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BIOTECHNOLOGY IN THE 21ST CENTURY - Biotechnology is revolutionizing life in the 21st century, but with every
breakthrough comes controversy. Do the benefits of stem cell technology, gene-splicing, and other advances outweigh the
risks? Using interviews with experts, footage of scientists at work, 3-D animations, and on-screen text, this balanced series
introduces viewers to a field of science - and the pressing issues associated with it - that is rapidly changing the world.
BIOINFORMATICS, GENOMICS, AND PROTEOMICS: Getting the Big Picture - If the 20th century was the era of physics and
nuclear fission, the 21st belongs to the life sciences. Moving from gene, to genome, to genetically based diseases, this
program provides an overview of the interrelated fields of genomics, proteomics, and bioinformatics, with an emphasis on
practical applications of biotechnology to the field of medicine. Are genetically personalized drugs around the next corner?
BIOTECHNOLOGY AND YOUR HEALTH: Pharmaceutical Applications - Scientists have come a long, long way since Alexander
Fleming’s discovery of penicillin, the wonder drug of the 20th century. This program explains the function of infectionfighting
antibiotics; vaccinations and insulin, crucial to the prevention of diseases such as smallpox and the management of
diabetes; recombinant drugs, treatments involving genetically engineered DNA; and stem cells, those chameleon-like building
blocks of the body. 24 minutes
BIOTECHNOLOGY ON THE FARM AND IN THE FACTORY: Agricultural and Industrial Applications - As the world’s population
and overall standard of living continue to increase, the growing demand for food, fuel, and consumer products has reached
unprecedented levels. This program examines how biotechnology is helping to meet those needs through genetic engineering
to increase crop yields and improve the nutritional value of key staple foods; animal agriculture, founded on selective
breeding and edging toward lab-based genetic engineering; and industrial applications
of biotech in the manufacturing of chemicals, textiles, beverages, and fuel.
THE ETHICS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY - The Nuclear Age - sprung upon the world with the
atomic bomb - remains a bitter memory. How biotechnology, with its power to change
life on Earth at the most fundamental level, will be viewed in the decades to come
depends on decisions being made right now. This program confronts viewers with
some of the ethical and moral implications of cloning, stem cell research, and animal
testing. 24 minutes
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ESSENTIAL CHEMISTRY SERIES
Filmed at Widener University and the Chemical Heritage Foundation, this fiveprogram
series spotlights foundational aspects of chemistry that every science student needs to know. Footage of laboratory
experiments reinforcing important concepts, sophisticated animations illustrating technical points of discussion, and
commentary by experts passionate about science.
ATOMS, MOLECULES, AND COMPOUNDS - All matter in the observable universe - from a single blade of grass to a planet in a
faraway galaxy - is made up of atoms, molecules, and compounds. This program introduces these minuscule building blocks in
five sections: The Nucleus (protons and neutrons, energy shells, binding energy, fission and fusion); The Electrons (quantum
numbers, spdf orbitals); The Elements (periodic table, valence electrons, ions and ionization energy, electronegativity,
covalent and ionic bonds); The Energy of Atoms (exothermic and endothermic reactions, spontaneous reactions, Gibbs free
energy, activation energy, catalysts); and Common Compounds (properties of sodium chloride and water, polarity).
CHEMICAL REACTIONS - What do fireworks, a fried egg, and a rusting truck have in common? They all involve chemical
reactions. This program illustrates the mechanics of chemical reactions in five sections: Chemical Reactions (reactants and
products, state changes, diatomic elements and molecules, Law of Conservation of Mass); Chemical Bonding (Octet Rule,
ionic and covalent bonds); Types of Chemical Reactions (synthesis and decomposition reactions, single and double
displacement reactions, acid/base reactions, exothermic and endothermic reactions); Reaction Rates (moles, kinetic energy,
solutes and solvents, catalysts, activators and inhibitors, enzymes); and Reactions All Around Us (photosynthesis and
chemosynthesis, autotrophs and photoautotrophs, bioluminescence). 28 minutes
METALS - On the periodic table, three-quarters of all the elements are classified as one sort of metal or another. Divided
into five sections, this program provides a thorough overview of metals: Metals in Our World (includes iron, lithium,
magnesium, mercury, potassium, silver, sodium, uranium, zinc); Alkali Metals (history and properties of lithium, sodium,
potassium, rubidium, cesium, francium); Alkaline Earth Metals (history and properties of beryllium, magnesium, calcium,
strontium, barium, radium); Transition Metals (properties of iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, silver, gold, zinc, cadmium,
mercury); and Metals and Chemical Reactions (exothermic and endothermic reactions, oxidation and combustion reactions,
acid/base reactions). 26 minutes
THE PERIODIC TABLE - Much more than a list of elements, the periodic table is a snapshot of how matter is organized on
Earth and throughout the universe. In five sections, this program looks at the history and components of the periodic table:
The History of the Periodic Table (from the atomos of Democritus to the atoms of Mendeleev); Metals (how to read the
periodic table, transition metals, alkali metals, alkaline earth metals); Lanthanides, Actinides, and Transuranium Elements
(properties of lanthanides and actinides, transuranium and transfermium elements); The BCNOs (properties of metalloids,
other metals, and nonmetals); and Halogens and Noble Gases (properties and applications of halogens and noble gases).
STATES OF MATTER - This program scrutinizes the concept of phase transitions - from naturally occurring changes in state to
those created in laboratories - in five sections: Solids, Liquids, and Gases (properties of molecules in different states;
hydrogen bonds, dipole-dipole forces, dispersion forces; effects of temperature, pressure, and volume on atomic and
molecular movement; Ideal Gas Law); Evaporation and Condensation (intermolecular forces, boiling/condensing point,
endothermic reactions); Melting and Freezing (melting/freezing point, ionic and covalent bonds, cations and anions);
Sublimation and Deposition (triple points and phase diagrams); and Other States of Matter (plasma, liquid crystals, Bose-
Einstein condensates, superfluids and supersolids).
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