cellular respiration
• Enzyme
• Genetically modified organism
• Immunotherapy
• Mitochondrial DNA
• Neuromusicology
• View all Biology articles

Briefings including:

• Cranberry compound prevents antibiotic resistance in laboratory tests
• Fentanyl is the leading cause of drug overdose deaths
• Gut enzymes convert human blood from type A to type O
• Komodo dragon genome provides clues to evolution and physiology
• Possible new species of killer whale
• View all Biology briefings

Videos & Animations including:

• CRISPR/Cas 9 Explained
• How Do Hand Sanitizers Work?
• The Science of Steroids
• Tardigrades are Survivors
• What if Humans Could Photosynthesize?
• Why Are Birds Different Colors?
• View all Biology videos & animations

Video Biographies including:

• Bargmann, Cornelia
• Horvath, Philippe
• Langer, Robert S.
• Newport, Elissa L. 
• Walsh, Christopher T.
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Curriculum Maps including:

• Anatomy and Physiology
• Introductory Biology
• Cell and Molecular Biology
• Immunology
• Microbiology
• Neuroscience
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Articles including:

• Artificial sweetener
• Acid-base indicators
• Art conservation chemistry
• Caffeine
• Forensic toxicology
• Organic synthesis
• Osmosis
• View all Chemistry articles

Briefings including:

• Antibiotic polymers kill drug-resistant bacteria
• Caffeine-catalyzed biocompatible polymer gels
• Hydroxy acids in skin care products
• Lithium-ion battery anodes produced from waste plastic bags
• Synthesis of sodium hydroxide and hydrochloric acid from desalination waste brine
• View all Chemistry briefings

Videos & Animations including:

• Are We Running out of Helium?
• The Chemistry of Pepper Spray
• The Chemical History of Gunpowder
• How Does Double-Acting Baking Powder Doubly Act?
• Why Do Clothes Shrink in the Wash?
• Women in Chemistry: Heroes of the Periodic Table
• View all Chemistry videos & animations

Video Biographies including:

• ​Lippard, Stephen J. 
• Matyjaszewski, Krzysztof
• Nicolaou, K.C.
• Sawamoto, Mitsuo
• Seeman, Nadrian C.
• View all Chemistry biographies

Curriculum Maps including:

• Introductory Chemistry
• Organic Chemistry
• Polymer Chemistry
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Articles including:

• Continental drift
• Coral bleaching
• Environmental geology
• Extreme weather events
• Global climate change
• Tsunami
• Volcanology
• View all Earth Science articles

Briefings including:

• Antarctic ice velocity mapped with greater precision
• Counteracting the urban heat island effect with tree cover
• Green water scarcity and sustainability
• Ocean acidification affecting fishes' sense of smell
• Plastic waste pollution
• View all Earth Science briefings

Videos & Animations including:

• Burning Ice from the Ocean Floor
• How Bacteria Make It Rain
• The Stuff Seashells Are Made Of 
• What Causes Auroras?
• What's That After-Rain Smell Made Of?
• Yellowstone National Park's Hot Springs
• View all Earth Science videos & animations

Video Biographies including:

• Atwater, Brian F.
• Manabe, Syukuro
• Tauxe, Lisa
• Thompson, Lonnie G and Mosley-Thompson, Ellen Stone
• Trumbore, Susan
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Curriculum Maps including:

• Environmental Science
• Introductory Geology
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Articles including:

• 3D printing
• Cellphone camera
• Food packaging
• Hydraulic fracturing (fracking)
• Nuclear reactor
• Recycling technology
• Water treatment
• View all Engineering articles

Briefings including:

• Cooling paint
• Effects of electric-vehicle adoption on air quality
• Hydrogen fuel cell-powered marine vessels
• Reusable materials for absorbing oil spills
• Recycling carbon fiber
• View all Engineering briefings

Videos & Animations including:

• Are Invisibility Cloaks Possible?
• Can Plastic Be Composted?
• Graphene: The Next Wonder Material?
• How Air Conditioning Works
• The Smallest Robots: Rise of the Nanomachines
• What's In Your iPhone?
• View all Engineering videos & animations

Video Biographies including:

• Dresselhaus, Mildred S.
• Golomb, Solomon W.
• Hashin, Zvi
• Razeghi, Manijeh
• Suresh, Surba
• West, James E.
• View all Engineering biographies

Curriculum Maps including:

• Electrical Engineering
• Materials Science
• Mechanical Engineering
• Structural Analysis
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Articles including:

• Alzheimer's disease
• Aspirin
• Bioassay
• Cystic fibrosis
• Immunotherapy
• Oncology
• Personalized medicine
• View all Health Sciences articles

Briefings including:

• 2019 Ebola crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Cell phones identified as an exposure sources of toxic flame retardants
• Eastern equine encephalitis virus detected in Florida
• Possible association between depression and gut bacteria
• Regenerative medicine as a treatment modality for organ loss
• View all Health Sciences briefings

Videos & Animations including:

• Can You Take Expired Drugs?
• How Anesthesia Works
• How Does Xanax Work?
• How to Make Electronic Skin with Stanford University's Zhenan Bao
• Is Fluoride in Drinking Water Safe?
• The Science of Steroids
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Video Biographies including:

• Bajcsy, Ruzena
• Chien, Shu
• Lippard, Stephen J.
• Nowell, Peter C.
• Soon-Shiong, Patrick
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Curriculum Maps including:

• Anatomy and Physiology
• Immunology
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Articles including:

• Absolute zero
• Black hole
• Electromagnetism
• HERA electron-proton collider
• Muon-catalyzed fusion
• Superconductivity
• Quantum mechanics
• View all Physics articles

Briefings including:

• Charm quark decays break charge-parity symmetry
• First detection of a radioactive molecule in space
• Harnessing the power of nuclear fusion in tokamak reactors
• Plasma-surfing electrons point to compact particle accelerators
• Probing fireballs with lasers to better understand explosions
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Videos & Animations including:

• Do Astronauts Need Sunscreen?
• How Do Airbags Work?
• How Fluorescence Works
• The Universe in a Cup of Coffee
• Tiny Satellites Could Take on NASA's Riskiest Missions
• What Are Isotopes?
• View all Physics videos & animations

Video Biographies including:

• Cirac, J. Ignacio
• Dalgarno, Alexander
• Iga, Kenichi
• Mele, Eugene J.
• Quinn, Helen Rhoda
• View all Physics biographies

Curriculum Maps including:

• Astronomy
• Introductory Physics
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