Astrophysics seminar: "TBA"
Fiona McCarthy (Cambridge and CCA)
Condensed and Living Matter Seminar: Topology, Spin and Orbital in DNA-type Chiral Quantum Materials
Binghai Yan (Weizmann Institute of Science)
In chemistry and biochemistry, chirality represents the structural asymmetry characterized by non-superimposable mirror images for a material like DNA. In physics, however, chirality commonly refers…
High Energy Theory Seminar: Testing Beyond Slow-Roll Inflation Across Large and Small Cosmic Scales
Matteo Braglia (NYU)
Inflation is widely recognized as the leading theory for explaining the origin of the Big Bang. While the simplest slow-roll models predict a nearly scale-invariant spectrum of primordial density perturbations,…
Condensed and Living Matter Seminar: Critical points and Bifurcations integrate and amplify sensory information.
Ben Machta (Yale University)
Biological systems must integrate and amplify signals which are faint and insignificant at the level of individual sensory receptors. In this talk I will argue that organisms can use the diverging…
Astrophysics seminar: The James Webb Space Telescope: A New Era for Space Exploration
Mike McElwain (NASA)
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a large, infrared
space telescope designed to transform space science by observing targets
from within our own Solar System to the first light in the Universe (and…
Physics of Soft Matter: Self-Assembling, Responsive, Smart (and Squishy!)
Honoring David Weitz recipient of the 2024 Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science
Free and open to the public
Itinerary
8:00 – 8:30 AM | Beverages, Breads, and Pastries |
8:30 – 8:40 AM | Welcome | …