Physics (Audio)

Physics (Audio) episodes:

• 05.17.2023

  What It Means To Be Curious With Nobel Laureate Barry Barish

  Nobel Laureate and physicist Barry Barish, professor at UC Riverside, reflects on his life in science, being curious, experiencing imposter syndrome, and working in the field of physics with Brian Keating, host of the "Into the Impossible" podcast and professor...

  
• 04.16.2023

  Carver Mead - 2022 Kyoto Prize Laureate in Advanced Technology: Engineering Concepts Clarify Physical Law

  Carver Mead is a pioneer of modern microelectronics. He proposed a new methodology, very large-scale integration (VLSI), that would make it possible for creating millions or billions of transistors on a single integrated circuit (microchip). His research investigated techniques for...

  
• 11.24.2022

  Honoring the Historic Contributions of Mayer Hall to the Field of Physics

  The American Physical Society has designated UC San Diego’s Mayer Hall as a historic site in recognition of research conducted by physicists Walter Kohn and Lu Jeu Sham on density functional theory. Their development of the "Kohn-Sham equation" inside Mayer...

  
• 03.15.2022

  A New Measure: The Revolutionary Quantum Reform of the Modern Metric System

  The International System of Units (the SI), the modern metric system, has recently undergone its most revolutionary change since its origins during the French Revolution. The nature of this revolution is that all of the base units of the SI...

  
• 03.11.2022

  Time Einstein and the Coolest Stuff in the Universe

  At the beginning of the 20th century, Einstein changed the way we think about time. Now, early in the 21st century, the measurement of time is being revolutionized by the ability to cool a gas of atoms to temperatures...

  
• 11.04.2021

  My Career in Physics with Julio Barreiro Guerrero - Mi Camino

  Julio Barreiro Guerrero grew up in a public housing project in Acapulco de Juarez. Inspired by a junior high teacher, he found his passion for science. Through hard work and focus he found himself the recipient of scholarships that opened...

  
• 06.11.2021

  The Art and Science of Music with Victor Minces - Creative Conversations

  Victor Minces teaches the science of music. He seeks to transform our perception of everyday experiences by revealing the physics behind them. Through his program, Listening to Waves, he works to make science accessible to all and imbue creativity in...

  
• 06.28.2018

  Biomolecular Action Movies: Flash Imaging with X-ray Lasers

  Proteins are nature’s machines, performing tasks from transforming sunlight into useable energy to binding oxygen for transport through the body. These functions depend on structural arrangement of atoms within the protein, which was, until recently, only possible to measure statistically,...

  
• 06.07.2018

  Laser-Plasma Accelerators: Riding the Wave to the Next Generation X-Ray Light Sources

  Particle accelerators have been revolutionizing discoveries in science, medicine, industry and national security for over a century. An estimated 30,000 particle accelerators are currently active around the world. In these machines, electromagnetic fields accelerate charged particles, such as electrons, protons,...

  
• 11.27.2017

  Complexity and Robustness: How Biology Ecology and Technology Balance Tradeoffs in an Uncertain World

  Do complex systems exhibit fundamental properties? This talk looks at tradeoffs between robustness and fragility that occur in biological, ecological, and technological systems that are driven by design, evolution, or other sorting processes to high-performance states which are also tolerant...

  
• 04.24.2017

  Lakshana Huddar Berkeley: How to Build an Advanced Nuclear Reactor in a University Laboratory

  Lakshana Huddar, Berkeley: How to Build an Advanced Nuclear Reactor in a University Laboratory Series: "Women in Science" [Science] [Show ID: 31079]

  
• 02.06.2017

  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 underpins this model, which many physicists believe...

  
• 02.06.2017

  Tianyu Liu Santa Cruz: Enhancing the Performance of Supercapacitors Through Facilitation of Ion Diffusion

  Tianyu Liu, Santa Cruz: Enhancing the Performance of Supercapacitors Through Facilitation of Ion Diffusion Series: "Women in Science" [Science] [Show ID: 31080]

  
• 12.19.2016

  Harnessing Fusion: Creating a Sun on Earth

  The National Ignition Facility (NIF) at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is the world's largest and most powerful laser system. Experimental physicist Tammy Ma explores how and why scientists and engineers are working hard to demonstrate sustainable fusion burn...

  
• 11.14.2016

  Why Does Time Advance?: Richard Muller's New Theory

  A simple question from his wife – Does physics really allow people to travel back in time? – propelled physicist Richard Muller on a quest to resolve a fundamental problem that had puzzled him throughout his 45-year career: Why does...

