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Probing Maxwell's Demon with a Nanoscale Thermometer
Probing Maxwell's Demon with a Nanoscale Thermometer
Understanding thermal transport and thermoelectric effects at the nanoscale is a scientific challenge with important con... Read more
19 Apr 2013
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59mins
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Physics in Flatland: Turbulence in Two Dimensions
Physics in Flatland: Turbulence in Two Dimensions
The physics of natural systems is often highly influenced by spatial dimensionality from the nature of phase transitions... Read more
8 Feb 2013
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1hr 5mins
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Pattern Formation Exhibited by Biofilm Formation within Microfluidic Chambers
Pattern Formation Exhibited by Biofilm Formation within Microfluidic Chambers
This talk focuses on the dynamics of an important bacterial pathogen, Xylella fastidiosa within artificial plant xylem. ... Read more
26 Apr 2013
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57mins
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The Discovery of Majorana Fermions in Condensed Matter?
The Discovery of Majorana Fermions in Condensed Matter?
The 1937 theoretical discovery of Majorana fermions (particles that are their own anti-particles) has since impacted div... Read more
29 Mar 2013
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1hr 8mins
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A Close Look at Black Holes
A Close Look at Black Holes
The compact source of radio emission known as Sagittarius A* marks the location of the Milky Way's central supermassive ... Read more
15 Feb 2013
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1hr 7mins
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Localization at bilayer graphene and topological insulator edges
Localization at bilayer graphene and topological insulator edges
Localization phenomena play an important role in our understanding of the properties of graphene and topological insulat... Read more
11 Jan 2013
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58mins
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Earth-Dust, Cloud-Dust, Storm-Dust. The Pervasive Nature of Atmospheric Aerosols in our Lives
Earth-Dust, Cloud-Dust, Storm-Dust. The Pervasive Nature of Atmospheric Aerosols in our Lives
Abstract: Atmospheric aerosols, including dust and clouds, play a significant but under appreciated role in our lives. F... Read more
7 Dec 2012
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1hr 4mins
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Quantum Antiferromagnetism with Spinor Bose-Einstein Condensates
Quantum Antiferromagnetism with Spinor Bose-Einstein Condensates
Dr. Raman's group investigates macroscopic quantum mechanics using ultralow temperature gases—laser cooled clouds of ato... Read more
12 Jun 2012
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53mins
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Seeing the Forest for the Trees: Networks and the Scaling of Form, Function, and Diversity in Biology
Seeing the Forest for the Trees: Networks and the Scaling of Form, Function, and Diversity in Biology
Dr. Enquist's lab investigates how functional constraints at the level of the individual (anatomical and physiological) ... Read more
12 Jun 2012
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1hr 4mins
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Electroweak Symmetry Breaking Without a Higgs Boson Meets the LHC
Electroweak Symmetry Breaking Without a Higgs Boson Meets the LHC
Dr. Simmmons concludes that the Standard Higgs Model is a low-energy effective theory of electrroweak symmetry breaking ... Read more
12 Jun 2012
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1hr
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Spintronics and Spin Caloritronics in Magnetic Nanostructures
Spintronics and Spin Caloritronics in Magnetic Nanostructures
Dr. Wang's research interests are ultra-low energy magnetization switching, electron tunneling in ferromagnet/insulator/... Read more
12 Jun 2012
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54mins
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Axions, the Anthropic Principle, and the Tilted Universe
Axions, the Anthropic Principle, and the Tilted Universe
Axions are particles associated with the Peccei-Quinn mechanism for solving the strong CP problem. They are also interes... Read more
24 Jan 2012
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55mins
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MCB 315: Key Concepts in Quantitative Biology
MCB 315: Key Concepts in Quantitative Biology
Ryan Gutenkunst received his Ph.D. in physics from Cornell University, where he worked with Jim Sethna on unveiling univ... Read more
23 Jan 2012
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53mins
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The Dark Energy Puzzle and The Cosmological Constant Problem
The Dark Energy Puzzle and The Cosmological Constant Problem
(Note: background noise the last 15 minutes) Abstract: We give an overview of the dark energy (DE) puzzle triggered by t... Read more
14 Jun 2011
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1hr 8mins
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Neutrinos, Nature's Messengers
Neutrinos, Nature's Messengers
Abstract: Over the past decade, physicists and astrophysicists have examined signals from neutrino interactions to learn... Read more
19 Dec 2010
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1hr
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There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom … and Time at the Top!
There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom … and Time at the Top!
Abstract: Over fifty years ago, Feynman predicted the rise of nanotechnology, even before it was on the horizon. Today, ... Read more
18 Dec 2010
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58mins
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Superconductivity in Strongly Correlated Electron Systems: Beyond the Quantum Spin Liquid Approach
Superconductivity in Strongly Correlated Electron Systems: Beyond the Quantum Spin Liquid Approach
Prior to the advent of the Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer (BCS) theory in 1957, superconductivity had been referred to as the... Read more
18 Dec 2010
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22mins
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Individual and Collective Dynamics of Micro-Swimmers
Individual and Collective Dynamics of Micro-Swimmers
Abstract: The swimming of micro-organisms is governed by "Low Reynolds number" fluid dynamics where shear force Fy ~ dVy... Read more
15 Jun 2010
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54mins
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The Origins of the Universe and the Arrow of Time
The Origins of the Universe and the Arrow of Time
Abstract: Over a century ago, Boltzmann and others provided a microscopic understanding for the tendency of entropy to i... Read more
11 May 2010
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1hr 4mins
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Entropy and Time
Entropy and Time
Abstract: The emergence of a direction of time in statistical mechanics from an underlying motion-reversal-invariant dyn... Read more
11 Mar 2010
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55mins