SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
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"Science and Society" -- www.scienceandsociety.net -- is Talk Radio focusing on energy, the environment, and sustainability; medicine and cancer research; nanotechnology; space exploration; and K-12 science education. "Science and Society" airs Thursdays, 1:00PM to 2:00PM PDT. Each week the show presents three interviews with groundbreaking and trendsetting researchers, industry-leading executives, and senior government officials. "Science and Society" premiered in June 2003 and has presented interviews with more than 500 world leaders in science, industry, and education, including Nobel Laureates, best-selling authors, visionary executives, and Federal and State public policy makers.
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The Immortality Factor - Ben Bova - Winner of Six Hugo Awards, 4-14-09 | Dr. Ben Bova is a six-time winner of science fiction's Hugo Award and author of the recently published 'The Immortality Factor'. 'The Immortality Factor' is a novel about stem cell research, scientists, politics, and human immortality. Dr. Bova has receiv | 4/14/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Managing the Diabetes Epidemic in Children and Adults - Dr. Francine Kaufman, 3-6-09 | Dr. Francine Kaufman discusses diabetes prevention and treatment. Dr. Kaufman is currrently leading two NIH diabetes investigations, both focusing on preventing and treating type 2 diabetes in children and teenagers. She discusses how people can modify th | 3/9/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Heart Disease, Diabetes, and Obesity - Risk Factors for Women and Prevention of Chronic Disease - Dr. Debra Krummel, 3-3-09 | Dr. Debra Krummel discusses cardiovascular risk factors that have a greater impact on women, as well as the vicious cycle of obesity in women and the next generation. She describes recent research concerning the effects of maternal obesity on the baby. Dr | 3/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mind-Body Training and Prevention of Chronic Disease - Dr. Sung Lee, 2-25-09 | Dr. Sung Lee discusses mind-body training and brain wellness training as they relate to overall health and cancer prevention and treatment. He describes the benefits of Dahn Yoga and the Brain Wave Vibration method. Dr. Lee is a former faculty member at W | 3/1/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Preventing Heart Disease and Cancer - Lifestyle Medicine - Dr. Ann Kulze, 2-24-09 | Dr. Ann Kulze discusses powerful nutritional strategies for maximizing heart health and the most important lifestyle strategies for reducing cancer risk. Dr. Kulze is the author of 'Dr. Ann's 10-Step Diet - A Simple Plan for Permanent Weight Loss and Life | 2/25/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Stay Healthy, Live Longer - Dr. Davis Liu, 2-23-09 | Dr. Davis Liu discusses the prevention and treatment of chronic disease using lifestyle medicine. He describes how to get the most out of your doctor visits, as well as important action steps to get healthy and stay healthy. Dr. Liu is a board-certified f | 2/25/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Single Payer Health Care - Medicare for All - Geri Jenkins, 2-18-09 | Geri Jenkins, Co-President of the California Nurses Association, discusses Single Payer - Medicare for All - An Economic Stimulus Plan for the Nation. Ms. Jenkins describes how a single-payer system would create 2.8 million jobs and more than 300 billion | 2/20/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Science Fiction and Fantasy - Ken Scholes - LAMENTATION, 2-16-09 | Ken Scholes is the author of LAMENTATION, published by Tor Books in February 2009. LAMENTATION is the first in a five book series called The Psalms of Isaak. Ken Scholes was recently hailed by Booklist for his 'rare gift for inventive storytelling that in | 2/17/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Diabetes Prevention Program - Lifestyle Medicine - Dr. David Marrero, 2-13-09 | Dr. David Marrero is the J.O. Ritchey Professor of Medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine, and Director of the Diabetes Translational Research Center. Dr. Marrero helped design the Diabetes Prevention Program. His research interests include str | 2/14/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Integrative Medicine and Cancer Treatment - Urban Zen Initiative at Beth Israel Medical Center, 2-12-09 | Donna Karan, through her Urban Zen initiative, has teamed with Beth Israel Medical Center's Continuum Center for Health and Healing, to create an 'Optimal Healing Environment' for cancer treatment. The Urban Zen Initiative at Beth Israel is supporting a m | 2/14/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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HALO, GEARS OF WAR, MORTAL COILS - Eric Nylund, Writer and Story Consultant, 2-11-09 | Eric Nylund, HALO and GEARS OF WAR writer and story consultant, discusses his new book, MORTAL COILS, his new comic mini-series, BATTLESTAR GALACTICA - The Cylon War, and his new graphic novel, HALO - Genesis. Mr. Nylund provides tips on becoming a game d | 2/12/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Heart Disease Prevention and the Mediterranean Diet - Dr. Michael Ozner, 2-9-09 | Dr. Michael Ozner, author of The Miami Mediterranean Diet, discusses heart disease prevention. The Mediterranean diet helps reduce inflammation of blood vessels supplying the heart, greatly lowering the risk of a heart attack. Dr. Ozner also discusses his | 2/9/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Improving Chronic Illness Care - Cancer, Diabetes, Heart Disease - Dr. Edward Wagner, 2-6-09 | Dr. Edward Wagner discusses the chronic care model - powerful guidelines for improving chronic illness care. Dr. Wagner discusses redesigning the health care delivery system, creating a better-prepared practice team, and developing methods for increasing | 2/9/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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National Health Care Reform and a Single-Payer System - Dr. Ana Malinow, 2-5-09 | Dr. Ana Malinow discusses health care reform, a single-payer health system, and making health care available and affordable for all Americans. Dr. Malinow is Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine and past-president of Physicians | 2/6/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Wellness, Prevention, and National Health Insurance - Dr. Thomas Royer, 2-2-09 | Dr. Thomas Royer discusses health care reform, including affordability, access, and providing basic health insurance coverage for all people in the U.S. Dr. Royer discusses wellness and prevention programs in schools and communities, staffing and funding | 2/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Health Care Policy and Health Care Regulation - Dr. Robert Field, 1-30-09 | Dr. Robert Field discusses the opportunity for health care reform, how to improve health care access and quality, and the future of the pharmaceutical industry. Dr. Field is Chair of the Department of Health Policy and Public Health at University of the S | 