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Sept. 13, 2018 Planetary metabolism: Breathing of the Earth -- Scott Denning Planetary metabolism: Breathing of the Earth
Jan. 9, 2020 Will snow help or hurt sea ice in a warming climate? -- Melinda Webster Will snow help or hurt sea ice in a warming climate?
Jan. 16, 2020 Alternatives to Ordered Phases at Zero Temperature -- Meigan Aronson 2020 01 16 Aronson (pptx)
Jan. 23, 2020 Direct Detection of sub-GeV Dark Matter: A New Frontier -- Rouven Essig 2020 01 23 Essig (pdf)
Direct Detection of sub-GeV Dark Matter: A New Frontier
Jan. 30, 2020 Utilizing Physics-Based Models to Manage the Risk of Injection-Induced Seismicity Associated with Unconventional Oil and Gas Production -- Mark Zoback 2020 01 30 Zoback (pdf)
Utilizing Physics-Based Models to Manage the Risk of Injection-Induced Seismicity
Feb. 6, 2020 How nuclear physics can treat cancer - radiotherapy at TRIUMF -- Cornelia Hoehr 2020 02 06 Hoehr (pdf)
How nuclear physics can treat cancer - radiotherapy at TRIUMF
Feb. 13, 2020 CHIME: The Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment -- Kendrick Smith 2020 02 13 Smith (pdf)
CHIME: The Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment
Feb. 27, 2020 The surprising case of CFC-11: Have we fallen off the path to ozone layer recovery? -- Stephen Montzka 2020_02_27_Montzka (pdf)
2020_02_27_Montzka (pptx)
March 5, 2020 Measurements: For all time, for all people (The dawning of a new age) -- Alan Migdall Measurements: For all time, for all people
March 12, 2020 Simple physics of complex “biomachines”: the curious case of the Nuclear Pore Complex -- Anton Zilman Simple physics of complex “biomachines”: the curious case of the Nuclear Pore Complex
Sept. 17, 2020 Topologically Ordered Matter and Why You Should be Interested -- Steven Simon Topologically Ordered Matter and Why You Should be Interested
Sept. 24, 2020 Superconductivity from repulsion -- Andrey Chubukov Superconductivity from repulsion
Oct. 1, 2020 CAN A QUBIT BE YOUR FRIEND? Why a philosopher would want to have a quantum computer -- Howard Wiseman CAN A QUBIT BE YOUR FRIEND? Why a philosopher would want to have a quantum computer
Oct. 15, 2020 Many-body physics with arrays of individual atoms -- Antoine Browaeys Many-body physics with arrays of individual atoms
Oct. 22, 2020 Thoughts on what Dark Matter is (and what it isn’t) and how to Find it -- Katherine Freese Thoughts on what Dark Matter is (and what it isn’t) and how to Find it
Oct. 29, 2020 Mapping the Milky Way's Dark Matter Halo with Gaia -- Mariangela Lisanti 0:11 / 46:23 Mapping the Milky Way's Dark Matter Halo with Gaia
Nov. 12, 2020 Physics of your chromosomes -- Leonid Mirny Physics of your chromosomes
Nov. 19, 2020 What to do with a near-term quantum computer? -- Alán Aspuru-Guzik What to do with a near-term quantum computer?
Dec. 3, 2020 Electrons in Moiré Superlattices: A playground for correlation and topology -- Ali Yazdani Electrons in Moiré Superlattices: A playground for correlation and topology
Jan. 7, 2021 Capturing light induced phase transitions with femtosecond movies -- Nuh Gedik Capturing light induced phase transitions with femtosecond movies
Jan. 14, 2021 Global high spatial resolution observations of atmospheric composition: TROPOMI -- Pepijn Veefkind Global high spatial resolution observations of atmospheric composition: TROPOMI
Jan. 21, 2021 How do clouds affect global warming? -- Jennifer Kay How do clouds affect global warming?
Jan. 28, 2021 Global warming is larger in the latest climate models than in their predecessors. Do we trust them? -- Mark Zelinka Global warming is larger in the latest climate models than in their predecessors. Do we trust them?
