This week, Dr. Shireen Adenwalla shows that condensed matter physics is brimming not only with technological promise but also with strange and beautiful phenomena. Shireen introduces Jocelyn and Bradley to superconductivity, superfluidity, and other superlatives of condensed matter physics, and she tells us how she created the website Funsize Physics to bring this cutting-edge research to a broad audience. With a little help from Samuel L. Jackson (or is it Samuel R. Jackson?), the friends discuss Shireen’s current research on chiral molecules. Finally, with her trademark wit and wisdom, Shireen offers advice for young people, and especially young women, who are embarking on careers in science.

Links:
NCMN: https://ncmn.unl.edu/faculty/adenwalla
Funsize Physics:
https://funsizephysics.com/
https://www.aps.org/units/foep/newsletters/september2019/spotlight.cfm
https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/nebraska-led-website-shows-wonders-of-funsize-physics/
https://journalstar.com/news/local/education/unl-website-puts-the-fun-in-physics/article_6f0123a6-484d-5d9d-8e3c-db232cd21b63.html

Thalidomide chirality:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/02/160208124237.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrTHfBCduRA

First Transistor: https://www.edn.com/1st-successful-test-of-the-transistor-december-16-1947/


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