ScienceMatters - Season 3, Episode 10 - The Physics of the Ocean
The new dean of the Georgia Tech College of Sciences, Susan Lozier, is continuing her physical oceanography research as she takes the reins...
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Celebrating discovery and achievements in the sciences and mathematics—the podcast of the College of Sciences at Georgia Tech
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20 of 31 episodesScienceMatters - Season 3, Episode 9 - Charting the Paths of Molecules
Cosmologists use computers simulations to recreate the birth of stars and black holes. James “JC” Gumbart, an associate professor in the Sch...
ScienceMatters - Season 3, Episode 8 - Digging Up Climate Clues in Peat Moss
Gardeners love peat moss; it’s great for growing. But Joel Kostka, professor in the School of Biological Sciences and the School of Earth an...
ScienceMatters - Season 3, Episode 7 - Finding the Magic in Materials Science
Georgia Tech science powers the technology behind TV and smartphone screens, thanks to breakthroughs in physics, chemistry, and materials sc...
ScienceMatters - Season 3, Episode 6 - Unlocking the Mind-Body Connection
School of Biological Sciences Associate Professor Lewis Wheaton uses his Cognitive Motor Control Lab to research the neurological processes...
ScienceMatters - Season 3, Episode 5 - Clearing the Air About Aerosol Science
Sally Ng is one of the top experts in the world on aerosol science, the study of tiny particles in our atmosphere and what they mean for our...
ScienceMatters: S03-E04: Using Math to Tour the Solar System
How can NASA stretch their fuel dollar for future missions to Jupiter and Saturn, and their potentially habitable moons? By using mathematic...
ScienceMatters - Season 3, Episode 3: The Search for Life at Earth’s Extremes
The search for life elsewhere in the Solar System can start at the most inhospitable regions of Earth, like Iceland’s volcanic landscape, or...
ScienceMatters - Season 3, Episode 2: The Search for Earth 2.0
How long has oxygen been in our planet’s atmosphere, and what could the answer mean for life on other planets? School of Earth and Atmospher...
ScienceMatters - Season 3, Episode 1: All About Control
What can Alfred Hitchcock’s “North by Northwest” teach us about paying attention? Are daydreamers really more intelligent and creative? Eric...
ScienceMatters - Season 2, Episode 1: Real Rock ‘n’ Roll: The “Music” of Earthquake
When the Earth’s tectonic plates collide and slide, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Professor Zhigang Peng takes data from seismic...
ScienceMatters - Season 2, Episode 2: The Science Behind OOOMMMMM
There’s more to meditation than just chanting mantras in your favorite yoga studio. Practitioners claim the benefits include better mental a...
ScienceMatters - Season 2, episode 3: Helping Glaucoma Patients
Glaucoma usually affects older people, but a form of the eye disease can strike younger patients, including children. That keeps School of C...
ScienceMatters - Season 2, Episode 4: Coral Reefs in Mortal Peril
One of the top algae scientists in the world, award-winning School of Biological Sciences Professor and Chairman Mark Hay, gives a grim prog...
ScienceMatters - Season 2, episode 5: Hope for Coral Reefs
In Part Two of our podcast with School of Biological Sciences Professor and Chair Mark Hay, the scientists says some coral reefs damaged by...
ScienceMatters - Season 2, episode 6: Pee Pee Pipes and Other Animal Curiosities
His incessant curiosity inspires David Hu to search for the physics among water-walking geckos, bridge-building ants..and urinating zoo anim...
ScienceMatters - Season 2, episode 7: Searching for Life on Mars and Beyond
Kennda Lynch studies ancient lakes on Earth that serve as stand-ins for Mars’ formerly-flooded craters. The School of Earth and Atmospheric...
ScienceMatters - Season 2, Episode Preview: A New Season of Science Discovery
What is earthquake “music?” Can coral reefs devastated by climate change be saved? Does science support the supposed benefits of meditation?...
Season 1, Episode 10: Chasing Cancer With Gold
Mostafa El-Sayed, Regents Professor and Julius Brown Chair in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, is working on a promising cancer tre...
Season 1, Episode 9: The Mathematics of ... Donuts?
School of Mathematics Professor Dan Margalit describes the beauty and creativity in his research area, topology, while we reveal its connect...