Feb. 4, 2021 Shining New Light on Dark Matter -- Natalia Toro Shining New Light on Dark Matter
Feb. 11, 2021 Universal dynamics of complex biological communities -- Jeff Gore Universal dynamics of complex biological communities
March 4, 2021 Statistical Mechanics for Erosion and Earthquakes -- Victor Tsai Statistical Mechanics for Erosion and Earthquakes
March 11, 2021 The Magic of Atomically Thin Materials -- Eva Andrei The Magic of Atomically Thin Materials
March 18, 2021 Earthquakes in Cascadia -- Michael Bostock Earthquakes in Cascadia
March 25, 2021 Machine learning for physics-discovery and climate modeling -- Laure Zanna Machine learning for physics-discovery and climate modeling
April 1, 2021 Rare beauty - are we seeing signs of new physics at the LHCb experiment? -- Harry Cliff Rare beauty - are we seeing signs of new physics at the LHCb experiment?
Sept. 16, 2021 A Modern View of Scattering Amplitudes -- Henriette Elvang A Modern View of Scattering Amplitudes
Sept. 23, 2021 Fermilab g-2: Measuring the Anomalous Magnetic Moment of the Muon. -- Chris Stoughton Fermilab g-2: Measuring the Anomalous Magnetic Moment of the Muon
Sept. 30, 2021 Quantum Sensing of Quantum Materials Using NV center Microscopy -- Amir Yacoby Quantum Sensing of Quantum Materials Using NV center Microscopy
Oct. 14, 2021 The Power of the Dark Side: Discovering New Physics among Dark Matter and Neutrinos -- Enectali Figueroa-Feliciano The Power of the Dark Side: Discovering New Physics among Dark Matter and Neutrinos
Oct. 21, 2021 The Physics of Complexity: Nobel Prizes and Ice Arches -- G.W. Kent Moore The Physics of Complexity: Nobel Prizes and Ice Arches
Oct. 28, 2021 Scalable semiconductor quantum systems -- Jelena Vuckovic Scalable semiconductor quantum systems
Nov. 4, 2021 The densest stellar systems: the dynamics of galactic nuclei -- Scott Tremaine The densest stellar systems: the dynamics of galactic nuclei
Nov. 18, 2021 Attosecond Quantum Technologies for Probing the Functional Properties of Materials -- Margaret Murnane Attosecond Quantum Technologies for Probing the Functional Properties of Materials
Nov. 25, 2021 Mixing up the climate? How the mystery of stratified turbulence is controlling all our futures -- Colm-cille Caulfield Mixing up the climate? How the mystery of stratified turbulence is controlling all our futures
Jan. 13, 2022 Australia’s Black Summer Pyrocumulonimbus Super Outbreak Reveals Potential for Increasingly Extreme Stratospheric Smoke Events -- David Peterson Australia’s Black Summer Pyrocumulonimbus Super Outbreak Reveals Potential for Increasingly Extreme Stratospheric Smoke Events
Jan. 20, 2022 Function without Structure: Single-molecule Experiments and Modelling of Disordered Proteins -- Claudiu Gradinaru Function without Structure: Single-molecule Experiments and Modelling of Disordered Proteins
Jan. 27, 2022 Self-Organised Localisation -- Matthew Philip Mccullough Self-Organised Localisation
Feb. 3, 2022 Strongly Driven Quantum Materials -- David Hsieh Strongly Driven Quantum Materials
Feb. 10, 2022 Order Up! Molecular Qubits with a Side of SPAM -- Wes Campbell Order Up! Molecular Qubits with a Side of SPAM
Feb. 17, 2022 Closing the gap between simulating and understanding climate change -- Tiffany Shaw Closing the gap between simulating and understanding climate change
March 3, 2022 Exploring Quantum Phases of Matter on Quantum Processors -- Frank Pollmann Exploring Quantum Phases of Matter on Quantum Processors
March 10, 2022 Quantum Error Correction Codes as Exotic Condensed Matter -- Xie Chen Quantum Error Correction Codes as Exotic Condensed Matter
March 17, 2022 Measuring and enhancing quantitative reasoning in physics instruction -- Suzanne White Brahmia Measuring and enhancing quantitative reasoning in physics instruction
March 24, 2022 Predictive ocean dynamics in warming climate -- Shang-Ping Xie Predictive ocean dynamics in warming climate
March 31, 2022 Making Matter from Light: Mott Insulators, Superfluids and Topological Fluids -- Jonathan Simon Making Matter from Light: Mott Insulators, Superfluids and Topological Fluids
April 7, 2022 Computational Microscopy -- Laura Waller Computational Microscopy
Sept. 15, 2022 Dark Matter Meets Condensed Matter -- Yonatan Kahn Dark Matter Meets Condensed Matter
Sept. 22, 2022 From Telescopes to Dark Matter & Black Holes -- Ting Li From Telescopes to Dark Matter & Black Holes
Sept. 29, 2022 2D TMDs: New Wonder Materials? -- Andrew T. S. Wee 2D TMDs: New Wonder Materials?
