Best Quantum Materials Podcasts (2024)

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Audio long read: So you got a null result. Will anyone publish it? 17:44

1h ago17:44

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The 'file-drawer problem', where findings with null or negative results gather dust and are left unpublished, is well known in science. There has been an overriding perception that studies with positive or significant findings are more important, but this bias can have real-world implications, skewing perceptions of drug efficacies, for example. Mu…

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Investing in the Dual-use Innovation System 41:06

4h ago41:06

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This time we are exploring how the interplay between the commercial and military sectors - as well as the financial system, can foster innovation. In recent decades there has been a seismic shift in how aerospace, defence and security technologies are funded, with a drastic move from public to private investment. This surge in private funding not o…

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LECTURE: Michael Levin on Where Minds Come From: The Scaling of Collective Intelligence, AI, and You 55:25

2h ago55:25

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WATCH: https://youtu.be/aQEX-twenkA Michael Levin is a Distinguished Professor in the Biology department at Tufts University and associate faculty at the Wyss Institute for Bioinspired Engineering at Harvard University. Prof Levin holds the Vannevar Bush endowed Chair and serves as director of the Allen Discovery Center at Tufts and the Tufts Cente…

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Covert racism in AI chatbots, precise Stone Age engineering, and the science of paper cuts 20:40

10h ago20:40

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In this episode: 00:31 Chatbots makes racist judgements on the basis of dialect Research has shown that large language models, including those that power chatbots such as ChatGPT, make racist judgements on the basis of users’ dialect. If asked to describe a person, many AI systems responded with racist stereotypes when presented with text written i…

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David Papineau: Is the Mind Just the Brain? Materialism & the Problem with Phenomenal Consciousness 1:19:33

1h ago1:19:33

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WATCH: https://youtu.be/3WLdL5zT6eY Professor David Papineau is a British academic philosopher. He works as Professor of Philosophy of Science at King's College London and the City University of New York Graduate Center, and previously taught for several years at Cambridge University, where he was a fellow of Robinson College. He did a BSc in Mathe…

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Market Update | Q2 Performance 33:19

5d ago33:19

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In this episode of Talk Money to Me, Candice and Felicity take you through the key insights from the September 2024 edition of the Shaw and Partners Research Monitor. Candice and Felicity give a run down of the Q2 market performance, explore the booming utility sector driven by AI and discuss a mineral which you may not have heard of, that’s playin…

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3 API Security Risks (and How to Protect Against Them) 19:28

42m ago19:28

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The exposed and public nature of application programming interfaces (APIs) come with risks including the increased network attack surface. Zero trust principles are helpful for mitigating these risks and making APIs more secure. In this podcast from the Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute (SEI), McKinley Sconiers-Hasan, a solu…

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Can ageing be stopped? A biologist explains 30:43

1h ago30:43

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For millennia, humanity has obsessed about halting ageing and, ultimately, preventing death. Yet while advances in medicine and public-health have seen human life-expectancy more than double, our maximum lifespan stubbornly remains around 120 years. On the latest episode of Nature hits the books, Nobel laureate Venki Ramakrishnan joins us to discus…

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AI can't learn new things forever — an algorithm can fix that 19:50

1d ago19:50

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00:46 Old AIs can’t learn new tricks An algorithm that reactivates dormant ‘neurons’ in deep learning based AIs could help them overcome their inability to learn new things and make future systems more flexible, research has shown. AIs based on deep learning struggle to learn how to tackle new tasks indefinitely, making them less adaptable to new s…

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LECTURE: Karl Friston on Certainties and Surprises in Our Daily Lives: The Brain as a Prediction Machine 37:59

8d ago37:59

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WATCH: https://youtu.be/Gp9Sqvx4H7w Professor Karl Friston is one of the most highly cited living neuroscientists in history. He is Professor of Neuroscience at King's College London and holds Honorary Doctorates from the University of Zurich, University of York and Radboud University. He is the world expert on brain imaging, neuroscience, and theo…