1/30/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Cancer and Chronic Disease - Prevention, Detection, and Management - Dr. Michael Liebman, 1-26-09 | Dr. Michael Liebman discusses an expanded approach to personalized medicine, resulting in a clinical decision support system to more effectively prevent and manage cancer and other chronic diseases. Dr. Liebman is President and Managing Director of Strate | 1/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ending the Diabetes and Obesity Epidemics - Dr. David Katz, 1-23-09 | Dr. David Katz discusses solutions for ending the diabetes and obesity epidemics, including action steps for schools, physicians, government, communities, and individuals and families. Dr. Katz is an internationally recognized authority on nutrition, weig | 1/23/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Health Care Reform and Universal Health Care - Dr. Pauline Rosenau, 1-22-09 | Dr. Pauline Rosenau discusses health system reform, including an all-payer system, not-for-profit medical care, how to effectively reduce administrative costs, and the experiences of other countries. Dr. Rosenau is Professor of Management, Policy, and Com | 1/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Democratic Enterprise - The New Economy - Dr. William Halal, Futurist, 1-21-09 | Dr. William Halal discusses democratic enterprise - reinventing the American economy by creating self-organizing distributed networks within corporations - as Google, Nokia, and Johnson and Johnson have done so successfully. Dr. Halal discusses how to cre | 1/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Thomas Horan, Executive Director of the Claremont Information and Technology Institute and Director of the Kay Center for E | Dr. Thomas Horan works on a wide range of applied technology projects relating to transportation and healthcare. His research interests include development and deployment of advanced information technologies and policies, including intelligent transportat | 1/19/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Matthew Kiernan, Chief Executive of Innovest Strategic Value Advisors, and author of Investing in a Sustainable World, 1-12 | Dr. Matthew Kiernan, Chief Executive of Innovest Strategic Value Advisors and author of the recently released, Investing in a Sustainable World, published by AMACOM. In 2007, Dr. Kiernan received a special executive award from the UN Environment Program's | 1/12/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. William Halal - Futurist - author of Technology's Promise, 12-12-08 | Dr. William Halal's newest book is 'Technologys Promise', published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2008. Macmillan's Encyclopedia of the Future ranked him among "The Worlds 100 Most Influential Futurists", including H.G. Wells, Arthur C. Clarke, and Alvin T | 12/15/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jim Thebaut, President and CEO, The Chronicles Group, and writer, director, and producer, 12-10-08 | As an environmental planner trained in landscape architecture, Jim Thebaut created hundreds of impact statements and planning and energy studies, and analyzed environmental influences in the Pacific Northwest. He then turned to a career in filmmaking and | 12/10/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Raymond Francis, author of Never Be Sick Again and Never Be Fat Again, 11-25-08 | Raymond Francis is an MIT-trained scientist, internationally recognized leader in optimal health maintenance, and author of the breakthrough books Never Be Sick Again and Never Be Fat Again. Raymond has proposed an entirely new concept of health along wit | 11/25/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Orson Scott Card, author of Ender's Game and the newly released Ender in Exile, 11-13-08 | Orson Scott Card is the winner of the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award, and author of the renowned Ender's Game. His newest book, Ender in Exile, is published by Tor. | 11/13/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Neal Kaufman, Founder of DPS Health, 11-5-08 | Dr. Kaufman is Co-Director of the UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families, and Communities and Professor of Pediatrics and Public Health at the UCLA Schools of Medicine and Public Health. Dr. Kaufman founded DPS Health in 2004, after a 26-year career | 11/5/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Joy Hakim, author, The Story of Science - Einstein Adds a New Dimension, 10-22-08 | 'The Story of Science - Einstein Adds a New Dimension' has also received the 2008 National Science Teachers Association Selector's Choice Award. Joy Hakim is also the author of 'A History of Us', a ten-volume history of America for young readers. The seri | 10/22/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. James M. Gentile, President, Research Corporation, 1-14-08 | Research Corporation, science education, Large Synoptic Survey Telescope. Dr. James M. Gentile is president of Research Corporation, America's second-oldest foundation and a major proponent of the advancement of science. He is a leader in the field of sci | 1/14/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Michael W. Deem, John W. Cox Professor in Biochemical and Genetic Engineering and Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Rice | Genetics, modularity, mutation rate, horizontal gene transfer. Dr. Deem's specialty is statistical mechanics, specifically the computer simulation of complex molecular systems. He works in the areas of evolution, immunology, and materials. Dr. Deem has de | 1/14/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Charis Eng, Chair and Founding Director, Genomic Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, and Professor and Vice Ch | Genomic medicine, genetic counseling, PTEN, breast cancer research. Dr. Charis Eng's research interests may be broadly characterized as clinical cancer genetics translational research. Dr. Eng has published over 230 peer-reviewed original papers in such j | 8/9/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Eric Isaacs, Director, Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, and Professor of Physics, James Franck | Nanotechnology, x-ray microscopy, solar energy, nanophotonics, nanoscopic battery. Dr. Eric Isaacs has been a developer of modern synchrotron-based x-ray scattering techniques including inelastic x-ray scattering and a hard x-ray nano-probe. Research inte | 8/9/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Catherine T. Hunt, 2007 President, American Chemical Society, 8-9-07 | American Chemical Society, science education, renewable energy, nanotechnology. Dr. Catherine Hunt is a Leader of Technology Partnerships - Emerging Technologies - for Rohm and Haas and her background is in catalysis and inorganic chemistry. In her 23 yea | 7/26/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dan Gerding, Managing Principal, Gerding Collaborative, 7-26-07 | Sustainable design, restorative design, architecture, triple bottom line. Gerding Collaborative seeks ecologically sensitive solutions that promote responsible use of energy, land, and water resources for commercial, institutional, and residential clients | 7/26/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Craig Lund, Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, Mercury Computer Systems, 7-26-07 | High-performance computing, medical imaging, energy, national security. Mercury Computer Systems provides computing systems and software for data-intensive applications that include image processing, signal processing, and visualization. Mercury's applica | 7/26/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Cathleen Campbell, President and CEO, U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation, 7-26-07 | Science and Diplomacy, public health challenges, reducing security risks, developing reliable energy sources. A private, nonprofit organization established in 1995 by the U.S. Government, CRDF promotes international science and technical collaborations. C | 7/26/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Mark Wrighton, Chancellor, Washington University in St. Louis, 7-19-07 | I-CARES, sustainability, energy resources, science education. In June 2007, Washington University in St. Louis launched a new International Center for Advanced Renewable Energy and Sustainability. The I-CARES mission includes investing in infrastructure f | 7/19/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Corey Powell, Executive Editor, Discover magazine, 7-19-07 | Discover magazine, robotics, cancer research, science education. Corey Powell oversees the Discover magazine's overall design and content, with a special emphasis on narrative features and investigative stories. Mr. Powell is an adjunct professor of scien | 7/19/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Christer Strom, Director, MAQUET Critical Care, 7-19-07 | MAQUET Critical Care, Neurally Adjusted Ventilator Assist, neonatal critical care, SERVO-i. The MAQUET Group is the world market leader for Medical Systems, focused on the Operating Room and Intensive Care Unit. MAQUET provides innovative medical solution | 7/19/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Francis Barany, Professor of Microbiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, 7-12-07 | Cancer research, personalized medicine, Endo V mutation scanning, universal DNA arrays. Dr. Francis Barany is also Director of Mutation Research at the Strang Cancer Prevention Center. He is program director of two multi-center NCI and NIAID grants to dev | 7/12/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Gerald Wheeler, Executive Director, National Science Teachers Association, 7-12-07 | Science education, Year of Science 2009, An American Imperative. The National Science Teachers Association is the largest organization in the world promoting excellence and innovation in science teaching and learning. Prior to joining NSTA, Dr. Wheeler he | 7/11/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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David De Rothschild, author, THE LIVE EARTH GLOBAL WARMING SURVIVAL HANDBOOK - 77 Essential Skills to Stop Climate Change, 7-5- | Live Earth, climate change, Alliance for Climate Protection, greenhouse gases. David De Rothschild is the founder of Sculpt the Future, a non-profit environmental foundation. He was recently voted a 'Young Global Leader' by the World Economic Forum and an | 7/3/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Dennis Hong, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director, Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory, Virginia Tech, | Robotics, autonomous robots, NASA, Whole Skin Locomotion. Dr. Dennis Hong's research is funded by the National Science Foundation, Office of Naval Research, DARPA, and the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He recently received the NSF Faculty Early Career D | 6/28/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Christopher Weber, Graduate Research Assistant and Doctoral Candidate, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carne | Embodied environmental emissions, carbon dioxide emissions, carbon footprints, internationalization of supply chain. Christopher Weber's doctoral research at Carnegie Mellon involves the connections between international trade, economic growth, and the en | 6/28/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Eva Surmacz, Associate Professor of Biology, College of Science and Technology, Temple University, and Director of the Obes | Cancer research, obesity, leptin, anti-cancer targeted therapies. The work in Dr. Eva Surmacz's laboratory, in addition to projects related to the link between obesity and cancer, includes studies on crosstalk between growth factor and steroid receptors i | 6/14/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Michael Liebschner, Assistant Professor of Bioengineering, and Dr. Lin Zhong, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Compute | OsteoConduct, bioengineering, human-computer interaction, body-area communication. Dr. Michael Liebschner's group is developing computational techniques to describe the fundamental biomechanical properties of bone, and he is also developing minimally inva | 6/14/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Raj Manglik, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Thermal Fluids and Thermal Processing Laboratory, Univ | Energy conservation, fuel cells, alternative energy sources. Dr. Raj Manglik has received the National Science Foundation Young Investigator-CAREER Award, the Procter and Gamble UERP Award, and the National Science Foundation Research Initiation Award. Re | 6/14/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Terry Collins, Thomas Lord Professor of Chemistry and Director of the Institute for Green Oxidation Chemistry, Carnegie Mel | Green chemistry, sustainable technology, TAML catalysts. Dr. Terry Collins is distinguished by his seminal scientific contributions to green chemistry and his dedication to green chemistry education. In 1999 his work won the U.S. Presidential Green Chemis | 6/14/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Thomas Tomich, WK Kellogg Chair in Sustainable Food Systems and Director, Agricultural Sustainability Institute, UC Davis; | Sustainability, food, agriculture, climate change, UC Davis. Dr. Thomas Tomich was principal economist for the World Agroforestry Centre from 1994-2006. He led long-term collaborative partnerships at sites in the Amazon, Congo Basin, and Southeast Asia ai | 5/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Michael Malkowski, Research Scientist, and Project Manager, Center for High-Throughput Structural Biology, Hauptman-Woodwar | X-ray crystallography, protein structure, membrane proteins, Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute. The Malkowski laboratory focuses on crystallographic characterization and functional analysis of integral membrane enzymes involved in lipid metabol | 5/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Frans Johansson, author of The Medici Effect - What Elephants and Epidemics Can Teach Us About Innovation, 5-17-07 | The Medici Effect, innovation, diversity, globalization. Frans Johansson is an entrepreneur, hedge fund manager, and a widely respected thought leader and consultant specializing in business innovation. 