Archive for the ‘Science + Technology’ Category
Scientists at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois, have stumbled upon something that may change the face of particle physics as we know it. A recent “data bump” revealed the possible existence of the Higgs-Boson, also known as the God particle because it is said to permeate all space and give particles rest mass. [...]
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This week, WPRB News takes you away from Princeton to Power Shift 2011 in Washington D.C., the largest grassroot environmental movement held in U.S. history. Rafael Grillo goes behind the scene to talk to leaders and offers first-hand account of what this movement is all about.
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This week, WPRB correspondents Derek Gideon and Lisa Han looked into the controversy over the proposed building of PurGen One, a coal plant in Linden, NJ. They talked with Princeton PhD student Ben Court and Marissa Mascaro, Executive Vice President at Legal and Regulatory Affairs at SCS Energy, who gave two very different interpretations regarding [...]
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This week, Raphael Murillo interviewed Professor Sheldon Garon of Princeton University about the impact of the earthquake and ensuing tsunami in Japan. They talked about the portrayal of the event in the American and international media, and more general about the response of the Japanese government to the crisis. Click here for the segment on [...]
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Our guest this evening is a genuine Renaissance man. Conor Myhrvold is a senior in the geosciences department at Princeton University. He is also a wildlife photographer, inventor, and javelin thrower. Conor joins us to discuss a couple of research projects he is currently working on—one of which involves heat conduction in elephant hair. (That’s [...]
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Bell Labs is the single most important reason we live in the so-called “digital age.” We sit down with Princeton Professor Sigurd Wagner to learn how the Holmdel, NJ site of Bell Labs came to be abandoned like some forgotten colossus.
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We interview former U.S. Ambassador to Israel Daniel Kurtzer on the Obama administration’s new approach to policy making in the Middle East, Israeli-Palestinian relations, and the future of the two-state solution. Recorded January 26.
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We discuss with Princeton Professor Edward Felten the recent hacking of American companies from within China, cyberattacks more broadly, and the United States’s cybersecurity capability. Recorded March 4.
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Princeton Professor of Chemical Engineering, Yueh-Lin Loo, joins us to talk about “conducting polymers,” the exciting field of “plastic electronics,” and the new technique she invented that allows scientists to shape plastics into a useful form while maintaining high conductivity. Her breakthrough paves the way for plastics to replace metals in a wide range of electronic devices, including plastic solar panels.
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A conversation with Eden Full, the teenage inventor whose system of “dynamic photovoltaics” could change the way we harness solar energy and make solar power a more viable option in the developing world. Learn about bimetallic strips, the power of bamboo, and the life of an inventor. Listen now! [audio:http://www.wprb.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/01-eden-full-3-28-10.mp3]
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A conversation with Princeton Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Michael McAlpine, about his invention of piezorubber—the new hybrid smart material that could change the way we power tomorrow’s portable devices and more… Learn how some materials can convert mechanical energy into useful electricity via the piezoelectric effect. Discover how a quartz watch keeps accurate [...]
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This week on Discourse, Professor of Electrical Engineering Andrew Houck ’00 joins us to discuss the latest in quantum computing. Earlier this year, Professor Houck’s work in this exciting new field prompted the editors of Technology Review magazine to include him on their list of the top 35 young innovators for 2009. The TR35, as [...]
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