Physics (Audio)

Patrick Sanan, who studied mathematics at UC San Diego, explains how he combined geometry and physics to devise the mathematics that made possible the visualization of the virtual tiger Richard in the Oscar award-winning motion picture, “Life of Pi.” Series: "STEAM: Adding Arts to STEM Education" [Humanities] [Science] [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 25933]

UCSB’s Joseph Polchinski speaks about the search for a unified theory of the laws of physics, and the difficulty of reconciling two of the main pieces: quantum mechanics, which governs the very small, and general relativity, which governs the very large. A professor of physics and a permanent member of the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, Polchinski was named UC Santa Barbara’s 2014 Facult...

Holy hairball! Smart Puppy shows how small a nanodot is! Series: "UCTV Prime" [Science] [Show ID: 30081]

Smart Puppy shows why a super conductor is super! Series: "UCTV Prime" [Science] [Show ID: 30080]

Hang on to your frozen butts! Smart Puppy’s kitty buds take a wild-ride on Boaz Almog’s fantastic frozen flying saucer! Series: "UCTV Prime" [Science] [Show ID: 30079]

Shuji Nakamura discusses the way in which his invention grew to be what it is by starting with the work of growing high-quality gallium nitride (GaN) crystals in 1991 to demonstrating highly luminescent, blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs) in 1994. The resulting revolution in generating white light has had a tremendous impact on society by providing highly efficient, robust, portable, non-toxic, bat...

Smart Puppy’s furry friends discover teensy-weensy magnets! Series: "Not Too Serious Labs" [Science] [Education] [Show ID: 28714]

Charles Hard Townes, a professor emeritus of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, who shared the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics for invention of the laser and subsequently pioneered the use of lasers in astronomy, died at the age of 99 on January 27, 2015. This video was produced on the occasion of his 99th birthday on July 28, 2014. Series: "UC Berkeley News" [Science] [Show ID: 29299]

Smart Puppy and friends find the tiniest magnet! Series: "Not Too Serious Labs" [Science] [Education] [Show ID: 28917]

Smart Puppy shows his pals when a magnet is not a magnet. Series: "Not Too Serious Labs" [Science] [Education] [Show ID: 28916]

Smart Puppy and friends play with peanuts! Series: "Not Too Serious Labs" [Science] [Education] [Show ID: 28915]

Smart Puppy and friends do an amazing trick with a really teeny-tiny tennis ball! Series: "Not Too Serious Labs" [Science] [Education] [Show ID: 28715]

George Smoot, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, describes the research that led to his Nobel Prize in physics in 2006. Series: "Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory " [Science] [Show ID: 28608]

The UC San Diego Library Channel presents a talk by William Lanouette, author of “Genius in the Shadows: A Biography of Leo Szilard.” Lanouette explains how Szilard’s fear of German dominance of nuclear research in the 1930’s inspired the Manhattan Project, which led to the creation of the atomic bomb used by the United States in World War II. Szilard could see its potential for mass destruction i...

Soil scientists are using a non-toxic chemical at construction sites to remove dirt from muddy stormwater before it reaches streams. From Inside Science TV, supported by the American Institute of Physics and a group of science, technology, engineering and mathematics societies. Series: "Inside Science TV" [Science] [Show ID: 25567]

Part of the Behind the Scenes series at Berkeley Lab, this video highlights the lab's mechanical fabrication facility and its exceptional ability to produce unique tools essential to the lab's scientific mission. Through a combination of skilled craftsmanship and precision equipment, machinists and engineers work with scientists to create exactly what's needed -- whether it's measured in microns o...

Electrical engineering students designed a special glove that can act as a simpler, more natural remote control for a variety of different devices. From Inside Science TV, supported by the American Institute of Physics and a group of science, technology, engineering and mathematics societies. Series: "Inside Science TV" [Science] [Show ID: 25565]

A lively and wide-ranging visit with Albert Fert, life-long rugby player and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of an effect that revolutionized electronics forever. Series: "Not Too Serious Labs" [Science] [Show ID: 25570]

A virtual reality room called StarCAVE takes scientific exploration, and potentially home entertainment, to a whole new level. From Inside Science TV, supported by the American Institute of Physics and a group of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics societies. Series: "Inside Science TV" [Science] [Show ID: 25569]

Friends and colleagues gather to discuss the life and work of Nobel Prize recipient Herbert Kroemer. Series: "Voices" [Science] [Show ID: 25308]

Retinal-imaging method uses adaptive optics. From Inside Science TV, supported by the American Institute of Physics and a group of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics societies. Series: "Inside Science TV" [Science] [Show ID: 25568]

Berkeley Lab's Science at the Theater traveled across the Bay to San Francisco's Herbst Theater for a star turn by two of the Lab's Nobel laureates. George Smoot received the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics for the "discovery of the blackbody form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation." Saul Perlmutter received the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics for "for the discovery of the acceler...

Quantum simulation seeks to use the precision and control of ultracold atomic physics to address questions regarding the many-body quantum mechanics of condensed matter systems. Presented by David Weld, Assistant Professor of Physics at UC Santa Barbara. Series: "Scientific Horizons" [Science] [Show ID: 24683]

Kumar Patel came to UCLA from a successful career at Bell Labs. He invented the carbon dioxide laser and has been nominated for a Nobel Prize multiple times. Patel is a professor of physics with a joint appointment in electrical engineering at UCLA. He served as UCLA's vice chancellor for research through 1999. Series: "UC Davis Chancellor's Colloquium Distinguished Speaker Series" [Science] [Busi...

If you're a chamber music fan and you find Wigmore, Alice Tully and Carnegie halls not nearly exclusive enough, consider UCLA's Clark Library. Since 1994, the beloved rare-book library in Los Angeles' West Adams district has featured the same talent as the best-known music halls in the world, in the kind of intimate setting for which chamber music was conceived. All Chamber Music at the Clark conc...