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)

Cardiovascular Research | diSCovering science

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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...