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The Role of the University in Sustaining Innovation Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 4584 Date: February 12, 2009 Historically, universities have been the foundation of U.S. economic competitiveness.  However, international competition in terms...

Mt. St. Helens Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 4321 Date: February 12, 2009 When Mt. St. Helens woke from relative slumber in late 2004, the whole world seemed to hold its breath, wondering if there would be an eruption to...

Learning from Sea Creatures Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 1680 Date: February 12, 2009 In this episode, hunt for shark’s teeth with Bretton Kent, Ph.D., who is studying the teeth to learn more about the feeding habits of sharks. He i...

Seeking Sustainability of Natural Resources, Part 4 Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 3042 Date: February 12, 2009 A seven-member panel of professional land managers and academics discusses the key questions and concerns relating to sustainable management of nat...

Movement in Biology: Insect Flight and Reverse Engineering Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 2443 Date: February 12, 2009 Animal movement emerges from a complex and dynamic interaction between neural control circuits, muscle force generation, and a remarkable array o...

Part 06: Adjustment for Covariates I Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 3462 Date: February 12, 2009 In Session 6, Professor Scott Emerson discusses indicators for transforming predictor variables. Professor Emerson is a Professor of Biostatistics...

Reading Genes and Genomes Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 3489 Date: February 12, 2009 In the 20th century, scientists deciphered the rules of inheritance, learned to manipulate DNA and sequenced the entire human genome. Dr. Eric Lan...

Learning About the Genome: Discriminative and Generative Modeling of Heterogenous Data Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 3235 Date: February 12, 2009 The quantity and variety of molecular biological data presents a challenge for the field of machine learning. Converting this raw data into a unifi...

The Digital Universe: A Cosmic Genome Project Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 3564 Date: February 12, 2009 Astronomers are about to embark on the grandest map of the universe ever made: the first large digital survey of the sky. A database of more than 1...

What Are the Grand Questions of Science? (101) Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 1617 Date: February 12, 2009 Science seems on the brink of several mega-revolutions, including biotechnology and genetic engineering, broadband communications and artificial i...

Tsunamis in Washington Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 4635 Date: February 12, 2009 Interested in learning more about the threat of tsunamis in the Pacific Northwest? This program includes speakers from the UW Pacific Northwest Cen...

The Right Time and Place Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 216 Date: February 12, 2009 Complex environmental challenges have taken center stage and these problems can’t be solved with business-as-usual thinking. Watch the Institute’s ...

The Cosmic Web / The Wellspring of Discovery Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 3444 Date: February 12, 2009 Craig Hogan of the Departments of Astronomy and of Physics presents "The Cosmic Web." Some of humanity’s oldest questions about the universe are be...

Sustainable Urban Ecosystems: Management Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 0 Date: February 12, 2009 Forestry experts discuss the sustainable management of Seattle’s Parks and urban forest systems in the Puget Sound area, including restoring these...

Paleontology Unit, Dinosaur Dig, and Materials Science and Technology Program Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 1767 Date: February 12, 2009 A second-grade teacher at Franklin Elementary and a high-school materials science and technology teacher in Washington discuss programs they have ...

Mount Redoubt Simulation Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 566 Date: February 12, 2009 A simulation created by the University of Alaska Fairbanks Supercomputer Center. The graphics simulation demonstrates the ash fallout and effects...

Re-interpreting the Fisheries Crisis Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 3510 Date: February 12, 2009 Popular literature and the pages of Science and Nature have reported on the collapse of the world’s fisheries. While there are many problems, most...

Water Supply and Storm Water Issues in the Pacific Northwest - Part 2 Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 3506 Date: February 12, 2009 This program addresses water rights issues and how to balance water uses, such as urban domestic, agriculture, and in-stream needs for fish. Speak...

Tribal Forestry: Part 3 - Forest Health and Bioenergy Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 0 Date: February 12, 2009 The theme for this round of the Denman Forestry Issues Series is Trust and Transition: Perspectives on Native American Forestry. Three speakers foc...

The Psychology of Blink: Understanding How Our Minds Work Unconsciously - Part 2 of 2 Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 3422 Date: February 12, 2009 Recent psychological research has revealed widely-held unconscious thought patterns that most people would rather not possess. In this program from...

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