Quantum Science and Engineering
Physicist Mikhail Lukin on superposition principle, secure transmission of information, and quantum computer
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September 9, 2014
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biology
September 8, 2014
Sugar-based Treatment for Persisting Bacterial Inf...
Biomedical engineer James Collins on bacterial persisters, mammalian metabolism, and antibiotics
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biology
September 5, 2014
Somatic Mutation Rate and Cancer Genes
Harvard Associate Prof. Shamil Sunyaev on imaginative biochemistry, identifying oncogenes, and nucleotide exci...
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astronomy
September 4, 2014
The Search for Extraterrestrial Life
Astronomer Avi Loeb on biomarkers in our Galaxy, the bubble of radio waves around the Earth, and the earliest ...
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economics
September 3, 2014
Language of Politics
Linguist Noam Chomsky on two meanings of political terms, primary principle of international relations, and ro...
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biology
September 2, 2014
Statistical Physics in Biology
MIT Associate Prof. Leonid Mirny on the levels of complexity in biology, Fokker–Planck equations, and structur...
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physics
September 1, 2014
Atom Interferometry
Physicist David Pritchard on source of coherent atoms, measuring polarization, and precision inertial navigati...
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physics
August 29, 2014
Nonlinear Dynamics in Electrochemical Systems
MIT Prof. Martin Z. Bazant on electrical double layer, electroosmotic flow, and deionization shock
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biology
August 28, 2014
Molecular Cause of Aging
Harvard Prof. Vadim Gladyshev on oxidative species, origins of senescence, and cumulative damage
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psychology
August 27, 2014
Evaluations of Talent
Neuroscientist Mahzarin Banaji on objective music perception, failing at assessing people, and arranged marria...
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biology
August 25, 2014
MicroRNA in Human Brain Diseases
Harvard Prof. Anna Krichevsky on role of microRNAs in cell differentiation, oncomiRs, and clinical trials
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biology
August 22, 2014
Uncultured Bacteria
Microbiologist Kim Lewis on the great plate count anomaly, siderophores, and the human microbiome
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