Physics Archive

Jay Pasachoff, Williams College – Today’s Total Solar Eclipse

There is a total solar eclipse today and Jay Pasachoff and his team are in direct
Posted by: Academic Minute 20/3/2015
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Paul Matthew Sutter, Ohio State – Dark Energy

Paul Matthew Sutter is becoming a regular fixture on the WAMC airwaves having previously offered a
Posted by: Academic Minute 9/3/2015
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Jeremy England, MIT – Life’s Physical Origins

Can physics be the branch of science that finally figures out the origin of life on
Posted by: Academic Minute 6/3/2015
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Ahmed Farag Ali – Big Bang Singularity

Is it possible that the universe had no beginning? New research from a team of physicists
Posted by: Academic Minute 28/2/2015
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Brad Hansen, UCLA – Finding Exo-Planets via The Transit Method

The search for life outside of our own solar system continues. Brad Hansen, physicist and astronomer
Posted by: Academic Minute 26/2/2015
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Elizabeth Behrman, Wichita State University – Quantum Artificial Intelligence

We’re still trying to figure what consciousness is exactly. Elizabeth Berhman, a professor of physics and
Posted by: Academic Minute 19/2/2015
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Ron Mallett, UCONN – Theories of Time Travel

  Are we getting closer to achieving time travel? According to Ron Mallett, the answer is
Posted by: Academic Minute 16/2/2015
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Paul Matthew Sutter, Ohio State – Cosmological Nothingness

The concept of nothingness is very different in outer space. Paul Matthew Sutter, a theoretical physicist
Posted by: Academic Minute 3/2/2015
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James Hanna, Virginia Tech – The Physics of Whirling Dervishes

Scientific inspiration sometimes comes from strange places. James Hanna, professor of mechanics at Virginia Tech, is
Posted by: Academic Minute 24/11/2014
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Dan Baker, University of Colorado – Inclement Space Weather

We’ve come very close to an interstellar calamity. Dr. Daniel Baker, a physicist at UC Boulder,
Posted by: Academic Minute 12/11/2014
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