10 episodes

Get ready to breakdown the most egregious perpetrator of jargon warfare in all of science: the title of an academic paper. Each episode, we will sit down with a researcher from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and talk about a recent paper, with the one and only goal of understanding the title.

Science@SEAS Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

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Get ready to breakdown the most egregious perpetrator of jargon warfare in all of science: the title of an academic paper. Each episode, we will sit down with a researcher from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and talk about a recent paper, with the one and only goal of understanding the title.

    Research bits: Engineering Birdsongs

    Research bits: Engineering Birdsongs

    SEAS researchers developed a simple device that mimics complex birdsongs.

    • 2 min
    Slow climate mode reconciles historical and model-based estimates of climate sensitivity

    Slow climate mode reconciles historical and model-based estimates of climate sensitivity

    SEAS researchers Peter Huybers and Cristian Proistosescu resolved a major conflict in estimates of how much the Earth will warm in response to a doubling of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

    • 14 min
    The uncertain future of energy and climate

    The uncertain future of energy and climate

    Professor Michael McElroy discusses a world without fossil fuels, the economics of changing energy systems and the impact Donald Trump may have on the future of energy and climate.​

    • 13 min
    Superconductivity vs. Spintronics

    Superconductivity vs. Spintronics

    Applied physicist Hechen Ren joins the podcast to discuss the title of her paper, "Controlled Finite Momentum Pairing and Spatially Varying Order Parameter in Proximitized HgTe Quantum Wells." It gets spooky.

    • 11 min
    AI and Life in 2030

    AI and Life in 2030

    Tackling the ethical and legal quandaries of artificial intelligence with AI pioneer and SEAS professor Barbara Grosz.

    • 13 min
    Multilayer Dielectric Elastomers for Fast, Programmable Actuation without Prestretch

    Multilayer Dielectric Elastomers for Fast, Programmable Actuation without Prestretch

    Electrically powered, artificial muscles that are easy to make

    • 8 min

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