Oct. 6, 2022 Quantum Machine Learning -- Anatole von Lilienfeld Quantum Machine Learning
Oct. 13, 2022 Small waves, big impact: Atmospheric gravity waves and climate change -- Aditi Sheshadri Small waves, big impact: Atmospheric gravity waves and climate change
Oct. 20, 2022 Floquet engineering in the era of topological physics and quantum coherent devices -- Gil Refael Floquet engineering in the era of topological physics and quantum coherent devices
Oct. 27, 2022 What Do Creativity and Equity Have to Do with STEM Education? -- Jennifer Adams What Do Creativity and Equity Have to Do with STEM Education?
Nov. 3, 2022 The physics of polar weather patterns -- Tim Woollings The physics of polar weather patterns
Nov. 17, 2022 Smelling odor motion enhances olfactory navigation -- Thierry Emonet Smelling odor motion enhances olfactory navigation
Nov. 24, 2022 Solid State Detectors for Low-Mass Dark Matter Searches -- Miriam Diamond Solid State Detectors for Low-Mass Dark Matter Searches
Jan. 12, 2023 Detecting Dark Matter with Stars and Planets -- Rebecca Leane Detecting Dark Matter with Stars and Planets
Jan. 19, 2023 Statistical Physics of Biological Simplicity -- Ilya Nemenman Statistical Physics of Biological Simplicity
Jan. 26, 2023 Why are we here? Matter--Antimatter Asymmetry of the Universe -- Seyda Ipek Why are we here? Matter--Antimatter Asymmetry of the Universe
Feb. 2, 2023 Building our Universe with Qubits -- Shailesh Chandrasekharan Building our Universe with Qubits
Feb. 9, 2023 Earth’s Rock and Roll: Rotational Motions in Geodesy and Seismology -- Heiner Igel Earth’s Rock and Roll: Rotational Motions in Geodesy and Seismology
Feb. 16, 2023 The Search for Topological Materials -- Jennifer Cano The Search for Topological Materials
March 2, 2023 Computation in the Calculus-based Intro Physics Course -- Ruth Chabay and Bruce Sherwood Computation in the Calculus-based Intro Physics Course
March 9, 2023 Taking Earth’s Temperature -- Tristan L'Ecuyer Taking Earth’s Temperature
March 23, 2023 Measuring Waves and Turbulence in the Ocean: Why and How -- Matthew Alford Measuring Waves and Turbulence in the Ocean: Why and How
Sept. 14, 2023 Discoveries in the Deep: The Future of Science at SNOLAB -- Jodi Cooley Discoveries in the Deep: The Future of Science at SNOLAB
Sept. 21, 2023 Control and distribution of entanglement in quantum networks -- Sophia Economou Control and distribution of entanglement in quantum networks
Sept. 28, 2023 Earth and Venus: Twins, Yes but, Probably not Separated at Birth -- Scott King Earth and Venus: Twins, Yes but, Probably not Separated at Birth
Oct. 5, 2023 Recent Adventures in Science Journalism -- Ivan Semeniuk Recent Adventures in Science Journalism
Oct. 12, 2023 Physics as Street Art -- Tatiana Erukhimova Physics as Street Art
Oct. 26, 2023 Good qubits and good codes -- Shruti Puri Good qubits and good codes
Nov. 2, 2023 Flying Through Clouds to Learn About Weather and Climate -- Greg McFarquhar Flying Through Clouds to Learn About Weather and Climate
Nov. 16, 2023 Neutron Star Mergers: New Frontiers in Computational Relativistic Astrophysics -- Elias R. Most Neutron Star Mergers: New Frontiers in Computational Relativistic Astrophysics
Jan. 18, 2024 A journey to the future: “Our Muon Shot" -- Patrick Meade A journey to the future: “Our Muon Shot"
Jan. 25, 2024 How Squishy Are Neutron Stars? And Why Does that Matter? -- Frits Paerels How Squishy Are Neutron Stars? And Why Does that Matter?