  
• 10.27.2016

  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]

  
• 10.07.2016

  Cuando Las Cosas se Ponen Pequenas

  ¿Qué tienen que ver un tazón de maní del porte de un estadio, un elefante que se encoge y un jugador de hockey enloquecido con la nanociencia? Esas son solo algunas de las disparatadas excursiones que le esperan cuando el...

  
• 04.06.2016

  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 Mediterranean ecosystems, the fate of California Oak trees, and...

  
• 03.23.2016

  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 ‘firewall’ paradox: if quantum mechanics is to be saved, then an astronaut falling into a...

  
• 03.21.2016

  The International Year of the Light Symposium: Session 3

  We are visual beings, and qualities such as “insight” and “vision” describe our understanding well beyond sensory input. Light and more generally, electromagnetic radiation, has dramatically changed our knowledge of the physical world. It is also the source of the...

  
• 03.14.2016

  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, Enabling Photonic ICs with Larry Coldren. Lightwave Technologies Are Key To: Good Health,...

  
• 03.07.2016

  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. “Plastic” Solar Cells with Alan Heeger. First Light: the Cosmic Microwave Background and Early Universe Physics...

  
• 11.17.2015

  Tiger Math

  Patrick Sanan, who studied mathematics at UC San Diego, explains how he combined geometry and physics to devise the mathematics that made possible the visualization of the virtual tiger Richard in the Oscar award-winning motion picture, “Life of Pi.” Series:...

  
• 11.16.2015

  Space-Time Versus the Quantum

  UCSB’s Joseph Polchinski speaks about the search for a unified theory of the laws of physics, and the difficulty of reconciling two of the main pieces: quantum mechanics, which governs the very small, and general relativity, which governs the very...

  
• 09.25.2015

  Smart Puppy and TeenyTiny Dots

  Holy hairball! Smart Puppy shows how small a nanodot is! Series: "UCTV Prime" [Science] [Show ID: 30081]

  
• 09.23.2015

  Smart Puppy and Super Conductors

  Smart Puppy shows why a super conductor is super! Series: "UCTV Prime" [Science] [Show ID: 30080]

  
• 09.23.2015

  Smart Puppy and The Fantastic Frozen Flying Saucer

  Hang on to your frozen butts! Smart Puppy’s kitty buds take a wild-ride on Boaz Almog’s fantastic frozen flying saucer! Series: "UCTV Prime" [Science] [Show ID: 30079]

  
• 07.06.2015

  Invention of Blue LED Laser and Solid State Light with Shuji Nakamura

  Shuji Nakamura discusses the way in which his invention grew to be what it is by starting with the work of growing high-quality gallium nitride (GaN) crystals in 1991 to demonstrating highly luminescent, blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs) in 1994. The...

  
• 03.12.2015

  Smart Puppy and Teensy-Weensy Magnets!

  Smart Puppy’s furry friends discover teensy-weensy magnets! Series: "Not Too Serious Labs" [Science] [Education] [Show ID: 28714]

  
• 02.18.2015

  Celebrating Nobel Prize Laser Inventor Charles Townes

  Charles Hard Townes, a professor emeritus of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, who shared the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics for invention of the laser and subsequently pioneered the use of lasers in astronomy, died at the age...

  
• 12.15.2014

  Smart Puppy and The Tiniest Magnet!

  Smart Puppy and friends find the tiniest magnet! Series: "Not Too Serious Labs" [Science] [Education] [Show ID: 28917]

  
• 12.02.2014

  Smart Puppy and Super-what?!

  Smart Puppy shows his pals when a magnet is not a magnet. Series: "Not Too Serious Labs" [Science] [Education] [Show ID: 28916]

  
• 12.01.2014

  Smart Puppy and Friends Play with Peanuts!

  Smart Puppy and friends play with peanuts! Series: "Not Too Serious Labs" [Science] [Education] [Show ID: 28915]

  
• 12.01.2014

  Smart Puppy and an Amazing Tennis Ball Trick!

  Smart Puppy and friends do an amazing trick with a really teeny-tiny tennis ball! Series: "Not Too Serious Labs" [Science] [Education] [Show ID: 28715]

  
• 10.13.2014

  The Universe and Computers with George Smoot

  George Smoot, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, describes the research that led to his Nobel Prize in physics in 2006. Series: "Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory " [Science] [Show ID: 28608]

  
• 04.07.2014

  Leo Szilard: The Man Behind the Bomb with William Lanouette -- The Library Channel

  The UC San Diego Library Channel presents a talk by William Lanouette, author of “Genius in the Shadows: A Biography of Leo Szilard.” Lanouette explains how Szilard’s fear of German dominance of nuclear research in the 1930’s inspired the...

