Science on Saturday (Audio)

Science on Saturday (Audio)

50 episodes

Join a group of science teachers and middle and high school students on a field trip to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) for the annual Science on Saturday (SOS) lecture series. Presented by leading LLNL researchers and supported by master high school science teachers, each topic highlights cutting-edge science occurring at the lab.

Podcasts

Return to Apollo: Geologic Evolution of a Young Moon

Published: April 5, 2020, 8 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 10 seconds

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Health in Space: Developing New Tools for the Trip to Mars

Published: April 5, 2020, 8 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 41 seconds

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Planetary Defense: Avoiding a Cosmic Catastrophe

Published: April 4, 2020, 8 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 40 seconds

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Crossing the Blood Brain Barrier: One Byte at a Time

Published: Jan. 6, 2020, 8 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 54 seconds

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3D Bioprinted Model for Metastatic Brain Tumors

Published: July 17, 2019, 8 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 3 seconds

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In the Mood: Deciphering Complex Brain Signals

Published: June 23, 2019, 8 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 50 seconds

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Giving Your Brain a Voice: Engineering Sensors That Listen to Brain Cells

Published: June 19, 2019, 8 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 52 seconds

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Biomolecular Action Movies: Flash Imaging with X-ray Lasers

Published: June 28, 2018, 8 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 58 seconds

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Improving Human Health One Atom at a Time - Biomedical Accelerator Mass Spectrometry

Published: June 18, 2018, 8 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 1 second

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The Evolution of Computing Technologies: From Following Instructions to Learning

Published: June 14, 2018, 8 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 59 seconds

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Laser-Plasma Accelerators: Riding the Wave to the Next Generation X-Ray Light Sources

Published: June 7, 2018, 8 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 58 seconds

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Building Biologically Inspired Nano-Bots

Published: July 3, 2017, 8 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 38 seconds

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3D Printing: From Imagination to Realization

Published: May 15, 2017, 8 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 48 seconds

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Reconstructing a Rabies Epidemic: Byte by Byte

Published: May 8, 2017, 8 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 9 seconds

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Forensic Science in Crisis: How Proteins Can Help

Published: May 1, 2017, 8 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 7 seconds

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Behold Livermorium: A Quest for New Elements

Published: Jan. 2, 2017, 8 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 35 seconds

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From Basketball and Medicine to Climate: Understanding the World through Statistics

Published: Dec. 26, 2016, 8 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 5 seconds

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Harnessing Fusion: Creating a Sun on Earth

Published: Dec. 19, 2016, 8 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 58 seconds

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iChip: Human Physiology in the Palm of Your Hand

Published: Dec. 5, 2016, 8 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 18 seconds

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Computer Simulations of Earthquakes in the San Francisco Bay Area

Published: June 22, 2015, 8 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 10 seconds

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Hydrology of an Ant Farm

Published: June 15, 2015, 8 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 20 seconds

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Shale Gas Revolution

Published: June 8, 2015, 8 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 23 seconds

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Green Power: Making Electricity out of Thin Air

Published: June 1, 2015, 8 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 44 seconds

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The Cardioid Project: Simulating the Human Heart on the World's Fastest Supercomputer

Published: Sept. 22, 2014, 8 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 58 seconds

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Menacing Microbes: Protein Models Reveal Secrets

Published: Sept. 15, 2014, 8 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 25 seconds

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Fusion Modeling: Using Big Computers to Understand One of the Universe's Biggest Secrets

Published: Sept. 8, 2014, 8 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 47 seconds

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Computer Simulation: Exploring Nature with a Computer

Published: Sept. 1, 2014, 8 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 38 seconds

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Medical Radar: Next Generation Life Saving Medical Devices

Published: Jan. 13, 2014, 8 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 48 seconds

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The 'Bio' in Biofuels: New Energy from Ancient Life

Published: Jan. 8, 2014, 8 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 22 seconds

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The Extreme X-Ray Universe: Discovery Science with NASA's NuSTAR Mission

Published: Dec. 23, 2013, 8 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes

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Detecting Pathogen DNA: Making Medical Diagnostics Fast Accurate and Cheap

Published: Dec. 16, 2013, 8 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 46 seconds

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The Gamma-Ray Spectrometer at Mercury: A Seven Year Journey to the Innermost Planet

Published: March 18, 2013, 8 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 20 seconds

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Sleuthing Seismic Signals: Understanding Earthquake Hazard and Monitoring Nuclear Explosions

Published: March 11, 2013, 8 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 11 seconds

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Fighting Super Bugs: Overcoming Antibiotic Resistance

Published: Dec. 31, 2012, 8 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 11 seconds

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Space Junk: Traffic Cops in Space

Published: Dec. 24, 2012, 8 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 45 seconds

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Restoring Sight to the Blind: Bridging the Medical Gap with Technology

Published: Dec. 17, 2012, 8 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 41 seconds

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Proton Therapy for Cancer: Addressing a Big Problem with a Small Machine

Published: Sept. 26, 2011, 8 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 6 seconds

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Its Gust About Time: Harnessing the Wind for Our Energy Needs

Published: Sept. 19, 2011, 8 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 59 seconds

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Superheavy Elements: Search for the End of the Periodic Table

Published: Sept. 12, 2011, 8 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 32 seconds

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Withstanding Climate Change: You Can Change the World

Published: Sept. 5, 2011, 8 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 8 seconds

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Distant Worlds: Making Images of Other Solar Systems

Published: Jan. 25, 2011, 8 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 9 seconds

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Storing Carbon Dioxide in the Earth Not the Atmosphere

Published: Jan. 18, 2011, 8 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 36 seconds

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Harnessing Fusion Energy: The Power of Light

Published: Jan. 11, 2011, 8 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 11 seconds

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Understanding Climate Change: Seeing the Carbon Through the Trees

Published: Jan. 4, 2011, 8 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 59 seconds

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Its a Breeze: Using the Wind to Power Our Future

Published: March 1, 2010, 8 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 50 seconds

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Aerogels: The Materials Science of Empty Space

Published: Feb. 20, 2010, 8 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 28 seconds

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Order from Chaos: The Birth of the Solar System

Published: Feb. 15, 2010, 8 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 12 seconds

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Avoiding Armageddon: Diverting Asteroids with Nuclear Explosives

Published: Feb. 8, 2010, 8 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 49 seconds

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Star Power on Earth: The Path to a Limitless Clean Energy Future

Published: Feb. 1, 2010, 8 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 22 seconds

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Our Dark and Messy Universe: How One Particle Might Light the Way

Published: Nov. 17, 2008, 8 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 30 seconds

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