SciFri Radio: Physics

SciFri Radio: Batter Up!
Ira and guests talk about the physics and materials science that go into one of the symbols of summer -- the baseball bat.

SciFri Radio: Looking forward to LHC
Physicists around the world are looking forward to the startup of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN later this year. We'll talk about the project,...

SciFri Radio: New Biography Focuses On Einstein's Creativity
Why does Einstein, who died more than 50 years ago, continue to fascinate us?

Particles of Science

Berry Power

New research explains why cranberry juice may ward off urinary tract infections. The berry beverage was shown to prevent disease-causing bacteria from attaching to urinary tract cells in the body.

This Just In

Baseball players beware: Maple baseball bats do not out-perform ash bats at the plate, according to SciFri's baseball bat experts Brian Boltz and Lloyd Smith. Ash bats wear down differently than maple--but neither bat hits the ball farther. Listen

Tweets from Mars

Mars addict? Read the latest mini-updates from the Mars Phoenix Lander through Twitter. Get your fix here.

Talking about Climate

Montclair State University hosted a panel called "The Environment and Sustainability, the Next 100 Years"--watch Ira, Michael Oppenheimer and others sound off on climate change.

SciFri Newsbriefs: Physics

Newsbrief: A Better Backpack
Over-sized rubberbands can make a 60-pound backpack feel ten pounds lighter.

Newsbrief: The Secret to Whiter Whites? Ask this Beetle
This beetle outshines teeth and milk.

Newsbrief: Better Off Bumpy
At one atom thick, graphene is as thin as it gets, but it's not flat.

Newsbrief: Gravity Anomaly Solved
The gravitational pull near Hudson Bay, Canada is unusually weak. A new study explains why.

Newsbrief: Liquid Mirror Lunar Telescope
Using liquid for the telescope's mirror could let scientists see deeper into the Universe than ever before.

Newsbrief: Rods of Copper that Swim Like Fish
Shaking tiny copper rods causes them to swarm like living creatures. Physicists aren't exactly sure why.

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SciFri Videos: Physics

Video: Mildred Dresselhaus
On March 16, 2007, Ira spoke with Mildred Dresselhaus, a prominent physicist who has focused her research on nanotechnology. She has also worked to...

Video: Physics of Basketball
Lots of fun with hoops and balls and stuff. How does physics impact your game? John Fontanella, a physicist at the U.S. Naval Academy and author of...

Video: In the Studio: Frequency Hopping
Ira talks with Elyse Singer, the writer and director of "Frequency Hopping," a play about a collaboration between Hollywood film legend Hedy Lamarr...

Featured Video: Turning Carbon Dioxide into Stone
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Blogs

SciFri Social Community? -- Should SciFri create it's own social community? We on the mother ship have been talking about whether we should create our own social community, of a form or type to be yet determined... (more)