Magneto-Optical Trap
Physicist David Pritchard on the efficiency of cold atom experiments, Bose-Einstein condensation, and the use ...
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physics
January 13, 2014
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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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Space
December 30, 2013
Origin of Complexity in the Universe
MIT Professor Seth Lloyd on the origin of life, the butterfly effect, and the Universe as a quantum computer
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biology
December 28, 2013
DNA Topology
Molecular biologist Maxim D. Frank-Kamenetskii on the round form of DNA, changes in topology caused by topoiso...
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Impact
December 27, 2013
Meritocracy and Topocracy of Networks
Economist Cesar Hidalgo on the meritocratic system, rock star behavior, and market mechanisms
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medicine
December 26, 2013
Nanomedicine for Drug Delivery
Prof. Srinivas Sridhar of Northeastern University on early detection of cancer, drug targeting by nanoparticle...
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Energy
December 25, 2013
Proton – Proton Collisions at High Energy
Physicist Frank Taylor on the Higgs boson, supersymmetry, and physics beyond the Standard Model
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biology
December 24, 2013
Biology of Selenium
Geneticist Vadim Gladyshev on selenoprotein genes, the 21st amino acid, and selenium in human diet
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