'The Medici Effect' has been on bestseller lists in | 5/17/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Peter Anderson, author of Liberating the Family Physician - The Handbook of Team Care for 21st Century Family Medicine, 5-1 | Family medicine, team care approach, health care system. Dr. Peter Anderson is Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. He has been in private practice of Family Medicine for 25 years and joined Riv | 5/17/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Peter Myers, Founder and CEO, Environmental Health Sciences, 5-3-07 | Disease prevention, chemical contaminants, toxicology, non-monotonic dose-response curves. Environmental Health Sciences is an organization engaged in advancing public understanding of environmental links to health. EHS publishes 'Environmental Health New | 5/3/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. J. Robert Beyster, Founder, Science Applications International Corporation, 5-3-07 | SAIC, employee ownership, nanotechnology, NASA, DARPA. Dr. Beyster is the author of the recently published, 'The SAIC Solution - How We Built an 8 Billion Dollar Employee-Owned Technology Company'. A recognized authority on national security and reactor p | 5/3/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Jody Roberts, 2006-07 Gordon Cain Fellow in Technology, Policy, and Entrepreneurship, Chemical Heritage Foundation, 5-3-07 | Chemical Heritage Foundation, Gordon Cain Fellowship, biomonitoring, endocrine disrupting chemicals. The Chemical Heritage Foundation, located in Philadelphia, maintains a world-class collection of materials that document the history and heritage of the c | 5/3/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Professor Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Director, Infant Language and Perception Laboratory, Temple University, 4-26-07 | The Santiago Declaration, cognitive science, early childhood learning, active learners. Professor Kathy Hirsh-Pasek is co-author of 'Einstein Never used Flashcards - How Children Really Learn and Why They Need To Play More and Memorize Less', winner of th | 4/26/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Carl Nathan, R.A. Rees Pritchett Professor of Microbiology and Chairman of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medic | Drug research and development, open access drug companies, infectious diseases, vaccines and medicines. Dr. Carl Nathan's investigative research has focused on the molecular mechanisms of innate immunity. He has served as an editor of the 'Journal of Expe | 4/26/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Matthew O'Connell, President and CEO, GeoEye, 4-26-07 | GeoEye, satellite imaging, NASA, climate change, land use. GeoEye is the world's largest operator of commercial imaging satellites. The company is the premier provider of geospatial data, information, and value-added products for the national security com | 4/26/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Anthony Picciano, Professor, School of Education, Hunter College and Graduate Center of the City University of New York, 4- | Online learning, K-12 education, multimedia instructional models. Dr. Anthony Picciano is the lead researcher on the study, 'K-12 Online Learning - A Survey of U.S. School District Administrators'. In 1998, Dr. Picciano co-founded CUNY Online, a multimill | 4/19/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Marc Tucker, President, National Center on Education and the Economy, and Co-Chairman, New Commission on the Skills of the Amer | Standards-based education, American workforce, lifelong learning. 'Tough Choices OR Tough Times' is the recently published report of the New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce. The Commission calls for a total shake-up in how America educa | 4/19/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. John Ambroseo, President and CEO, Coherent, Inc., 4-19-07 | Laser systems, medical imaging, environmental monitoring. Coherent, Inc. - NASDAQ symbol - COHR - has production and research facilities around the world, supplying everything from laser systems and components to laser measurement and control products and | 4/19/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Jo Anne Shatkin, Principal,The Cadmus Group, 4-12-07 | Nanotechnology, nanomaterials, risk analysis, public policy. Dr. Jo Anne Shatkin is a recognized expert in nanotechnology, human health risk assessment, and technical communications. She has organized the Emerging Nanoscale Materials Specialty Group of th | 4/12/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Carole Beal, Project Director, K12 at USC, University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering, 4-12-07 | Math education, science education, artificial intelligence, serious games. The K12 at USC project focuses on the design, development, and evaluation of technology-based learning resources in math and science. K12 at USC creates intelligent tutoring system | 4/12/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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John Rennie, Editor in Chief, SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, 4-12-07 | Global warming, renewable energy, infectious diseases, science education. Scientific American, founded in 1845, is the foremost publication for individuals who want to understand the science and technology that is shaping our world. John Rennie is only th | 4/12/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Steven Aldana, Professor of Lifestyle Medicine, Department of Exercise Sciences, Brigham Young University, and Adjunct Facu | Lifestyle medicine, diabetes, obesity, heart disease, nutrition. One of the nation's leading health experts, Dr. Steven Aldana is a regular consultant to the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the National C | 4/5/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Stephen Piccot, Director of Environment and Energy, Southern Research Institute, 4-5-07 | Energy security, climate change, greenhouse gas emissions, renewable energy. Stephen Piccot has more than 22 years experience executing and managing environmental research projects for the U.S. EPA, the U.S. DOE, and private industry. Since 1997, Mr. Picc | 4/5/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Pat Marsteller, Director, Emory College Center for Science Education, and Faculty Member, Department of Biology, Emory Univ | Science education, problem-based learning, diversity initiatives. Dr. Pat Marsteller has taught courses on evolution, Darwin and the idea of evolution, and many others over her 30 years of college teaching. She also works with college and pre-college facu | 4/5/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Nieca Goldberg, Associate Professor of Medicine and Medical Director, NYU Women's Heart Program, and Co-Medical Director, 9 | Womens cardiac care, healthy heart program, hypertension, Dr. Niesa Goldberg is the author of the award winning and highly acclaimed book 'Women Are Not Small Men', which is now updated and titled 'The Women's Healthy Heart Program - Lifesaving Strategies | 3/22/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Matt Clouse, Director, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Green Power Partnership, 3-22-07 | EPA Green Power Partnership, climate change, greenhouse gas emissions. