Relatively Certain Podcast
1) Putting On a Particle Play
Back in the 1950s, theoretical physicists postulated that the kinds of particles we actually see in nature are just the tip of the iceberg. Many other types of particles with weird properties, which t...Show More
2) Quantum-Safe Algorithms Face Off in NIST’s Cryptography Showdown
While browsing the web, you might not realize that the security of your online transactions is guaranteed by a hard-to-crack math problem called factoring. But this security could evaporate in an inst...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.3) Quantum-Safe Algorithms Face Off in NIST’s Cryptography Showdown
While browsing the web, you might not realize that the security of your online transactions is guaranteed by a hard-to-crack math problem called factoring. But this security could evaporate in an inst...Show More
4) Science in Quarantine: A Rush to Go Remote
In this episode, we look back at the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, when impending lab closures were threatening scientific progress and graduate student careers. We sit down with Laird Egan, th...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.5) Science in Quarantine: A Rush to Go Remote
In this episode, we look back at the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, when impending lab closures were threatening scientific progress and graduate student careers. We sit down with Laird Egan, th...Show More
6) Diamonds Are a Quantum Sensing Scientist’s Best Friend
We all know that diamonds can hold great sentimental (and monetary) value. As luck may have it, diamonds—particularly defective ones, with little errors in their crystal structure—also hold great scie...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.7) Diamonds Are a Quantum Sensing Scientist’s Best Friend
We all know that diamonds can hold great sentimental (and monetary) value. As luck may have it, diamonds—particularly defective ones, with little errors in their crystal structure—also hold great scie...Show More
8) The Secrets Atoms Hold, Part 2: Gravity
Gravity is a fixture of our everyday lives, particularly apparent when we drop a piece of toast on the kitchen floor or trip over an unseen step. Not surprisingly, physicists have studied gravity heav...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.9) The Secrets Atoms Hold, Part 2: Gravity
In this episode of Relatively Certain, JQI Adjunct Fellow Marianna Safronova and JQI Fellow Charles Clark return to discuss the limits of our understanding of gravity, and how new experiments with ato...Show More
10) Science in Quarantine: Microscopy Migrates from Lab to Living Room
In the midst of the global coronavirus pandemic, the luckiest among us have simply been relegated to working from home. And many people have had to find creative ways to turn their home into an office...Show More
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