What It Means To Be Curious With Nobel Laureate Barry Barish
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, ex... Read more
17 May 2023
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46mins
Carver Mead - 2022 Kyoto Prize Laureate in Advanced Technology: Engineering Concepts Clarify Physical Law
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),... Read more
16 Apr 2023
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1hr 11mins
Honoring the Historic Contributions of Mayer Hall to the Field of Physics
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 con... Read more
24 Nov 2022
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3mins
A New Measure: The Revolutionary Quantum Reform of the Modern Metric System
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 chan... Read more
15 Mar 2022
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1hr 27mins
Time Einstein and the Coolest Stuff in the Universe
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... Read more
11 Mar 2022
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1hr 28mins
My Career in Physics with Julio Barreiro Guerrero - Mi Camino
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... Read more
4 Nov 2021
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13mins
The Art and Science of Music with Victor Minces - Creative Conversations
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 th... Read more
11 Jun 2021
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46mins
Biomolecular Action Movies: Flash Imaging with X-ray Lasers
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 tr... Read more
28 Jun 2018
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53mins
Laser-Plasma Accelerators: Riding the Wave to the Next Generation X-Ray Light Sources
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 ove... Read more
7 Jun 2018
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48mins
Complexity and Robustness: How Biology Ecology and Technology Balance Tradeoffs in an Uncertain World
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 oc... Read more
27 Nov 2017
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29mins