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Green Power Partnership, a voluntary, climate protection program, seeks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by building demand for renewable p | 3/22/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Buddy Ratner, Chairman, Scientific Advisory Board, Ratner BioMedical Group, and Professor of Bioengineering and Professor o | Biomaterials, tissue engineering, wound healing, medical devices. Ratner BioMedical Group technologies stem from the intersections of materials science, engineering, biology, and medicine, and have synergistic potential for translation to unique biomedica | 3/15/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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David Stanley Ely, 2006-07 National Siemens Advanced Placement Teacher of the Year, 3-15-07 | Science education, Siemens Foundation, advanced placement, biology. David Stanley Ely, a biology teacher at Champlain Valley Union High School in Hinesberg, VT for nearly 35 years, has received many honors, including the Vermont Teacher of the Year, an Ad | 3/15/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Herbert A. Hauptman, Nobel Laureate and President, Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute, 3-15-07 | Crystallography, protein molecular structure, Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute. In 1985, Dr. Herbert Hauptman was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Although he is a mathematician by training who has taken only one chemistry course in his l | 3/15/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Philip Campbell, Editor-in-Chief, Nature, 3-29-04 | Nature Publishing Group, Dr. Philip Campbell, science writing, medicine. Dr. Philip Campbell has been the Editor-in-Chief of Nature since December 1995. He is a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and a Fellow of the Institute of Physics. Under Dr. C | 3/12/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Nathan Cady, Assistant Professor of Nanobioscience, The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University of Albany, | Nanotechnology, biomimetics, biosensors, cancer research. CNSE is the first college in the world dedicated to research, development, education, and deployment in the emerging disciplines of nanoscience, nanoengineering, nanobioscience, and nanoeconomics. | 3/8/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bruce Jacobsen, Founder and CEO, and Mark Bretl, Vice President, Kinetic Books Company, 3-8-07 | Digital curricula, digital textbooks, AP physics. Kinetic Books Company creates and publishes Kinetic Textbooks, the next generation of digital curriculum. The company's full line of textbooks have been adopted in every state that has gone through a physi | 3/8/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Antonio Giordano, Director, Sbarro Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, and President and Chairman of the | Sbarro Health Research Organization, cancer research, diabetes, Temple University. At the Sbarro Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine at Temple University, promising researchers from around the globe pursue groundbreaking research in the m | 3/8/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Richard Garozzo, Senior Composites Engineer in the Polymer Nanocomposites and Composites Group, University of Dayton Research I | Nanotechnology, nanocomposites, materials science, polymers. The University of Dayton Research Institute's Center for Multifunctional Polymer Nanocomposites and Devices is the world's first manufacturing center for product demonstration of nano-enhanced p | 3/1/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Barbara Hempstead, O. Wayne Isom Professor of Medicine and Co-Division Chief, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, | Cancer research, molecularly targeted cancer therapy, personalized medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College. Physicians and scientists of Weill Cornell Medical College are engaged in cutting-edge research in such areas as stem cells, genetics and gene ther | 3/1/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Edwin C. Krupp, Astronomer and Director of Griffith Observatory, 3-1-07 | Griffith Observatory, astronomy, science education. Opened in 1935, Griffith Observatory is one of the best-known and most visited public observatories in the world. Dr. Edwin Krupp is recognized internationally as an expert on ancient, prehistoric, and t | 3/1/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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David C. Brock, Senior Research Fellow, Center for Contemporary History and Policy, Chemical Heritage Foundation, 2-22-07 | Moore's Law, semiconductors, microchips, Chemical Heritage Foundation, Intel. David C. Brock specializes in oral history, the history of instrumentation, and the history of semiconductor science, technology, and industry. His most recent book is 'Understa | 2/22/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Jane Tao, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Rice University, 2-22-07 | RNA viruses, influenza, H5N1 avian flu, nucleoprotein. Dr. Jane Tao's scientific research efforts are focused on RNA viruses. Recently, Dr. Tao's group determined the atomic structure of the influenza virus nucleoprotein, a well-conserved protein with ess | 2/22/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Sarah Arsenault, Senior Research Engineer, United Technologies Corporation, 2-22-07 | Solid oxide fuel cells, hydrogen storage technologies, alternative energy. Dr. Sarah Arsenault has taken on task leadership roles for Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Storage technologies. The Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Team and Dr. Arsenault was recognized in 2005 for | 2/22/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Catherine T. Hunt, 2007 President, American Chemical Society, 2-15-07 | Chemistry, sustainability, energy, science education. The American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society, is a nonprofit organization, chartered by the U.S. Congress, with a multidisciplinary membership of more than 158,000 chemists and | 2/15/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Gabriella Petrick, Assistant Professor of Nutrition and Food Studies, New York University, 2-15-07 | Food science, food history, nutrition, obesity. Dr. Gabriella Petrick's current research focuses on the scientific and technological development of the food industry and consumer adoption of these new technologies. She is currently working on a book on th | 2/15/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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John Horning, Executive Director, Forest Guardians, 2-15-07 | Endangered Species Act, conservation, ecosystem services, biofuels. Founded in 1989, Forest Guardians has a proven record of defending and preserving threatened southwestern wildlife and ecosystems. Forest Guardians' approach to