Solar Dynamics Observatory: Our Sun in High-Definition - Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Kelly Korreck, CfA
The Sun provides the Earth with light and heat, but also blasts billions of tons of hot plasma into interplanetary space. Launched in 2010, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) is exploring our closest star with the latest technology.
January 19, 2012
Winter Career Fair 2012
The University of Notre Dame Career Center hosted its 2012 Winter Career Fair and Diversity Reception on Wednesday, February 1, 2012. Over 125 employers and more than 1500 students attended the 2012 Fair. careercenter.nd.edu
The People's Planet: Reconnecting climate science, climate policy and reality
Myles Allen (Professor of Geosystem Science, School of Geography and the Environment and Department of Physics) delivers his inaugural lecture on 28 Nov 2011.
Storytubes 2012 I Want My Hat Back
Tibetan Nomads' Rights
This is a political 4:30 video about "China's policy of settling all of 2.25 million Tibetan nomads is a death sentence to the nomadic way of life in Tibet, an intrinsic part of Tibetan culture. " It could be used as the start of a research project or to have students check for facts. Regardless, the video must be previewed.
Lunch Poems - giovanni singleton
http://lunchpoems.berkeley.edu/
This reading celebrates the publication of ascension (Counterpath Press), the first book of poems by giovanni singleton, coordinator of Lunch Poems. She has recently been selected by the Poetry Society of America for its biennial New American Poets series. singleton is a recipient of a New Langton Bay Area Award Show for Literature and has been a fellow at Squaw Valley Community of Writers, Cave Canem: A Workshop for African-American Poets, and the Napa Valley Wri
How to Read Music
Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Written music can show you how to play a piece of music that you've heard, remind you how to play a piece that you don't have memorized, or teach you a piece you've never heard before. Here are […]
Dances of the Ragtime Era 1910-1920
This video provides a glimpse at some of the dances that were popular during the early 20th Century. The video is a nice combination of the arts and history and can be used to teach students steps from these dances. (07:23)
Science Bulletins: Tapping In—The Promise of Brain-Computer Interface
For decades, neuroscientists have sought to use electronics to communicate with the brain. Computing and surgical technique have now become sophisticated enough to implant devices directly into neural tissue. In this feature, researchers at Albany Medical Center and the Wadsworth Center at the New York State Department of Health reveal a world where mind and machine merge. Their cutting-edge devices translate brain signals into action, helping people with ALS and other disabilities regain the ab
ECB could surrender to save Greece - Breakingviews
Feb. 8 - Noises out of Frankfurt suggest the ECB may not demand Greek bond repayment at face value, which would help the country inch closer to a deal, says Reuters Breakingviews assistant editor, Robert Cole.
Dr. Arun recovery video 2.2.2012 after his hernia surgery by "Dr. Desarda Repair Technique"
By: desarda New method of tension free simple inguinal hernia repair without mesh, drive car next day, day surgery hernia operation, no mesh, no complications, no recurrence, local, followed in many countries
Tip of the Week: SNPxGE2, SNP-coexpression associations
By: OpenHelix This tip of the week introduces SNPxGE2, a SNP-coexpression association database. See more here:http://blog.openhelix.eu/?p=11050
Le printemps des bonzaïs (version anglaise)
Global economy is a model that is showing its limits.
Today, an alternative exists: Social Business. This new business model brings moral back into the economy and creates a fairer world by making each one of us a responsible actor. Social entrepreneurs are the leaders of this new model.
"Le printemps des bonzais" draws the portrait of 3 of them. Marie-Noëlle Besançon is working on Health Care, Jérôme Schatzmann on Fair Trade and Grégoire Héaulme on Microf
How to draw Bart Simpson (The Simpsons)
Learn how to draw Bart Simpson from 'The Simpsons' with the best drawing tutorial online. (02:51)
Skills for Learning at Leeds Metropolitan University
Find out more about how the Skills for Learning website and programme of workshops can help you boost your study skills.
Visit the Skills for Learning website for more information: http://skillsforlearning.leedsmet.ac.uk/
18.03SC Differential Equations (MIT)
The laws of nature are expressed as differential equations. Scientists and engineers must know how to model the world in terms of differential equations, and how to solve those equations and interpret the solutions. This course focuses on the equations and techniques most useful in science and engineering.
Actuación en Situaciones Especiales (2012)
La asignatura “Actuación en Situaciones Especiales” dota al alumno de conocimientos y aptitudes básicas necesarias para afrontar situaciones de urgencia, emergencia y catástrofes, en definitiva, aquellas situaciones que implican un riesgo vital que comprometen la salud de las personas.
What can I say? Secrets in fiction and biography
Booker Prize winning novelist Alan Hollinghurst discusses fiction and biography in conversation with Hermione Lee at Wolfson College's Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (OCLW). Alan Hollinghurst gives an insight into the secrets of his fiction at Wolfson College's Oxford Centre for Life-Writing, speaking in conversation with College President and literary biographer Hermione Lee on the complex relationships between biographer and subject; lived experience and the attempt to record it, a subject he
Under the Hood - Part I: The Ground Floor Right now the frame of the Bigelow Street building is obscured within a white plastic bubble, protecting it from the New England winter. Inside, however, work forges ahead as mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems in support of the future data center are installed. In this video, Greg Webster of Turner Construction, narrates a "fly-through" or virtual tour of the lower floor of the two storey structure as seen using the bui
