From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:31 PM

From lowland wetlands to alpine meadows, Washington state’s native plant species are threatened by development, climate change and invasive species. Join Sarah Reichard, University of Washington associate professor of forest resources, for a fascinating look at how to conserve our state’s rare p...

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:31 PM

The universe is flying apart, possibly because gravity was repulsive in the very early universe. But will it expand forever? A look into the past history of the expansion using exploding stars as distance milestones indicates that it may be speeding up again. From the Series:New Cosmos: Things T...

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:31 PM

We find ourselves at a pivotal moment in the history of humankind. Our body parts wear out as we age into our seventies and beyond. Now, as humankind enters a new millennium, the potential to substantially alter this scenario beckons. Tissue engineering, regenerative medicine and system biology ...

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:31 PM

Genetic imbalances—such as those associated with Down syndrome in humans—are generally harmful. The number of copies of a given gene, the gene dose, can be very important. In the roundworm C. elegans, sex (male or hermaphrodite) is determined by the number of X chromosomes. Dr. Barbara Meyer exp...

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:31 PM

In Session 9, Professor Scott Emerson describes similarities between a generalized regression model and logistic and proportional hazards regression. Professor Emerson is a Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Washington. This course was offered at the 2003 Epidemiology and Biostatist...

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:31 PM

Dr. Stephen E. Straus, Director of the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) gives an overview of NCCAM, why scientific study of CAM practice is important, and examples of current research supported by NCCAM including St. Jo...

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:31 PM

In 2004, President Bush announced a 'new course for America’s space program' instructing NASA to return to the Moon with the eventual goal of sending Americans to Mars. NASA's recent history has been somewhat rocky with stunning successes overshadowed by unfortunate failures. Mean...

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:31 PM

Do you know what goes on at the ends of your chromosomes? Do you know how that activity may effect aging? You know about DNA, but do you know about the ends of your chromosomes, or telomeres? The telomeres are copied by telomerase, a molecular machine distinct from other replication machines ...

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:31 PM

Professor Vogel provides an overview of recent developments in nanoscale technologies. Exploitation of the unique properties and phenomena at the nanoscale; a billionth of a meter; has already triggered a revolution in science, engineering and medicine. New technologies make it possible to analy...

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:31 PM

Hear what new observations of Mars are revealing about the planet’s current environment and topography as well as its past climate and history. Results from recent orbiter and lander missions are providing a surprisingly new view of the planet's geology, interior structure, and atm...

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:31 PM

Hear what new observations of Mars are revealing about the planet’s current environment and topography as well as its past climate and history. Results from recent orbiter and lander missions are providing a surprisingly new view of the planet's geology, interior structure, and atm...

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:31 PM

In Session 8, Professor Scott Emerson demonstrates the importance of covariate adjustment for confounding, precision and effect modification through one specific example. Professor Emerson is a Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Washington. This course was offered at the 2003 Epidem...

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:31 PM

This brief video describes the groundbreaking educational television series, The Johns Hopkins Science Review, which debuted in 1948 and aired for 12 years. This is a promotional video that was made in 1990, in hopes of getting a grant to save the old Science Review films.

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:31 PM

More than 150 University of Washington undergraduate students participating in research with faculty in 70 disciplines present their work at the University’s second celebration of undergraduates in research. From the Series:Undergraduate Research Symposium

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:31 PM

Many scientists are frustrated. Why doesn’t the public seem to understand, or care about, many vital findings such as those related to global climate change and natural disasters? Dr. Anthony Socci, senior science and communications fellow at the American Meteorological Society, hypothesizes p...

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:31 PM

Professor Don Brownlee investigates interplanetary dust, comets, meteorites and the origin of the solar system through research conducted at the University of Washington, the Lunar Science Institute and the California Institute of Technology. Professor Peter Ward studies living organisms as well...

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:31 PM

The products of natural, and human, selection are all around us. Humans have transformed wild plants into useful crops by selective breeding and produced domesticated animals with sizes and shapes very different from their wild ancestors. Genetic crosses suggest that relatively few genetic chang...

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:31 PM

Bionic Man has bounded from science fiction to 21st century reality. Today’s engineers are developing "smart" materials and frontier-blazing technology to grow new human tissue, build entire organs, target drug delivery and even use the brain to control artificial limbs. These innovations will h...

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:31 PM

From genetics to cosmology to nanotechnology, science is on the brink of numerous and extraordinary mega-revolutions that will change the very nature of life. Closer to Truth brings together leading scientists, scholars and artists to debate many of today’s fundamental issues. Joining ...

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:31 PM

Dr. William Brody, president of Johns Hopkins University presents his lecture, "Uncommon Sense and Innovation." Brody is the 13th president of Johns Hopkins University. With his extensive education in electrical engineering and medicine, Brody knows the importance of discovery and inno...