conservation features a po | 2/15/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Summer Johnson, Director, Ethics in Novel Technologies, Research, and Innovation Program, Alden March Bioethics Institute, | Alden March Bioethics Institute, stem cell research, nanotechnology. The Alden March Bioethics Institute was founded in 2005 to conduct state-of-the-art research, teaching and outreach concerning ethical issues in the health sciences. AMBI offers a unique | 2/9/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Al Kolb, President, The Society for Biomolecular Sciences, 2-8-07 | Society for Biomolecular Sciences, drug discovery, personalized medicine, clinical trials. The Society for Biomolecular Sciencesis a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the science and art of biomolecular screening internationally. Throughout h | 2/9/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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G. Tracy Mehan, III, Principal, The Cadmus Group, 2-8-07 | The Cadmus Group, watershed management, Clean Water, renewable resources. Among The Cadmus Group's major practice areas are Drinking Water and Water Quality, Energy Services (including energy efficiency and renewable energy), Environmental Impact Assessme | 2/9/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Michael Fernandez, Executive Director, Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology, 2-1-07 | Agricultural biotechnology, genetically modified crops, cloned animals. The Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology was established in 2001 to be an independent and objective source of credible information on agricultural biotechnology for the public, me | 2/4/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Richard Gomer, Professor of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, and Dr. Darrell Pilling, Faculty Fellow in Biochemistry and Cell | Cardiac disease, rheumatoid arthritis, fibrotic disease, serum amyloid P. In 2001, Dr. Gomer and Dr. Pilling discovered that a naturally occurring protein in human blood called serum amyloid P prevented a subset of human blood monocytes from differentiati | 2/4/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. John Theibault, Education Manager, Roy Eddleman Institute for Interpretation and Education, Chemical Heritage Foundation, 2 | Percy Julian, Chemical Heritage Foundation, NOVA, science education. Dr. John Theibault oversees the Chemical Heritage Foundation's portfolio of online resources for students and teachers, including 'Science Alive', 'Women in Chemistry', 'Chemical Achieve | 2/4/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Richard Hansen, Director of Engineering and Division Manager, DMJM HN, 1-25-07 | Architecture, sustainable design, LEED, urban planning. Mr. Hansen is responsible for an architectural and engineering production team of over 70. He also coordinates the national engineering capability for DMJM HN and the adoption of holistic and integra | 1/27/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Scott Molony, Steven Arcangeli, and Scott Horton, Oak Ridge High School, Oak Ridge, TN - Gold Medal National Team Scholarship, | Siemens Competition, systems biology, bioethanol. Scott Molony, Steven Arcangeli, and Scott Horton are the winners of the Gold Medal National Team Scholarship worth 100,000 dollars at the 2006-07 Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology, and th | 1/27/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Andrew Z. Fire, 2006 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, and Professor, Departments of Pathology and Genetics, Stanfo | RNA interference, gene silencing, drug discovery, Nobel Prize. Dr. Andrew Fire is the co-discoverer of RNA interference - gene silencing by double-stranded RNA. The Fire Lab studies a variety of natural mechanisms that are utilized by cells adapting to ge | 1/11/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Alex Vilenkin, Professor of Physics, and Director, Tufts Institute of Cosmology, Tufts University, 1-11-07 | Cosmic inflation, multiple universes, big bang, string theory. Dr. Alex Vilenkin has been doing research in cosmology for more than 25 years. He has published over 170 research papers, a monograph on 'cosmic defects', and a popular book, 'Many Worlds in O | 1/11/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Kimberly Tanner, Assistant Professor of Biology, and Director, Science Education Partnership and Assessment Laboratory, San | Science education, biology education research, SEPAL. Since joining the SFSU faculty, Dr. Tanner has established SEPAL to improve and articulate science education. SEPAL researchers are interested in the role of partnerships between scientists and teacher | 1/11/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Lisa Randall, Professor of Theoretical Physics, Harvard University, 4/5/06 | Warped Passages, extra dimensions, particle physics, gravity, branes. Professor Lisa Randall's new book, Warped Passages -- Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions, was included in The New York Times list of 100 notable books of 2005. | 12/28/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Anand Gadre, Assistant Professor, College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University of Albany - SUNY, 4-19-06 | Nanotechnology, MEMS, sensors, biotechnology. Dr. Anand Gadre's research centers around micro-electro-mechanical Systems, including novel process integration techniques for polymeric BioMEMS and bionanotechnology. His research interests also focus on biom | 12/19/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Scott Huxtable, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, 4-12-06 | Nanotechnology, engineering, electronics. Dr. Scott Huxtable's team at the Nanoscale Energy Transport Laboratory is interested in understanding the fundamental physics that control nanoscale energy transport as well as developing devices that are based on | 12/19/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Terri Stewart, Lead, Environmental Biomarkers Initiative, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 6-7-06 | Environmental biomarkers, public health, national security. Dr. Terri Stewart is responsible for implementing the Environmental Biomarkers Initiative's research agenda - predicting ecosystem change and damage, answering questions around engineered nanomat | 12/19/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Richard Stock, Professor and Chair of Radiation Oncology, Barbara and Maurice A. Dean Prostate Health and Research Center, | Prostate cancer, prostate brachytherapy, Mount Sinai Hospital. Dr. Richard Stock is a pioneer in the development of state-of-the-art approaches for radioactive seed implantation in the treatment of prostate cancer.He also coordinates combination approache | 12/15/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Paul MacCready, Founder and Chairman of the Board, AeroVironment, Inc., 12-8-06 | Energy conservation, hybrid electric vehicles, solar power, free flight. Dr. Paul MacCready's team's first land vehicle was the GM Sunraycer, whose goal was to advance transportation technology that makes fewer demands on the earth's