Episode 21 – Underground with Dr. Sarah Truebe
Graffiti removal during the Peppersauce cave cleanup project In this episode Cameron interviews Dr. Sarah Truebe, the cave resource manager...
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LASER: Materials Science Podcast
Discussing recent publications and news in materials science, physics, and engineering fields.
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20 of 26 episodesEpisode 20 – Room Temperature Superconductivity Controversy
questionable data in χ, pointed out by Brian Skinner [arXiv:1808.02929] We’re back! You may have heard about some controversy surround...
Episode 19 – 2015 Perihelion Edition
1) aphelion 2) perihelion 3) sun (Not to scale) source: WIkipedia on Apsis Welcome to 2015! This year’s perihelion edition was recorde...
Episode 18 – Space Space Space
Can’t really tell which is the 3-d printer and which is the espresso machine… Images from Lavazza and Made In Space We’re...
PULSE! #4 – Better Coffee Through Chemistry
Image from Wikipedia with slight modifications Most coffee-particular people already know that the quality of the water you use is important...
Episode 17 – Life, The Universe, and Frogs
This week on LASER we discuss a realistic computer simulation of a universe, a proposed mechanism for why tin whiskers are destroying our mo...
Episode 16 – Sun & Surf
Source: The Wikipedia For our first episode of the summer on LASER: Let’s Agree Science & Engineering are Rad, we discuss our own Chri...
LASER Pulse! #3 – The Heartbleed
Source This week’s LASER Pulse! is about the Heartbleed computer vulnerability. We cover the basics of the heartbleed bug, why its imp...
Episode 15 – Airships for the Future
Image from Paper . The cast of the Technically Speaking Podcast join us to talk with about the future of super rad airships for scientific u...
Episode 14 – Filters and Photodetectors
Image from Paper On Episode 14 of LASER we discuss using tree branches as water filters, a new type of super-thin room temperature infrared...
Episode 13 – Microgravity
Logo for the ASU Dust Devils experiment This week is all about Microgravity! Chase and Cameron interview some members of the ASU Dust Devils...
Episode 12 – Laserbones
On this week’s show– Laserbones–Chris and Cameron discuss laser-3-D-Printed materials based on bones (lasers & bones), the...
Episode 11 – Plant Materials
Image of plant wires ( source ) This week on LASER we have a plant materials themed episode where we discuss cellulose nanocrystals for use...
Episode 10 – Perovskites, Gold, and 3-D Metal Printing
Source: Michigan Tech News This week on LASER we discuss Perovskite solar cells with organic charge transport layers, the horrible health ef...
Short Update & Help LASER!
Just a quick update about our plans for the future, and some begging for ratings and reviews, topic suggestions, and interviews. Now that we...
Episode 9 – Space, Robots, & the FUTURE
(sources: schaft and NASA) This week on LASER, a super-sized cast discusses Semiconductor design/processing, Google robots and the DARPA rob...
Episode 8 – Special Perihelion Edition
1) aphelion 2) perihelion 3) sun (Not to scale) source: WIkipedia on Apsis This is our special perihelion edition, where we celebrate being...
Episode 7 – The Battery Outbreak
Loofah Image from Chi Paper This week on LASER, Emily and Cameron discuss batteries built by modified viruses, charge-dependent crystal chan...
Episode 6 – Fukushima Roll
In Episode 6 – Fukushima Roll – we discuss whether tuna contaminated by the Fukushima disaster is safe to eat, canceled plans fo...
Episode 5 – Old News
In Episode 5 – Old News, we discuss “space” tourism balloons (Hindenburg), photonic crystals applied to photovoltaic solar...