Physics (Video) Podcast
1) Metamaterials Open New Horizons in Electromagnetism with Sir John Pendry 2024 Kyoto Prize Laureate in Advanced Technology
Sir John Pendry is the 2024 Kyoto Prize Laureate in Advanced Technology. He serves as a professor of Theoretical Solid State Physics at Imperial College London. After earning his Ph.D. at University o...Show More
2) Why Do Your Shoelaces Come Untied?
UC Berkeley mechanical engineers have shown why your shoelaces keep coming untied. Itâs a question that everyone asks themselves, often after stopping to retie their shoes, yet no one had investigated...Show More
3) Searching for the Genetic Code of our Universe
The 2012 discovery of the Higgs boson completes a powerful and comprehensive description of nature known as the standard model of particle physics. The next step is to find the new physics that underp...Show More
4) Why Does Time Advance?: Richard Muller's New Theory
A simple question from his wife â Does physics really allow people to travel back in time? â propelled physicist Richard Muller on a quest to resolve a fundamental problem that had puzzled him through...Show More
5) Hacking the Revolution: Quantitative Biology at UC San Diego
A brief overview of how UC San Diego scientists are leading the next revolution in biology. Series: "UCTV Prime" [Science] [Show ID: 30564]
6) On Beyond: Space Dust Exploring Nanomaterials Fire Drought and Ecosystems Oak Tree Ecosystems California Agricultural Legacy
Explore the dust between the stars - and why it is so important, see how researchers explore molecules on the nanoscale to improve materials, discover why natural extremes are critical to Mediterranea...Show More
7) Spacetime Versus the Quantum
Joseph Polchinski explores the battle in physics: either quantum mechanics must break down, or our understanding of spacetime must be wrong. The latest is the âfirewallâ paradox: if quantum mechanics ...Show More
8) The International Year of the Light Symposium: Session 3
We are visual beings, and qualities such as âinsightâ and âvisionâ describe our understanding well beyond sensory input. Light and more generally, electromagnetic radiation, has dramatically changed o...Show More
9) The International Year of the Light Symposium: Session 2
Blue LED and Prospects for the Lighting Industry with Shuji Nakamura. Energy Savings and Future Directions in Solid State Lighting with Steve DenBaars. Semiconductor Lasers: Vertical, Tunable, Enablin...Show More
10) The International Year of the Light Symposium: Session 1
The Double-Heterostructure Concept: How it Got Started with Herbert Kroemer. Silicon Photonic Integrated Circuits with John Bowers. Light, Noise, and Darkness with Amnon Yariv. âPlasticâ Solar Cells w...Show More