From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:29 PM

The NSFNET Program was conceived as a three-level network of networks, with the national backbone connecting to roughly a dozen regional networks, in turn connecting to individual campus networks. The number and coverage of regional networks grew steadily beginning in 1986 until the entire count...

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:29 PM

In "Federal and State Land Management Approaches," public land managers address sustainability of natural resources through two perspectives: public values and scientific realities. The degree to which they are both inspired and constrained by these perspectives is tempered by politics, funding ...

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:29 PM

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:29 PM

Other than Marie Curie, little is known about women scientists. Ruth Lewin Sime, author of “Lise Meitner: A Life in Physics,” discusses the life of Meitner, a pioneer in nuclear physics and the epic story behind her co-discovery of nuclear fission. From the Series:Frontier

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:29 PM

Stanford School of Medicine presents a comprehensive guide to the Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection. In this series, medical experts from Stanford and peer institutions address the latest research, diagnostic procedures and treatments. From the Series:The HIV Course

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:29 PM

"Walking Water Home" tells the story of Colorado State University’s student chapter of Engineers Without Borders and their water projects in El Salvador. During this trip in August 2007 they completed a pipeline project bringing water to the center of town for the first time in the history of El ...

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:29 PM

Come along on a voyage of discovery as scientists at the University of Wisconsin – Madison reveal three exciting research projects. The IceCube observatory in Antarctica is furthering our understanding of physics through new high-energy sources. Learn about the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerlan...

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:29 PM

Scientist Steve McNutt of the Geophysical Institute at University of Alaska Fairbanks created this video of King Cove and Pavlof fieldwork from June 17 to July 12, 1996. From the Series:Geophysical Institute Scientists in Action

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:29 PM

The theme for this round of the Denman Forestry Issues Series is Trust and Transition: Perspectives on Native American Forestry. Three speakers focus on issues dealing with the stewardship of the natural resources located on the forest lands managed by Native American tribes, across America, in ...

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:29 PM

Introduction to the "NSFNET: The Partnership That Changed the World" anniversary event in Arlington, VA on November 29-30, 2007. From the Series:NSFNET: The Partnership That Changed the World

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:29 PM

This second documentary in a series of three briefly summarizes the creation of the Women in Science & Engineering Leadership Institute (WISELI) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Three of WISELI’s major new initiatives designed to increase the recruitment, retention and advancement of wome...

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:29 PM

This program provides an overview of water issues in the Pacific Northwest and discusses the impact of climate change on precipitation and water supply. Speakers also address stormwater issues and streamflow prediction. From the Series:Denman Forestry Issues

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:29 PM

The theme for this round of the Denman Forestry Issues Series is Trust and Transition: Perspectives on Native American Forestry. Three speakers focus on issues dealing with the stewardship of the natural resources located on the forest lands managed by Native American tribes, across America, in ...

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:29 PM

Most of the mass of the Universe is Dark Matter, mysterious stuff detected only by its gravitational effects. Is it made of new elementary particles, black holes, or something even stranger? New experiments are revealing clues to its composition and a few other surprises along the way. From the ...

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:28 PM

Images relayed from the Galileo spacecraft have provided the most compelling evidence yet that there are likely to be two oceans in our solar system: one on Earth and one on Europa, a moon circling Jupiter. Find out how studying the ocean right off the coast of Washington could be a key in explo...

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:28 PM

Molecular and Cellular Biology graduate student, Todd Nystul, describes his research in the suspended animation of complicated biological life forms. The techniques and procedures he is helping research could one day be used to help trauma victims. Todd discusses the flexibility and interdiscipl...

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:28 PM

Recent psychological research has revealed widely held unconscious thought patterns that most people would rather not possess. Dr. Anthony Greenwald, psychology professor at the University of Washington, describes his research developing the method (described in Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink) that re...

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:28 PM

Dr. Evan Eichler, UW genome sciences professor and investigator with Howard Hughes Medical Institute, examines what current human genome research reveals about disease. From the Series:Molecular Medicine Public Lecture Series

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:28 PM

Two fundamental theories — quantum mechanics and relativity -- have changed forever our understanding of reality. Quantum mechanics describes the very small-scale structure of atoms and their components. Relativity describes the very large-scale structure of space and time. Today...

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:28 PM

Two fundamental theories — quantum mechanics and relativity -- have changed forever our understanding of reality. Quantum mechanics describes the very small-scale structure of atoms and their components. Relativity describes the very large-scale structure of space and time. Today...