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Celebration of 2018 Physics Nobel Prize: Lighting the way with microscopic tractor beams and sculpted laser pulse
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-10-23)
The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics recognizes two breakthrough inventions in laser physics. The first, optical tweezers, allows scientist and engineers to use lasers like the tractor beams of Star Trek to manipulate everything ...
When Will We Find E.T. and What Happens If We Do?
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-09-24)
Are we alone in the universe? The scientific hunt for extraterrestrial intelligence is now well into its fifth decade, and we still haven’t discovered any cosmic company. Could all this mean that finding biology beyond ...
Non-Euclidean Virtual Reality
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-10-15)
The 2016 confirmation of Einstein's prediction of gravitational waves has put the spotlight back on the importance of curvature for the physics of the universe. While the ability of mass to curve our space has fueled the ...
Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817: A Multi-sensory Experience of the Universe
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-02-13)
August 17, 2017, is a milestone date for astrophysics. For the first time, the LIGO and Virgo gravitational-wave observatories detected signals from the collision of two neutron stars. The powerful event shook space-time ...
From Molecules to Migration: How Quantum Physics Can Explain the Compass of Birds
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-02-05)
The world of quantum physics appears mysterious, even spooky, and far removed from everyday phenomena we can observe in the world around us. Especially the realm of living organisms was thought to be far too disorganized ...
Will Evolution and Information Theory Provide The Fundamentals Of Physics?
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-02-26)
This presentation will describe an arc in the mathematical/theoretical physics research of the presenter that has traversed concept spaces from equations, to graphical imagery, to coding theory error-correction, and pointing ...
Sex, Flies and Video: Communicating Science to the Public in Words and Images
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-03-27)
Scientists and journalists have similar, but not identical interests in getting information about their work to the public in an appealing, but accurate way. James Gorman will draw on his experience as a New York Times ...
Forecasting Turbulence
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-11-26)
Fluid turbulence is one of the greatest unsolved problems of classical physics (and the subject of a million dollar mathematical (Millenium) challenge). Centuries of research--including Leonardo da Vinci’s observations ...