Predicting Functional Effect of Human Mutations
Harvard Associate Prof. Shamil Sunyaev on protein evolution model, human disease mutations, and the help of di...
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biology
January 17, 2014
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biology
January 17, 2014
Embryonic Stem Cells
Biologist Maya Mitalipova on regenerative medicine, hematopoietic system, and essential ethic issues of the ce...
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physics
January 16, 2014
The Search for Gravitational Waves
Physicist Nergis Mavalvala on the general theory of relativity, Hulse-Taylor system, and the way gravitational...
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biology
January 15, 2014
Cancer as Evolutionary Process
Associate Professor at MIT Leonid Mirny on mutations in oncogenes, tumor suppressors, and cancer biology in te...
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physics
January 15, 2014
Quantum Mechanics and Chaos
Prof. of MIT Daniel Kleppner on the uncertainty principle of quantum mechanics, the butterfly effect, and &la...
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chemistry
January 14, 2014
Chemical Kinetics in Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamic...
Chemical engineer Martin Z. Bazant on intercalation waves, lithium iron phosphate batteries, and quasi-equilib...
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physics
January 13, 2014
Magneto-Optical Trap
Physicist David Pritchard on the efficiency of cold atom experiments, Bose-Einstein condensation, and the use ...
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economics
January 13, 2014
Limited Purpose Banking
Economist Laurence Kotlikoff on the banking system, mutual-fund holding companies, and the way they prevent f...
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biology
January 13, 2014
Widespread Monoallelic Expression in Mammals
Harvard Assistant Prof. Alexander Gimelbrant on X-chromosome inactivation, castaneus strain, and epigenetic ...
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biology
January 10, 2014
Evolution of Aging
Biologist Konstantin Khrapko on genes that regulate the aging program, genome of a nematode, and the effect of...
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physics
January 8, 2014
Death of Stars
Physicist Walter Lewin on energy from the Sun, black holes, and a supernova explosion.
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biology
January 3, 2014
The Paradox of Chronic Infections
Microbiologist Kim Lewis on chronic relapsing infections, persister cells, and Metronidazole
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