Larry Page Google AAAS Plenary Lecture on: Google Video Larry Page discusses the key role of science in economic progress, discusses the need for science to market itself better, motivating kids through science, and touches on prospects for progress in key scientific areas.
Interview on: The Vega Science Trust Leo Esaki is a Japanese physicist who shared half the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1973 with Ivar Giaever for the discovery of the phenomenon of electron tunneling. The second half of the prize was awarded to Brian David Josephson. He is known for his invention of the Esaki diode, which exploited the electron tunneling phenomenon.
Cornelia Dean New York Times Reconciling Proof and Belief on: New York Times In a video interview, Cornelia Dean discusses reader reactions to her July 25 review of books about science and faith.
Judah Folkman Harvard Medical School The discovery of angiogenesis inhibitors: A new class of drugs on: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution The process of angiogenesis--the growth of new capillary blood vessels--is now recognized as a powerful control point in cancer. The hypothesis that tumors are angiogenesis-dependent has been confirmed by genetic methods and has stimulated angiogenesis research in many laboratories. As a result, angiogenesis inhibitors have emerged as a new class of drugs.
Martha Ainsworth World Bank Session 4: Can Economics Help Fight AIDS? on: World Bank At its headquarters on December 1, 2005, in support of World AIDS Day 2005, the World Bank held a week of events sponsored by the Global HIV/AIDS Program and coordinated by the South Asia region.
Daniel Dennett Tufts University Interview on: Slate Daniel C. Dennett is University Professor and Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy, and Director of the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University.
Juiie Burling Harvard University Living Healthier, Living Longer: Part 3 on: Harvard University The Harvard Alumni Association, in partnership with the Harvard Medical School, presents this two-day Alumni College seminar highlighting the latest research on memory, sleep, and alternative medicine.
Nai-Chang Yeh California Institute of Technology Superconductivity: Resistance is Futile on: Caltech Dr. Nai-Chang Yeh, professor of physics at Caltech, reviewed novel properties of high-temperature superconductors, the discovery of a new superconducting material, and promising applications of superconductors in communication technology, energy transmission, quantum computation, and medical and space research.
Lynn Margherio Clinton Foundation Accessing HIV/AIDS Drugs and Diagnostics at Clinton Foundation Prices with Bank Funding on: World Bank In April, 2004, the Bank joined the Global Fund, UNICEF and the Clinton Foundation in announcing agreements that will make it possible for developing countries to purchase high-quality HIV/AIDS medicines and diagnostics at the lowest available prices.
Border Wall Could Block Wildlife on: Discovery Channel The presence of Jaguars along the U.S.- Mexico border means that a new wall may also create an impasse for them and other wildlife. Jorge Ribas investigates.
Nobel Laureate Dr. Stanley Prusiner: Sharing the Knowledge on: UC Berkeley Webcasts Stanley Prusiner, 1997 Nobel laureate, Director of the Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases and Professor of Neurology at UC San Francisco, is the inaugural speaker in the UC Office of Research's new presentation series, Sharing the Knowledge: Exciting Research From UC's Distinguished Scholars.
360 Revolution on: Join computer pioneers and National Medal of Technology awardees Erich Bloch, Fred Brooks, Jr. and Bob Evans with current IBM technology chief Nick Donofrio for a conversation about the extraordinary System/360 project. IBM launched System/360 on April 7, 1964. Many consider it the biggest business gamble of all time. At the height of IBM's success, Thomas J. Watson, Jr. bet the company's future on a new compatible family of computer systems that would help revolutionize modern organizations. Get a behind-the-scenes view of the tough decisions made by some of the people who made them, and learn how the System/360 helped transform the government, science and commercial landscape.
Connie Davis MacColl Institute for Healthcare Innovation Part 7: Making Change Happen at the Practice Level on: U. of Washington TV Connie Davis identifies four strategies for change in their setting at the practice and population level that can be used when implementing the Chronic Care Model. This lecture was taped at the 2004 Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Clinical Research Methods Summer Session co-sponsored by the Seattle VA Epidemiologic Research and Information Center (ERIC) and the University of Washington.
Information Security-Before, During, and After Public-Key Cryptography on: In the 1970s, the world of information security was transformed by public-key cryptography, the radical revision of cryptographic thinking that allowed people with no prior contact to communicate securely. Public key solved security problems born of the revolution in information technology that characterized the 20th century and made Internet commerce possible. Security problems rarely stay solved, however. Continuing growth in computing, networking, and wireless--including applications made possible by improvements in security-have given rise to new security problems. Where is this going? Diffie, a key figure in the discovery public-key cryptography, will trace the growth of information security through the 20th Century and into the 21st.
Grand Opening of the George E. Brown Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) on: National Science Foundation From the Pacific coast to our nation's interior, more than 75 million Americans in 39 states live in towns and cities at risk for earthquake devastation. While scientists are digging into the origins of seismic waves, engineers are pushing the boundaries of design to create structures that remain safe when an earthquake ultimately surfaces. On Nov. 15, 2004, the National Science Foundation hosted the grand opening of a research network that addresses this important design need--the George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES).
David Deutsch Oxford University The Qubit on: David Deutsch Video Lectures Introducing quantum theory, the quantum theory of computation, physical systems, observations, and the simplest quantum physical system
Kathleen Dudzinski Dolphin Communication Project Eavesdropping on Dolphins on: WGBH Forum Following a screening of the IMAX Film Dolphins, Dr. Kathleen Dudzinski, Director of the Dolphin Communication Project at Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration, presents details from her 14 years of studying dolphin communication in the Bahamas, Japan and Honduras.
Andrew Read Duke University Porpoises: The Smallest Whales on: WGBH Forum Dr. Read traces the history of our understanding of these enigmatic animals over the last 25 years, with an emphasis on how technological advances have helped us understand their biology.
Marcelo Vasquez Brookhaven National Laboratory 401st Brookhaven Lecture by Marcelo Vasquez on: Brookhaven National Laboratory Hazards of the Deep: Killing the Dragons -- Neurobiological Consequences of Space Radiation Exposures. Vazquez discusses his research projects and how scientists from NASA, national laboratories, and other institutions worldwide have expanded the understanding of the link between ionizing radiation and neurodegeneration. February 15, 2005.
Irving Weissman Stanford University School of Medicine Stem Cells: Biology, Medicine and Beyond on: Carnegie Institution Research shows that adult stem cells may be responsible for the regeneration-and perhaps generation-of many, if not all tissues and organs. Some of these stem cells are now used for medical therapies and others are ready to be tested. Surprisingly, it appears that cancers also can use the stem cell model for regeneration and growth. A better understanding of cancer stem cells may soon change the way we treat this pervasive disease.
Sally Baliunas Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Monsters, Dwarfs, and Everything in Between on: WGBH Forum Inside the nucleus of an atom, the laws of quantum mechanics successfully describe the domain of the incredibly small. Yet the same laws influence the very large, including such objects as stars. Lowell Lecture #3.
Interview on: The Vega Science Trust Nobel Prize in Medicine / Physiology 1991 together with Bert Sakmann 'for their discoveries concerning the function of single ion channels in cells'