Feb. 1, 2024 Finding unconventional superconductors via unconventional synthesis -- Harold Hwang Finding unconventional superconductors via unconventional synthesis
Feb. 8, 2024 Chemistry Insights into Physics Problems -- Fazel Tafti Chemistry Insights into Physics Problems
Feb. 15, 2024 Quantum Force and Space-Time Topology -- Herman Batelaan Quantum Force and Space-Time Topology
Feb. 29, 2024 Nonequilibrium and Cavity Control of Quantum Matter -- Prineha Narang Nonequilibrium and Cavity Control of Quantum Matter
March 7, 2024 Dark Matter and the search for WIMPs -- Dan Hooper Dark Matter and the search for WIMPs
March 21, 2024 Quantum entanglement in nature -- Subir Sachdev Quantum entanglement in nature
March 28, 2024 Echos of the Early Universe in Axion Haloscopes -- Nicholas Rodd Echos of the Early Universe in Axion Haloscopes
April 4, 2024 Physical systems that learn by themselves -- Andrea Liu Physical systems that learn by themselves
Sept. 12, 2024 Life in Motion: From turbulence to climate -- Mara Freilich Life in Motion: From turbulence to climate
Sept. 19, 2024 Oppenheimer and the Legacy of the Manhattan Project: Current Challenges in Nuclear Arms Control -- Matthias Grosse Perdekamp Oppenheimer and the Legacy of the Manhattan Project: Current Challenges in Nuclear Arms Control
Oct. 3, 2024 Black hole accretion and growth in the Time Domain and Multi-Messenger Era -- Erin Kara Black hole accretion and growth in the Time Domain and Multi-Messenger Era
Oct. 10, 2024 Not Your Father's (or Mother's!) Quantum Disordered Ground States: Dipoles and Octupoles in Quantum Spin Ice -- Bruce Gaulin Not Your Father's (or Mother's!) Quantum Disordered Ground States: Dipoles and Octupoles in Quantum Spin Ice
Oct. 24, 2024 History matters: how the deep past of the oceans informs the ongoing climate change -- Ali Mashayek History matters: how the deep past of the oceans informs the ongoing climate change
Oct. 31, 2024 Thermodynamics of the climate system -- Morgan O'Neill Thermodynamics of the climate system
Nov. 7, 2024 Mapping neutron stars: inside and out -- Anna Watts Mapping neutron stars: inside and out
Nov. 21, 2024 The ecology and evolution of gut microbial communities -- KC Huang The ecology and evolution of gut microbial communities
Nov. 28, 2024 Probing New Physics with Cryogenic Detectors -- Ziqing Hong Probing New Physics with Cryogenic Detectors
Jan. 16, 2025 Advancing Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Indigenization in Canadian Astroparticle Physics: The McDonald Institute Approach -- Alexandra Pedersen Advancing Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Indigenization in Canadian Astroparticle Physics: The McDonald Institute Approach
Jan. 23, 2025 Radiation of Extreme Plasma near the Neutron Stars and Black holes -- Alexander Philippov Radiation of Extreme Plasma near the Neutron Stars and Black holes
Jan. 30, 2025 The Physics of Human Aging -- Andrew Rutenberg The Physics of Human Aging
Feb. 6, 2025 The Search for Wavy Dark Matter: Axions ABRACADABRA to DMRadio -- Lindley Winslow The Search for Wavy Dark Matter: Axions ABRACADABRA to DMRadio
Feb. 13, 2025 The Pacific Ocean Neutrino Experiment -- Matthias Danninger The Pacific Ocean Neutrino Experiment
Feb. 20, 2025 Snap, Crackle and Pop: Flares, Variability and Caustics from the Black Hole in M87 -- Roger Blandford Snap, Crackle and Pop: Flares, Variability and Caustics from the Black Hole in M87
March 13, 2025 Fractionalized electrons in topological materials -- Liang Fu Fractionalized electrons in topological materials
March 20, 2025 Enhancing representation in Physics: Understanding gender gaps in STEM and High School student enrollment choices -- Martin Williams Enhancing representation in Physics: Understanding gender gaps in STEM and High School student enrollment choices
March 27, 2025 Moiré is different: New Twists in the Tale of Strong Correlations -- Siddharth A. Parameswaran Moiré is different: New Twists in the Tale of Strong Correlations
April 3, 2025 The evolution of interactions between viral pathogens and human adaptive immune systems -- Michael Desai The evolution of interactions between viral pathogens and human adaptive immune systems