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LECTURE: Keith Frankish on The Reactivity Schema Theory of Consciousness 1:50:42

8d ago1:50:42

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WATCH: https://youtu.be/IbjGRcqD96Q Keith Frankish is a Honorary Reader in Philosophy at the University of Sheffield, a Visiting Research Fellow at The Open University, & an Adjunct Professor with the Brain & Mind Programme in Neurosciences at the University of Crete. He is the author of "Mind and Supermind" & "Consciousness", as well as numerous j…

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Insight and SADA: Driving AI-Powered Multicloud Solutions | EP 186 21:24

9d ago21:24

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In this episode of SADA’s Cloud and Clear podcast, join host Veronica Raulin, Sr. Director of Advisory at SADA, as she sits down with Jeff Bozic, Distinguished Technologist at Insight, to discuss the dynamic landscape of cloud security, AI, and how their strategic partnership is driving innovation in these fields. Jeff shares his experiences and in…

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Episode 18: Glassy gels exhibit numerous mechanical properties 4:55

3h ago4:55

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In this podcast episode, MRS Bulletin’s Sophia Chen interviews Michael Dickey of North Carolina State University about the discovery and mechanical properties of glassy gels. Dicky credits his postdoc Meixiang Wang who, while studying ionic liquids, created the first glassy gel. Dicky’s group found that the mechanical properties of their glassy gel…

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The mystery of Stonehenge's central stone unearthed 22:49

12d ago22:49

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00:48 The mystery of Stonehenge’s Altar Stone Stonehenge’s central stone came from Northern Scotland, more than 600 miles away from the monument, according to a new analysis of its geochemistry. It is commonly accepted that many of the rocks that make up the iconic neolithic monument came from Wales, 150 miles from the site. Previously, it had been…

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Episode 17: Metamaterial tailors thermal emission 3:03

18h ago3:03

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In this podcast episode, MRS Bulletin’s Laura Leay interviews Coskun Kocabas from The University of Manchester in the UK about his development of a metamaterial that can tailor thermal emission. Rather than using a periodic system, which most topological materials employ, his research team borrowed a concept from laser design and created an optical…

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ChatGPT has a language problem — but science can fix it 36:50

15d ago36:50

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AIs built on Large Language Models have wowed by producing particularly fluent text. However, their ability to do this is limited in many languages. As the data and resources used to train a model in a specific language drops, so does the performance of the model, meaning that for some languages the AIs are effectively useless. Researchers are awar…

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Federico Faggin: What is the One Consciousness? Bridging the Gap between Quantum & Classical Reality 1:44:31

21d ago1:44:31

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Federico Faggin is an Italian-American physicist, engineer, inventor and entrepreneur. He is best known for designing the first commercial microprocessor, the Intel 4004. A new groundbreaking theory of consciousness proposes that qualia reside in quantum fields. Federico Faggin is one of the greatest luminaries of high technology alive today. A phy…

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Inside Private Equity with Chris Fielding of Hg 33:08

5d ago33:08

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In this episode of Talk Money To Me, Candice and Felicity are joined by Chris Fielding, a partner at Hg, Europe’s leading private equity investor in software and services. Hg manages an impressive portfolio with an aggregate enterprise value exceeding US$140 billion. Chris shares insights into Hg's sector-specialist approach, investment strategy, a…

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Where weird plants thrive: aridity spurs diversity of traits 26:09

6d ago26:09

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00:48 Plant trait diversity in drylands A study reveals that, unexpectedly, plants display a greater diversity of traits in drier environments. Trait diversity is a measure of an organism's performance in an environment and can include things like the size of a plant or its photosynthetic rate. Whilst there are good data on this kind of diversity i…

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Episode 16: Researchers fabricate monolithic selenium/silicon tandem solar cell 4:37

7d ago4:37

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In this podcast episode, MRS Bulletin’s Laura Leay interviews Rasmus Neilsen from the Technical University of Denmark about his fabrication of a monolithic selenium/silicon tandem solar cell. The selenium forms the top cell of the tandem device, with silicon used as the bottom cell. Selenium-based single-junction solar cells have traditionally used…

