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This is a simplistic tutorial on tone and combinational frequency.
Levels:
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frequency
beats
tone
This educational site offers background information on fluorescence as well as various applications in which it can be used.
Levels: Undergrad
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fluorophore
fluorescence
photobleaching
stokes shift
resonance energy transfer
Comprehensive guide comparing various vertabrate and invertabrate circulatory systems, as well as their anatomy and physiology.
Levels: Middle School
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hemoglobin
blood
circulatory system
A comprehensive tutorial about animal cell biology and all of the organelles involved in structure and metabolism.
Levels: Middle School
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biology
mitochondria
ribosomes
cell
organelle
nucleus
Levels: K5
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spectrum
sun
liht
This applet is a simplistic tutorial about the affects of changing the media (n) in which light passes through and the resulting changes in the angle of incidence, reflection, or refraction.
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reflection
refraction
total internal reflection (tir)
Fluorescence Microscopy movies
Levels: High School, Undergrad, and Grad
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microscopy
fluorescence
fluorescence microscopy
Large Center for Bioengineering education
Levels: High School
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education
courseware
biomedical engineering
Primary additive and subtractive colors
Levels: Middle School, High School, and Undergrad
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filters
primary colors
red
green
blue
yellow
cyan
magenta
additive colors
subtractive colors
Optical ray tracing using origami. This use of Origami allows you to mimick what happens to light rays when interacting with mirrors. Computer ray-tracing simulations now do this but the paper approach is still a quick way of thinking of simpler optical setups.
Levels: K5, Middle School, Public, High School, Undergrad, and Grad
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reflection
optics
simulation
ray-tracing
modeling
light rays
origami
A gamma camera has been customized to detect the earliest signs of breast cancer, before it can be felt as a lump or seen in a mammogram.\r\n
Levels: High School
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gamma camera
cancer
A short summary of the history of fiber optics.
Levels: Undergrad
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fiber optics
frequency
wavelength
excellent Java based simulations of wave interference, laser function, blackbody, laser trapping and more
Levels: Undergrad, Grad, Middle School, Public, and High School
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simulation
wave interference
laser
laser trapping
Various applets regarding X-rays, CAT scans, microwave ovens, lasers, TV screens, and laptop screens.
Levels: Middle School
Tags:
lasers
liquid crystal display (lcd)
fluorophores
Activities with ultraviolet sensing beads
Levels: K5
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uv
beads
This site has a figure showing the primary absorption spectra of biological tissues. Also shown are the absorption coefficients at some typical laser wavelengths.\r\nIt also lists the major contributors to the absorption spectrum.\r\n
Levels: Undergrad
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absorption
wavelength
tissue
Article describing the use of GFP - green fluorescent protein. Includes the discovery and 2008 Nobel prize winners for the use of GFP.
Levels: Undergrad, Grad, Middle School, High School, Professional, and Public
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green fluorescence protein (gfp)
RNA comes in different forms: messenger, transfer and ribosomal, to provide vital translational functions in a cell.
Levels: Public, High School, Undergrad, and Grad
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biology
rna
translation
mrna
trna
rrna
This website contains an extensive list of instructional applets regarding physics, optics, kinematics, waves, and electricity.
Levels: High School
Tags:
optics
waves
OLED (organic LED) in a bandage-like configuration is used for doing PDT treatments of skin cancer.
Levels: Public, High School, Undergrad, and Grad
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pdt
skin cancer treatment
oled
portable