  
• 12.09.2013

  Cleaning Up Construction Runoff

  Soil scientists are using a non-toxic chemical at construction sites to remove dirt from muddy stormwater before it reaches streams. From Inside Science TV, supported by the American Institute of Physics and a group of science, technology, engineering and...

  
• 12.02.2013

  Behind the Scenes at Berkeley Lab - The Mechanical Fabrication Facility

  Part of the Behind the Scenes series at Berkeley Lab, this video highlights the lab's mechanical fabrication facility and its exceptional ability to produce unique tools essential to the lab's scientific mission. Through a combination of skilled craftsmanship and precision...

  
• 10.28.2013

  SudoGlove Points Remote Controls Towards a More Natural Future

  Electrical engineering students designed a special glove that can act as a simpler, more natural remote control for a variety of different devices. From Inside Science TV, supported by the American Institute of Physics and a group of science, technology,...

  
• 10.23.2013

  Albert Fert: The Rugby Player Who Got the Nobel Prize

  A lively and wide-ranging visit with Albert Fert, life-long rugby player and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of an effect that revolutionized electronics forever. Series: "Not Too Serious Labs" [Science] [Show ID: 25570]

  
• 10.07.2013

  StarCAVE Pushes Virtual Reality to New Frontiers

  A virtual reality room called StarCAVE takes scientific exploration, and potentially home entertainment, to a whole new level. From Inside Science TV, supported by the American Institute of Physics and a group of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics societies....

  
• 10.07.2013

  Herbert Kroemer Retirement

  Friends and colleagues gather to discuss the life and work of Nobel Prize recipient Herbert Kroemer. Series: "Voices" [Science] [Show ID: 25308]

  
• 09.16.2013

  Astronomy Tool Detects Eye Diseases Earlier

  Retinal-imaging method uses adaptive optics. From Inside Science TV, supported by the American Institute of Physics and a group of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics societies. Series: "Inside Science TV" [Science] [Show ID: 25568]

  
• 03.18.2013

  The Beginning and End of the Universe: What Physics Says

  Berkeley Lab's Science at the Theater traveled across the Bay to San Francisco's Herbst Theater for a star turn by two of the Lab's Nobel laureates. George Smoot received the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics for the "discovery of the...

  
• 03.04.2013

  Cold Atom Quantum Simulation

  Quantum simulation seeks to use the precision and control of ultracold atomic physics to address questions regarding the many-body quantum mechanics of condensed matter systems. Presented by David Weld, Assistant Professor of Physics at UC Santa Barbara. Series: "Scientific Horizons"...

  
• 02.04.2013

  Quantum Cascade Lasers: From Lab Curiosity to Tools (Or How to Convert Ideas into Products) with Kumar Patel

  Kumar Patel came to UCLA from a successful career at Bell Labs. He invented the carbon dioxide laser and has been nominated for a Nobel Prize multiple times. Patel is a professor of physics with a joint appointment in electrical...

  
• 09.13.2012

  Leaping Lizards - UCTV Prime Cuts

  If you're a chamber music fan and you find Wigmore, Alice Tully and Carnegie halls not nearly exclusive enough, consider UCLA's Clark Library. Since 1994, the beloved rare-book library in Los Angeles' West Adams district has featured the same talent...

  
• 03.05.2012

  Seeing the Light

  Learn how the Advanced Light Source is improving medicine, paving the way for clean energy, changing the future of computers, and much more. Featured speakers are Berkeley Lab's Roger Falcone, Rachel Segalman, Andrew Westphal, and Stanford University's Axel Brunger. Series:...

  
• 02.13.2012

  Big Thinking: The Power of Nanoscience

  Hear from young nano-scientists who are doing research on developing new energy sources and materials that will help answer the question – “what will power our civilization as oil supplies dwindle?” Series: "Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory " [Science] [Show...

  
• 01.24.2012

  Magnetic Mania…Magnetism on Earth and Beyond

  Explore magnetism around us on Earth and in outer space. The four main points (big ideas) in this movie are as follows: we find magnetism on Earth and beyond (moving from the small and immediate to the large and celestial);...