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The Discovery of Gravitational Waves - LivestreamA brief (pre)history of the Discovery of Gravitational WavesMario KalomenopoulosThe detection of gravitational waves some years ago, opened a new window to the Universe, created a media fuss and gave a Nobel Prize for Physics! But what is the story behind this discovery? What about the discovery claims of the ...
I'll discuss some of my lab's recent work on assisting learners with personalized curriculum, and helping those that help learners.Speaker: Emma Brunskill, StanfordSee weblink for Zoom link.
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Imaging flat bands and correlated quantum phases in WS2/WSe2 moire heterostructures - LivestreamVan der Waals heterostructures of atomically thin crystals offer an exciting new platform to design flat electronic bands for novel correlated quantum phases. We systematically study the flat band and associated correlated states in WS2/WSe2 moire heterostructues using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). We reveal that three-dimensional lattice reconstruction plays a key role ...
I will describe the LHCb experiment that studies decays of b quarks (mass of 5 GeV), and charm quarks (1.5 GeV), and show how studying these particles we are sensitive to physics and new particles at very large mass scales of several TeV and up. Specific measurements of CP violation ...
The Precourt Institute for Energy welcomed a new director in January. In this seminar, he will share his vision for the future of the institute.Speaker: Yi Cui, Stanford UniversityRegister at weblink to receive connection information
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Neutrino Surprises - LivestreamAs a graduate student, I had the good fortune of being asked to learn about solar neutrinos, so that I could give an introductory talk on the subject to other graduate students, preparing them for an upcoming colloquium by John Bahcall. This started my life-long interest in neutrinos and created ...
For 130 years, a cylinder made of a platinum-iridium alloy stored near Paris was the official definition of a kilogram, the basic unit of mass. This all changed on May 20, 2019: a kilogram is now defined by a fundamental constant of nature known as the Planck constant h, which ...
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Blood memory: evaluating antibody responses to COVID-19 infection and vaccination - LivestreamResearch into detection methods for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in blood has rapidly accelerated during the pandemic in response to global health needs. In this virtual seminar, Dr. DuBois will discuss how her lab applied existing knowledge from their research on antiviral antibodies to contribute to understanding the human antibody response to ...
