Physics (Video)

Future rocket scientists aren’t the only ones that need a good foundation in science and math. In today’s world, all students do -- but nearly two-thirds of 18 year-olds are showing up for college or career unprepared. Astronaut and UCSD physics professor Sally Ride describes her own path into the space program, and discusses the need to improve science and math education for all students -- not just future rocket scientists. Series: "Women in Science" [Science] [Education] [Show ID: 20848]

More than two dozen UC San Diego physicists are working with hundreds of other scientists at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider near Geneva, searching for a subatomic particle called the “Higgs boson.” How are they doing it? What have they found thus far? And why is this search considered one of civilization’s greatest quests? UC San Diego Professor of Physics Vivek Sharma, who directs the Higgs search for the CMS collaboration, explains what physicists hope to achieve at the world’s largest scientific experiment, involving an estimated 10,000 individuals from 60 countries. Series: "Frontiers of Knowledge" [Science] [Show ID: 20046]

Professor Boris Shraiman becomes the first holder of the Susan F. Gurley Chair in Theoretical Physics and Biology, for his pioneering efforts in the newly emerging field of theoretical (or quantitative) biology. Afterwards, Professor Shraiman delivers a lecture on his work to date. Series: "Scientific Horizons" [Science] [Show ID: 18581]