LASER: Materials Science Podcast

LASER: Materials Science Podcast

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LASER: Materials Science Podcast episodes

  • Episode 4 – Rigid Opaque Governing Bodies
    In Episode 4 of LASER, we discuss new ionic conductor materials with applications in biomedicine and in technology, talk with Ben Tippett of the Titanium Physicists Podcast about the politics of scientific funding in Canada, and how the US government shutdown affected scientists.
    1 hr 14 min
  • Episode 3 – Lasers, Lasers Everywhere
    This week on LASER we discuss Light Sabers, building Atomic Force Microscopes out of LEGO, a short film from IBM Research Labs, water on Mars, and blasting asteroids with tiny laser satellites, with only a little off-topic discussion of webcomics and scifi movies...
    1 hr 11 min
  • Episode 2- A Giant Leap for Frogkind
    We have two new hosts for this episode, Sivan and Matt co-host with Cameron. The discussion includes spider silk coated with carbon nanotubes, the Voyager 1 space probe leaving the solar system, Frank the Frog, the most accurate atomic clock to date, and architectural mishaps that put some people in hot water (har har).
    See the full show notes at http://laserpodcast.com
    1 hr
  • Pulse! 1 Glass, Graphene, and Magnesium

    Here is the first LASER Pulse! episode. These are short 10-30 minute updates that will fit in between the regular fortnightly release schedule.   Today’s show briefly covers three new materials science news stories that otherwise wouldn’t make it to the full-length shows.

    The topics we talk about are:

    “Guinness Record: World’s Thinnest Glass Is Just Two Atoms Thick” – Science Daily

    “3-D Graphene–Solar Power’s next Platinum?” – Michigan Tech

    “Fuel-efficient cars, planes cheaper with Magnesium drawn from ocean” – Phys.org

    The next full-length episode is ready to be released on Monday, September 30th.

    11 min
  • Episode 1 – A Thin Veneer of Podcast

    Here’s the very first episode of LASER!   Let us know what you think in the comments.  Today we discuss how ancient artifacts were gold coated, a new form of carbon called “carbyne,” and how scientific data is published and shared.

     

    Show Notes:

    2:30  Alex introduces himself as “The Slinky” instead of troll king.  Or, you know,  just using his name.

    3:00 We have some trouble with Italian pronunciation, but eventually find out that we’re talking about the article:  “Ancient technology for metal coatings 2,000 years ago can’t be matched even today” (here’s the full paper)

    9:25 Cameron can’t remember that the “nozzle” in extrusion is called a “die,” and he also doesn’t remember what calendering is.

    10:40 We get to the “can’t be matched even today”  claim

    21:25  Alex briefly explains how a cricket’s knee works

    24:44 The gang drinks some homebrew cider

    27:05  Cameron gets a little angry at famous carbon nanotube research groups

    29:40 We stop arguing and get to the point. Emily inroduces  “New Form of Carbon is Stronger Than Graphene and Diamond”   and the paper is published on arxiv.org, so its available to everyone here!

    35:49  Instead of discussing the actual article (“How to share Scientific Data“) Cameron mostly soapboxes about open access journals and publication of negative results (see PLOS and JUNQ)

    and we discuss the Pub Peer service for commenting on academic papers.

    47:45 Yes, you can grow carbon nanotubes with lasers.

    48:14  Closing statements and our twitter account!

    50:56 the blooper reel begins

     

    Music for this episode:

    Sunny Place, Shady People by Bomb the Music industry (free album)

    A Shine To It by Laura Stevenson and the Cans
    Cider for Breakfast by Great Cynics (http://kindoflikerecords.com/-website down at time of writing)
    Riverside by The Wild (album also available for free)

    55 min

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Discussing recent publications and news in materials science, physics, and engineering fields.