LASER: Materials Science Podcast

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Episode 21 – Underground with Dr. Sarah Truebe

Wednesday, July 1, 2020 • Duration 51:59

In this episode Cameron interviews Dr. Sarah Truebe, the cave resource manager at Kartchner Caverns State Park in Arizona. This episode was recorded underground at the end of a day we spent cleaning graffiti out of this popular wild cave. We discuss how Dr. Truebe got started caving, how some cave research is performed, and […]

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Episode 20 – Room Temperature Superconductivity Controversy

Friday, August 17, 2018 • Duration 36:37

We’re back! You may have heard about some controversy surrounding a recent pre-print published on the arxiv about room temperature superconductivity. This would be an extremely exciting result if it weren’t for some issues. The authors won’t share their samples and have not yet fully described how to make it–they say that will come in […]

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Episode 19 – 2015 Perihelion Edition

Tuesday, February 3, 2015 • Duration 57:35

Welcome to 2015! This year’s perihelion edition was recorded on the day which the earth is closest to the sun. We cover a diverse list of important scientific and engineering happenings from 2014, and even talk about a little biology and genomics research! (but don’t worry, its mostly cool physics, space, and engineering stuff.) […]

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Episode 18 – Space Space Space

Tuesday, October 14, 2014 • Duration 55:44

We’re finally back from our long hiatus! Sorry about the wait, both Cameron and Emily were busy getting their masters degrees, and right after he submitted his thesis, Cameron’s laptop got fried! This week we discuss Space X and Boeing contracts to transport NASA astronauts to the International Space Station by 2018, and some new […]

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PULSE! #4 – Better Coffee Through Chemistry

Thursday, June 19, 2014 • Duration 23:05

Most coffee-particular people already know that the quality of the water you use is important for good coffee, but a recent paper describes how affecting the specific hard mineral content can have important changes in the relative extraction of specific flavor and strength affecting chemicals in your brew. We discuss the basics of coffee preparation, […]

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Episode 17 – Life, The Universe, and Frogs

Thursday, June 5, 2014 • Duration 01:11:25

This week on LASER we discuss a realistic computer simulation of a universe, a proposed mechanism for why tin whiskers are destroying our most sensitive computers, and GaInSn liquid metal used to reconnect severed nerves in frogs. 5:00 Our first story is about the story “Astronomers create first realistic virtual universe” from the Illustris Project. 15:40 […]

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Episode 16 – Sun & Surf

Friday, May 16, 2014 • Duration 01:00:41

For our first episode of the summer on LASER: Let’s Agree Science & Engineering are Rad, we discuss our own Chris’ recently-accepted paper about inorganic ZnS window layers on organic solar cells. These increase the efficiency, and help protect the cell from environmental damage. We then talk about the NRL Press release describing long-chain hydrocarbon […]

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LASER Pulse! #3 – The Heartbleed

Wednesday, April 16, 2014 • Duration 22:59

This week’s LASER Pulse! is about the Heartbleed computer vulnerability. We cover the basics of the heartbleed bug, why its important, and mention that you really need to CHANGE YOUR PASSWORDS. Because this is a Pulse episode, there are little to no edits (just the intro and outro really), and the whole show is only […]

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Episode 15 – Airships for the Future

Wednesday, April 9, 2014 • Duration 01:24:47

The cast of the Technically Speaking Podcast join us to talk with about the future of super rad airships for scientific use similar to satellites! We also talk about a company planning a new method for extracting Lithium from geothermal vents, to meet the needs of the Tesla Giga-Factory. 3:00 Our guests today are […]

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Episode 14 – Filters and Photodetectors

Wednesday, March 26, 2014 • Duration 54:50

On Episode 14 of LASER we discuss using tree branches as water filters, a new type of super-thin room temperature infrared light detector that uses graphene, and the $1 Origami Microscope. 4:05 The article in Popular Mechanics titled “A simple tree branch can become a backyard water filter” and the FREE paper in PLOS One […]

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