resources and environ | 12/8/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Clifford Dacso, John S. Dunn Sr. Research Chair in General Internal Medicine, The Methodist Hospital, and Distinguished Res | The Methodist Hospital, Mercy Medical Center, medical decision making, cancer therapy. Dr. Dacso is also Director of the Abramson Family Center for the Future of Health, a joint program between The Methodist Hospital Research Institute and the University | 11/30/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jo Ann Caplin, Senior Lecturer, Department of Broadcast, Telecommunications, and Mass Media, Temple University, and President a | Science and Art Project, Chemical Heritage Foundation, Societie de Chimie Industrielle Fellowship. Ms. Jo Ann Caplin has had a distinguished career in television. As a producer for ABC News and CBS News she won two Emmys and two Peabody Awards for her wor | 11/30/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Ken Goldberg, Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, UC Berkeley, and Founding Chair, Advisory Board, | Automation, manufacturing, health care, IEEE. Dr. Ken Goldberg and his students work in two areas - Geometric Algorithms for Automation, and Networked Robots. In the area of Networked Robots, Dr. Goldberg and colleagues developed the first robot publicly | 11/30/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Andrew Fraknoi, Chair, Astronomy Program, Foothill College, 11-17-06 | Pluto, planets, astronomy, science education. Dr. Andrew Fraknoi has given more than 400 public lectures on such topics as 'Why Falling into a Black Hole is a Once-in-a-Lifetime Experience.' For 14 years, Dr. Fraknoi served as the Executive Director of th | 11/17/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Doug Nelson, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, 11-17-06 | Virginia Tech Hybrid Electric Vehicle Team, fuel-efficient vehicles, alternate energy, Challenge X. Dr. Doug Nelson teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Fuel Cell Systems, Hydrogen Energy Systems, Advanced Technology Vehicles and Design. Dr. Nels | 11/17/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Terry Tamminen, Author, Lecturer, and Strategist on Energy and the Environment, 11-13-06 | Lives Per Gallon, alternative energy, climate change. In the summer of 2003, Terry Tamminen helped Arnold Schwarzenegger win the historic recall election and become Governor of California. He became Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Age | 11/13/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mark Modzelewski, Vice President of Strategic Opportunities, NanoDynamics, 11-10-06 | Nanotechnology, alternative energy, nanoscale electronics. Mark Modzelewski is currently a member of the Nanotechnology Technical Advisory Group to the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, and previously served as a special assistant | 11/11/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Chuck Waterfield, Founder, MFI Solutions, 11-10-06 | Microfinance, developing countries, technological innovation. Chuck Waterfield has worked for over 20 years in the area of microfinance in developing countries. He has developed 'Microfin', the most widely used financial projection and planning software f | 11/11/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Honorable Debra Bowen, California State Senator (D, Redondo Beach), 11-3-06 | California Secretary of State, electronic voting technology, elections legislation, opening government to the people. A lawmaker for more than a decade, Senator Debra Bowen continues to focus her attention on helping Californians improve their quality of | 11/3/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Professor Ed Schlesinger, Head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 11-3-06 | Nanotechnology, chip design, optical data storage. Professor Ed Schlesinger's research interests center on the fabrication and modeling of a wide variety of optical devices. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon's new Center for Memory Intensive Self Configuring | 11/3/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. William F. Carroll, Jr., American Chemical Society 2006 Immediate Past President, and Vice President, Chlorovinyl Issues, O | American Chemical Society, National Chemistry Week, science education. Dr. William Carroll has served on expert groups commissioned by the United Nations Environmental Program, the State of Florida, and the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. The | 10/28/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Mario Paniccia, Senior Principal Engineer and Director, Photonic Technology Lab, Intel Corporation, 10-27-06 | Intel, hybrid silicon laser, terabit computing, opto-electronics. Dr. Mario Paniccia's team is focused on developing silicon-based photonic building blocks for future use in enterprise and data center communications. Dr. Paniccia has won several awards in | 10/28/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Professor Cliff Davidson, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 10-20-06 | Sustainability, engineering, architecture, life cycle assessment. Professor Cliff Davidson's research interests include sustainability as it applies to engineering and the environment; mathematical modeling and measurement of particle dry deposition from | 10/19/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. John Bahcall, Richard Black Professor Natural Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study, 2-23-05 | Hubble Space Telescope, solar neutrinos, dark matter, dark energy. Dr. John Bahcall had a long and prolific career in astronomy and astrophysics, spanning five decades and the publication of more than 500 technical papers, books, and popular articles. Dr. | 10/18/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Miles Drake, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Air Products and Chemicals, 10-13-06 | Society of Chemical Industry, alternate energy, advanced battery materials. Dr. Miles Drake discusses innovation and research in the chemical industry. Dr. Drake is chairman-elect of the Industrial Research Institute and a Fellow of the Royal Society of C | 10/15/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Frankie Wood-Black, Director of Consent Decree Compliance, ConocoPhillips, 10-13-06 | Sustainability, atom economy, earth systems literacy. Dr. Frankie Wood-Black is a contributing editor of the Journal for Chemical Health and Safety with her coauthored column, 'CHAS Netways'. Dr. Wood-Black has coauthored a book entitled 'Emergency Prepar | 10/15/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Gary Fedder, Howard M. Wilkoff Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Director, Institute for Complex Enginee | MEMS, microrobotics, complex systems, sensors, actuators, nanotechnology. Professor Gary Fedder's research interests are in the multidisciplinary area of microelectromechanical systems, and focus primarily on design, fabrication, and control aspects of se | 10/8/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Susan Hassler, Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Spectrum, 10-6-06 | IEEE Spectrum, nanotechnology, robotics, smart architecture. 