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Email Security Revolution: A Deep Dive with Material Security | EP 185 21:52

21d ago21:52

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In this episode of Cloud and Clear, your host John Veltri sits down with Abhishek Agarwal, Co-Founder and CEO of Material Security. They dive into the intricacies of cloud security, focusing on Google Workspace, and discuss how Material Security addresses the evolving threats in this space. From email security to sensitive content management and th…

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Keith Frankish: What is Descartes' Prison? Illusionism as Intuition Pumps for Consciousness Theories 2:48:43

26d ago2:48:43

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WATCH: https://youtu.be/jTO-A1lw4JM Keith Frankish is a Honorary Reader in Philosophy at the University of Sheffield, a Visiting Research Fellow at The Open University, & an Adjunct Professor with the Brain & Mind Programme in Neurosciences at the University of Crete. He is the author of "Mind and Supermind" & "Consciousness", as well as numerous j…

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How light-based computers could cut AI’s energy needs 32:37

13d ago32:37

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00:45 Increasing the energy efficiency of light-based computers Computer components based on specialised LEDs could reduce the energy consumption of power hungry AI systems, according to new research. AI chips with components that compute using light can run more efficiently than those using digital electronics, but these light-based systems typica…

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Audio long read: Hope, despair and CRISPR — the race to save one woman’s life 23:04

25d ago23:04

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In India, a group of researchers raced to develop a CRISPR-based genome editing therapy to save the life of a young woman with a rare neurodegenerative disease. Despite a valiant effort, the pace of research was ultimately too slow to save her life. While many are convinced that these therapies could offer hope to those with overlooked genetic cond…

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High Conviction Stocks and Market Trends with Jun Bei Liu 36:24

19d ago36:24

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Join Candice and Felicity as they welcome Jun Bei Liu, Portfolio Manager of Tribeca’s Alpha Plus Fund, back to the podcast! In this episode Jun Bei shares her insights on the current market and how she positions her fund amidst market uncertainty. Get an inside look at Jun Bei's high-conviction stocks, including Pro Medicus and Life 360, and her th…

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Evaluating Large Language Models for Cybersecurity Tasks: Challenges and Best Practices 43:05

19d ago43:05

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How can we effectively use large language models (LLMs) for cybersecurity tasks? In this Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute podcast, Jeff Gennari and Sam Perl discuss applications for LLMs in cybersecurity, potential challenges, and recommendations for evaluating LLMs.

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Rapid sepsis test identifies bacteria that spark life-threatening infection 34:57

20d ago34:57

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00:48 A rapid way to identify serious bacterial infections A newly-developed method that can rapidly identify the type of bacteria causing a blood-infection, and the correct antibiotics to treat it, could save clinicians time, and patient lives. Blood infections are serious, and can lead to the life-threatening condition sepsis, but conventional di…

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Tony Nader: Is Consciousness All There Is? The Field of All Possibilities & The Ultimate Singularity 1:16:51

1M ago1:16:51

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WATCH: https://youtu.be/rZX7hSK8-u4 Tony Nader is a Medical Doctor trained at Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD in Neuroscience), and a globally recognised Vedic Scholar. @DrTonyNader is an author and fellow podcaster, with his book titled: "One Unbounded Ocean of Consciousness" and his podcast titled: "Consciousness…

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Transforming Healthcare: Verily’s 50 Petabyte Data Migration Journey | EP 184 20:04

29d ago20:04

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Join Miles Ward, CTO at SADA, as he delves into the world of massive data migration with Joe Intrakamhang, Head of Data Management and Cost Optimization at Verily. Discover how SADA and Google Cloud collaborated to move an astounding 50+ petabytes of data for Verily, a leader in precision healthcare. Learn about the challenges and triumphs of this …

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Capability-based Planning for Early-Stage Software Development 33:55

