The Science Situation

See? We told you we'd be back! Today we talk about the Nobel Prize in Physics, shared by three- David Thouless, J. Micheal Kosterlitz and Duncan Haldane for their work on theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter. Enjoy! Description from the Nobel foundation: Popular description from Nobel Foundation Description from Dr. Baez, University of California, Riverside Professor  

In this podcast we talk about the 2016 Nobel prize in Medicine- awarded to Dr. Yoshinori Ohsumi for his work on autophagy. Ben then attempts a new, as-of-yet unnamed segment where he explains why the sky is blue! The science situation, simple science from simple scientists.  twitter: @scisit  

Welcome to the Science Situation beta! This is a new format where we choose a news article about a new finding or hot topic from physics or life sciences and explain the topic, and why it's important in our field. Today Ben will be discussing Quantum computing, using the article "Is D-Wave's quantum computer actually a quantum computer" Found here: http://bit.ly/1pU8rgc So, take the leap! Questions, concerns and love: [email protected] twitter: @scisit  

In this episode Chris talks with Dr. Anthony Apostoli a cancer researcher with a specialty in breast, head and neck cancers. In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month, we discuss the background of the cancer, risk factors and treatments available. Thanks for downloading!!

In this episode Ben tells us about passive electronic circuits. Resistors, capacitors, inductors are all discussed. If you are interested in hearing some of the basic terms of the basic building blocks of simple electrical cicuits. This is a huge topic, and we cannot cover it all, but we give it our best. It's L-inductor-sanity.    

In today's pod, Chris dives in to the world of cardiovascular disease, specifically taking on the importance of high blood pressure as a risk factor. Ben raps.

In today's pod, Ben goes into commonly misused words from physics; including vectors, displacement, velocity and acceleration. Chris does his best to understand.

This week, Chris tells Ben all about what happens when a bone breaks. Bones are interesting, layered structures. There is more going on that Ben thinks.  The Science Situation is a  podcast where a pair of PhD students attempt to teach one another (and thus the world) about their respective disciplines through the power of popular science.