Physics (Audio)

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Guest speakers, researchers and University of California faculty explore physics to better understand and predict the world around us.

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50 episodes
Updated May 12, 2025

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May 12, 2025 · 59 min
The History of Metamaterials
Kyoto Prize Symposium
Apr 21, 2025 · 1 hr 13 min
Metamaterials Open New Horizons in Electromagnetism with Sir John Pendry 2024 Kyoto Prize Laureate in Advanced Technology
Kyoto Prize Symposium
Oct 9, 2024 · 33 min
Black Holes Spacetime and You
GRIT Talks
May 13, 2024 · 56 min
My Journey Through Mathematics and Physics with Elliott Lieb 2023 Kyoto Prize Laureate in Basic Sciences
Kyoto Prize Symposium
May 17, 2023 · 46 min
What It Means To Be Curious With Nobel Laureate Barry Barish
Nobel Laureate and physicist Barry Barish, professor at UC Riverside, reflects on his life in science, being curious, experiencing imposter syndrome, and working in the field of physics with Brian Keating, host of the "Into the Impossible" podcast and professor of physics at UC San Diego. [Humanities] [Science] [Show ID: 38727]
Apr 16, 2023 · 1 hr 11 min
Carver Mead - 2022 Kyoto Prize Laureate in Advanced Technology: Engineering Concepts Clarify Physical Law
Kyoto Prize Symposium
Nov 24, 2022 · 3 min
Honoring the Historic Contributions of Mayer Hall to the Field of Physics
The American Physical Society has designated UC San Diego’s Mayer Hall as a historic site in recognition of research conducted by physicists Walter Kohn and Lu Jeu Sham on density functional theory. Their development of the "Kohn-Sham equation" inside Mayer Hall became the foundation for the computation of the material properties of electrons and nuclei. Understanding the electronic properties of complex systems is essential to the design and engineering of new materials and drugs. Kohn and Pierre Hohenberg on sabbatical in Paris developed a theorem for the electron ground state energy to depend on the electron density distribution instead of the usual potential energy due to the nuclei. In Building C (later named Mayer Hall), from 1964-66, Kohn and Sham laid the foundation of a computation method, based on a single-particle equation composed of its quantum kinetic energy and the potential energy including the interaction effects. [Science] [Show ID: 38313]
Mar 15, 2022 · 1 hr 27 min
A New Measure: The Revolutionary Quantum Reform of the Modern Metric System
UC Berkeley Graduate Lectures
Mar 11, 2022 · 1 hr 28 min
Time Einstein and the Coolest Stuff in the Universe
UC Berkeley Graduate Lectures
Nov 4, 2021 · 13 min
My Career in Physics with Julio Barreiro Guerrero - Mi Camino
Mi Camino: Latinx/Chicanx Speaker Series
Jun 11, 2021 · 46 min
The Art and Science of Music with Victor Minces - Creative Conversations
Creative Conversations
Jun 28, 2018 · 53 min
Biomolecular Action Movies: Flash Imaging with X-ray Lasers
Lawrence Livermore National Lab Science on Saturday
Jun 7, 2018 · 48 min
Laser-Plasma Accelerators: Riding the Wave to the Next Generation X-Ray Light Sources
Lawrence Livermore National Lab Science on Saturday
Nov 27, 2017 · 29 min
Complexity and Robustness: How Biology Ecology and Technology Balance Tradeoffs in an Uncertain World
GRIT Talks
Apr 24, 2017 · 5 min
Lakshana Huddar Berkeley: How to Build an Advanced Nuclear Reactor in a University Laboratory
UC Carbon Slam 2016
Feb 6, 2017 · 56 min
Searching for the Genetic Code of our Universe
Scientific Horizons
Feb 6, 2017 · 5 min
Tianyu Liu Santa Cruz: Enhancing the Performance of Supercapacitors Through Facilitation of Ion Diffusion
UC Carbon Slam 2016
Dec 19, 2016 · 39 min
Harnessing Fusion: Creating a Sun on Earth
Lawrence Livermore National Lab Science on Saturday
Nov 14, 2016 · 3 min
Why Does Time Advance?: Richard Muller's New Theory
UC Berkeley News
Oct 27, 2016 · 9 min
Hacking the Revolution: Quantitative Biology at UC San Diego
Hacking the Revolution: Quantitative Biology at UC San Diego