26d ago33:55

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Capability-Based Planning (CBP) defines a framework that has an all-encompassing view of existing abilities and future needs for strategically deciding what is needed and how to effectively achieve it. Both business and government acquisition domains use CBP for financial success or to design a well-balanced defense system. The definitions understa…

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The plastic that biodegrades in your home compost 28:21

27d ago28:21

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01:04 A gel to safely transport proteins A gel that encases proteins could be a new way to safely transport medicines without requiring them to be kept cold, according to new research. To test it, the team behind the work posted themselves a protein suspended in this gel, showing that it was perfectly preserved and retained its activity, despite be…

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LECTURE: Hyman Schipper on Kabbalah and The Mind-Body Problem 2:10:44

2M ago2:10:44

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WATCH: https://youtu.be/9h2tWJq1yEk Dr Hyman Schipper is a Professor of Neurology and Medicine (Geriatrics) at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, a clinical neurologist at Montreal’s Jewish General Hospital and the director of a neuroscience laboratory in the hospital’s affiliated Lady Davis Institute for biomedical research. His research focus…

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Order Pad | Danaher and AMD 37:09

2M ago37:09

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Felicity and Candice are back with the Order Pad! In this episode, Candice is adding Danaher3 and Felicity brings AMD.NAS to the order. if you're interested in biotech, diagnostics and AI exposures, this episode is for you. So tune in an lets talk money! You can read the interview with Lisa Su that Felicity mentions here: https://stratechery.com/20…

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Breastfeeding should break down mothers' bones — here's why it doesn't 27:21

1M ago27:21

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00:45 In situ editing of the gut microbiome Researchers have developed a method to directly edit the genes of specific bacteria in the guts of live mice, something that has previously been difficult to accomplish due to the complexity of this environment. The tool was able to edit over 90% of an E. coli strain colonising mice guts, with other work …

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AI Revolution for Retail: Simplifying Pricing and Promotion | EP 183 22:55

1M ago22:55

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Join us on Cloud and Clear, SADA's cloud transformation podcast. This episode features leaders from Revionics and Google Cloud discussing the transformative impact of AI in retail. Discover how AI enhances customer experience, optimizes pricing, and drives operational excellence. Learn about the role of Google Cloud in powering these advancements a…

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John Vervaeke: Can Science Untangle the World-Knot of Consciousness? Relevance Realization & Meaning 2:00:40

1M ago2:00:40

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John Vervaeke, Ph.D. is an award-winning Professor at the University of Toronto in the departments of Psychology, Cognitive Science, and Buddhist Psychology. He currently teaches courses in the Psychology department. He is the director of the Cognitive Science program, and the director of the Consciousness and the Wisdom Studies Laboratory. He has …

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These frog 'saunas’ could help endangered species fight off a deadly fungus 36:31

1M ago36:31

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00:47 Searching for dark matter in black holes Researchers have been scanning the skies looking for black holes that formed at the very beginning of the Universe — one place where elusive and mysterious dark matter is thought to be located. If these black holes did contain dark matter, they would be especially massive and so researchers would be ab…

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Safeguarding Against Recent Vulnerabilities Related to Rust 26:25

2M ago26:25

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What can the recently discovered vulnerabilities related to Rust tell us about the security of the language? In this podcast from the Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute, David Svoboda discusses two vulnerabilities, their sources, and how to mitigate them.

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Audio long read: How NASA astronauts are training to walk on the Moon in 2026 15:04

2M ago15:04

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In 2026, NASA aims to send humans back to the Moon's surface, as part of the Artemis III mission. In preparation, astronauts have been performing moonwalking simulations to ensure that they are able to make the most of their precious time on the lunar surface. In one dress rehearsal, a pair of astronauts took part in a training exercise in an Arizo…

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Robotics and New Frontiers 41:28

2M ago41:28

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Professor Yang Gao joins Helen Sharman in the studio for a deep dive into robotics. Professor Yang heads the Centre for Robotics Research at King's College London. We'll also be hearing excerpts from our recent Zero Pressure live event at the Great Exhibition Road Festival, where a panel discussed the technologies on Earth that may help humanity th…

