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Neutrino scientists are helping to prevent nuclear proliferation.

Calla and Mike team up to discuss the APS Physics Meeting.  Join Calla and Mike as they search for planets, discuss the Higgs Boson and how this research reflects on current science issues.

Are plants magnetic? Scientists at the University of Berkeley have recently tried to find out.

At the bottom of the world in the frozen Antarctic ice fields Physicists, like Spencer Klein of Berkeley Lab, are looking for evidence of one of the most exotic fundamental particles in the Universe, the Neutrino.

Scientists are using carbon nanotubes to detect cancer cells in the bloodstream. The nanotube device is about the size of a dime and could provide a low cost and portable way to test for cancer.

Inventor and former rodeo rider Stephen Wharton uses physics to measure the power of bucking bulls.

What a solar storm looks like from Earth's perspective and what precautions we can take to prevent loss of satellites and power grids? Find out in part two of our podcast on solar weather.

For More Information:

Space Weather Alerts from NOAA:
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/alerts/index.html

Space Weather Event Categorization: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscales/

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory:
http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/

NASA's STEREO solar observatory:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/stereo/main/index.html

Join Mike Lucibella as he interviews Science Comedian, Brian Malow.

Join Calla Cofield as she learns about solar weather and the impact it has on our lives.