diSCovering Science

Grades 7-12

The “diSCovering science” series features interviews with scientists and researchers from South Carolina’s colleges and universities. These scientists explain the societal impacts of their work and describe their day-to-day jobs. “The series focuses on a broad range of scientific subjects including biology, chemistry and physics and multidisciplinary fields such as bioengineering, chemical engineering, high performance computing, and nanotechnology. (From our Streamline collection)

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Alternative Energy | diSCovering science
Alternative Energy | diSCovering science

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

John Weidner, Ph.D., a chemical engineer at the University of South Carolina, talks about his researchers studying alternative energy storage - The “diSCovering Science” series features interviews...
Alzheimer's Disease | diSCovering science
Alzheimer's Disease | diSCovering science

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Melissa A. Moss, Ph.D., talks about advances being made in Alzheimer’s Disease research and explains how protein aggregates in the brain can lead to the progression of this disease - The “diSCovering...
Biochip Uses | diSCovering science
Biochip Uses | diSCovering science

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Bruce Zhi Gao, Ph.D explains biochips. A biochip is very close to a computer chip but they put it in a cell culture dish to make it very clean to culture a cell. The chip is made of silicone which is...
Biochips & Research | diSCovering science
Biochips & Research | diSCovering science

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Bruce Zhi Gao, Ph.D talks about cyber research and how different cells are put together to form a tissue that treats disease. Through fundamental research they are using a biochip as a tool to create...
Bioengineering
Bioengineering

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Delphine Dean, Ph.D., talks about her career in science - The “diSCovering Science” series features interviews with scientists and researchers from South Carolina’s colleges and universities. These...
Bioengineering
Bioengineering

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Delphine Dean, Ph.D., discusses making nanoparticles safe for consumers -The “diSCovering Science” series features interviews with scientists and researchers from South Carolina’s colleges and...
Bioengineering
Bioengineering

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Delphine Dean, Ph.D., talks about the science of nanotechnology - The “diSCovering Science” series features interviews with scientists and researchers from South Carolina’s colleges and universities...
Bioengineering
Bioengineering

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Delphine Dean, Ph.D., looks at how space travel affects the human skeleton and cartilage - The “diSCovering Science” series features interviews with scientists and researchers from South Carolina’s...
Bioengineering Overview | diSCovering science
Bioengineering Overview | diSCovering science

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Delphine Dean, Ph.D., a bioengineer at Clemson University, gives an overview of the science of bioengineering - The “diSCovering Science” series features interviews with scientists and researchers...
Biofuels | diSCovering science
Biofuels | diSCovering science

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

John Weidner, Ph.D., and his researchers explore the efficiency of biofuels - The “diSCovering Science” series features interviews with scientists and researchers from South Carolina’s colleges and...
Biomedical Engineering Career Path | diSCovering science
Biomedical Engineering Career Path | diSCovering science

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Melissa A. Moss, Ph.D., shares her life-long interest in mathematics and science and how that led to a career in Biomedical Engineering - The “diSCovering Science” series features interviews with...
Cardiovascular Research | diSCovering science
Cardiovascular Research | diSCovering science

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Richard Visconti, Ph.D., talks about stem cell research in the study of cardiovascular disease - The “diSCovering Science” series features interviews with scientists and researchers from South...
Cell Research | diSCovering science
Cell Research | diSCovering science

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Their research is mainly cell interaction and they focus on: heart muscle cells, Neurons, cancer cells and stem cells. They study those cells due to the complicity of the diseases. Bruce Zhi Gao, Ph.D...
Fuel Cells | diSCovering science
Fuel Cells | diSCovering science

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

John Weidner, Ph.D., looks at catalysts for fuel cells - The “diSCovering Science” series features interviews with scientists and researchers from South Carolina’s colleges and universities. These...
Fungal Research | diSCovering science
Fungal Research | diSCovering science

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Joe Flaherty, Ph.D., talks about his lab’s research of genes involved in fungal development - The “diSCovering Science” series features interviews with scientists and researchers from South Carolina’s...
Genomics | diSCovering science
Genomics | diSCovering science

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Joe Flaherty, Ph.D., gives an overview of the study of genomics - The “diSCovering Science” series features interviews with scientists and researchers from South Carolina’s colleges and universities...
Laser Tweezers | diSCovering Science
Laser Tweezers | diSCovering Science

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Bruce Zhi Gao, Ph.D describes the characteristics of lasers. There are 2 meanings of laser: first, it is a device that generates a laser; second, there is an optical beam generated by this laser...
Organ Printing Basics | diSCovering science
Organ Printing Basics | diSCovering science

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

Vladimir Mironov, MD, Ph.D., describes the process of organ printing - The “diSCovering Science” series features interviews with scientists and researchers from South Carolina’s colleges and...
Organ Printing Challenges | diSCovering science
Organ Printing Challenges | diSCovering science

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Vladimir Mironov, MD, Ph.D., talks about challenges faced in organ printing & possible breakthroughs in field - The “diSCovering Science” series features interviews with scientists and researchers...
Organ Printing Overview | diSCovering science
Organ Printing Overview | diSCovering science

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Vladimir Mironov, MD, Ph.D., Assoc. Prof. & Dir. of the Advanced Tissue Biofabrication Center in the Dept. of Regenerative Medicine & Cell Biology at MUSC, talks about research on human organ printing...
PCR Demonstration | diSCovering science
PCR Demonstration | diSCovering science

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Joe Flaherty, Ph.D., gives a quick Real Time PCR demonstration - The “diSCovering Science” series features interviews with scientists and researchers from South Carolina’s colleges and universities...
RealTime PCR | diSCovering science
RealTime PCR | diSCovering science

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Joe Flaherty, Ph.D., talks about Real Time PCR and gene expression in fungal research - The “diSCovering Science” series features interviews with scientists and researchers from South Carolina’s...