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How AI is Transforming Medical Diagnostics | Interview with Echo IQ 37:58

2M ago37:58

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On Talk Money To Me, Felicity and Candice have spent much of the last 12 months discussing all the ways AI might impact different market sectors and transform our everyday. In this episode, they speak with two people at the forefront of the Artificial Intelligence revolution in the medical field. Professor Geoff Strange, Chief Research and Strategy…

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Michael Levin: What is Synthbiosis? Diverse Intelligence Beyond AI & The Space of Possible Minds 1:26:23

2M ago1:26:23

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Michael Levin is a Distinguished Professor in the Biology department at Tufts University and associate faculty at the Wyss Institute for Bioinspired Engineering at Harvard University. He holds the Vannevar Bush endowed Chair and serves as director of the Allen Discovery Center at Tufts and the Tufts Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology…

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Why ‘open source’ AIs could be anything but, the derailment risks of long freight trains, and breeding better wheat 17:31

2M ago17:31

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00:31 How open are ‘open source’ AI systems? Many of the large language models powering AI systems are described as ‘open source’ but critics say this is a misnomer, with restricted access to code and training data preventing researchers from probing how these systems work. While the definition of open source in AI models is yet to be agreed, advoc…

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Episode 15: Torsional force microscopy reveals the moiré superlattices 4:58

2M ago4:58

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In this podcast episode, MRS Bulletin’s Sophia Chen interviews Mihir Pendharkar of Stanford University about characterizing electronic properties of twistronics materials. Twistronics refers to a type of electronic device consisting of two-dimensional materials layered at a relative twist angle, forming a new periodic structure known as moiré super…

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AI Trends and Innovations with SADA | EP 182 23:13

2M ago23:13

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In this episode of Cloud and Clear, host Nikki Harley, VP of Ecosystem and Solutions at SADA, talks with Scott Bergquist, who leads SADA's go-to-market strategy for data, AI, and industry solutions. Scott, with over 25 years in tech, shares his insights on the rapid advancements and transformative potential of AI in business. They discuss how SADA …

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Developing a Global Network of Computer Security Incident Response Teams (CSIRTs) 30:51

2M ago30:51

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Cybersecurity risks aren’t just a national concern. In this podcast from the Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute (SEI), the CERT division’s Tracy Bills, senior cybersecurity operations researcher and team lead, and James Lord, security operations technical manager, discuss the SEI’s work developing Computer Security Incident R…

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How do fish know where a sound comes from? Scientists have an answer 31:42

2M ago31:42

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00:46 How light touches are sensed during sex 150 years after they were discovered, researchers have identified how specific nerve-cell structures on the penis and clitoris are activated. While these structures, called Krause corpuscles, are similar to touch-activated corpuscles found on people’s fingers and hands, there was little known about how …

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Episode 14: Mixed-method approach characterizes nanovoids in polymer films 5:56

2M ago5:56

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In this podcast episode, MRS Bulletin’s Laura Leay interviews Falon Kalutantirige from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Ying Li from the University of Wisconsin-Madison about their approach and discovery when characterizing nanovoids in polymer films. Using polyamide (PA) membranes as their subject of study, the researchers applied g…

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End of Financial Year Tips & Checklist 21:23

3M ago21:23

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End of Financial Year (EOFY) is fast approaching! In this episode, Candice and Felicity share their best tips & checklist to help you best prepare for a smooth end of financial year. They discuss Superannuation, Capitial Gains and Losses, Estate Reviews and provide a checklist of what you need to think about to get your ducks in a row as FY24 comes…

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Episode 13: Computational model shows 3D metamaterial that exhibits magnetoelectric effect 5:44

3M ago5:44

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In this podcast episode, MRS Bulletin’s Laura Leay interviews Alexandre Dmitriev from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden about his group’s computational model of a three-dimensional metamaterial exhibiting a magnetoelectric effect—known as the Tellegen effect—when exposed to light. The building blocks of the metamaterial are comprised of disks of…

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