'IEEE Spectrum' is the flagship publication of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the world's largest technical professional society, with 365,000 members in 150 countries. S | 10/8/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Steven Salzberg, Director of the Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, and Horvitz Professor of Computer Sci | Avian flu, H5N1, human genome, stem cell research. Dr. Steven Salzberg was part of the team that published the human genome in 2001, and has participated in the sequencing of genomes from a long list of human pathogens, including the microbes responsible | 10/8/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Professor John Mattick, Foundation Professor of Molecular Biology at the University of Queensland, 9/29/06 | Noncoding RNA, genome, complex systems, human development. Professor John Mattick's research interest is in the role of noncoding RNA in the evolution and development of complex organisms. Professor Mattick has published over 150 scientific papers. has de | 9/30/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Alan Zelicoff, author of MICROBE: Are We Ready For the Next Plague?, 9/29/06 | Pandemic, public health, SARS, E. coli, bioterrorism. Dr. Alan Zelicoff has developed a real-time clinician-based disease surveillance and reporting system called the Syndrome Reporting Information System -- SYRIS, which is now being used by public health | 9/30/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. John Fourkas, Millard Alexander Professor of Chemistry, University of Maryland, 6/21/06 | Ultrafast lasers, multiphoton absorption polymerization, micromachines, electronics. Dr. John Fourkas's research interests include applications of lasers in micro- and nanotechnology, microscopy, and high-density data storage. A current major focus is the | 9/26/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Bruce Dale, Professor of Chemical Engineering, and former Chairperson, Department Of Chemical Engineering, Michigan State U | Energy, sustainability, biotechnology, renewable resources. Professor Bruce Dale's research interests focus on environmentally sustainable conversion of plant matter to industrial products -- fuels, chemicals, and materials. In 1996 he won the Charles D. | 9/23/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Eric Neumann, Co-Chair, W3C Healthcare and Life Sciences, and Senior Director of Product Strategy, Teranode Corporation, Pa | Semantic web, RDF, data mining, healthcare, drug discovery. Dr. Eric Neumann has 20 years of experience in bioinformatics and semantic technologies development. He was previously responsible for developing knowledge management and Semantic Web standards f | 9/23/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Michael Arbib, Fletcher Jones Professor of Computer Science, University Professor, Professor of Biological Sciences, Biomed | Computational cognitive neuroscience, neuroinformatics, bio-inspired computer architecture. The thrust of Professor Michael Arbib's work is expressed in the title of his first book, 'Brains, Machines and Mathematics'. In addition to his research in artifi | 9/23/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Eric Neumann, Co-Chair, W3C Healthcare and Life Sciences, and Senior Director of Product Strategy, Teranode Corporation, Pa | Semantic web, RDF, data mining, healthcare, drug discovery. Dr. Eric Neumann has 20 years of experience in bioinformatics and semantic technologies development. He was previously responsible for developing knowledge management and Semantic Web standards f | 9/23/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Cyrus Mody, Program Manager for Nanotechnology and Innovation Studies in the Center for Contemporary History and Policy at | Chemical Heritage Foundation, history of nanotechnology, molecular electronics. Dr. Cyrus Mody's current research on the history of nanotechnology and corporate-academic relations in American science is an extension of his Ph.D. dissertation in Science an | 9/23/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Naomi Halas, Stanley C. Moore Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Director, Laboratory for Nanophotonics, and | Nanotechnology, gold nanoshells, cancer therapy, rice-shaped nanoparticles. Dr. Naomi Halas is best known as the inventor of nanoshells, a new class of multi-layered nanoscale particles that have unique optical properties of wide interest in optics, biome | 7/17/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Michael Zyda, Director, GamePipe Laboratory, Information Sciences Institute, USC Viterbi School of Engineering, 7/12/06 | Video gaming, game development, virtual reality, America's Army. Dr. Michael Zyda's research interests include computer graphics; networked 3D virtual environments; agent-based simulation; modeling human and organizational behavior; and interactive games. | 7/12/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Annalisa Crannell, Associate Professor of Mathematics at Franklin and Marshall College, 6/28/06 | Art and mathematics, fractal geometry, perspective, chaos theory. Dr. Annalisa Crannell's primary research lies in an area called Topological Dynamical Systems, which is closely related to Chaos Theory. Currently Dr. Crannell is working on a book on Mathe | 6/30/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Elaine Chew, Assistant Professor, Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Southern Californ | Music and engineering, mathematical models of music, Expression Synthesis Project. Dr. Elaine Chew's research research includes collaborative projects in music information retrieval, distributed immersive performance, and musical expression synthesis. She | 6/29/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Paul Anastas, Director, American Chemical Society Green Chemistry Institute, 6/21/06 | Green chemistry, environmental protection and safety, science education. Dr. Paul Anastas, known as the Father of Green Chemistry, was recognized in 2005 as one of the most influential people in science and technology in the Scientific American 50. Dr. An | 6/22/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Michael Mackay, Professor of Chemical Engineering, and Adjunct Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan Sta | Nanotechnology, plastics, solar energy, neutron scattering. Professor Michael Mackay's research interests are in the area of nanotechnology and its application to plastic materials. His most recent work has been published in Science and Nature Materials w | 6/16/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Arthur Daemmrich, Director, Center for Contemporary History and Policy, Chemical Heritage Foundation, 6/14/06 | Environmental policy, drug regulation, FDA, clinical trials. Dr. Arthur Daemmrich is the author of Pharmacopolitics, which compares drug regulation in the U.S. and Europe. We discuss clinical trial design and policies, and drug and chemical regulation. | 6/15/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Walter Murch, Academy Award-winning Film Editor and Sound Designer, Part 2, 5/17/06 | Film editing, sound design, cinema, acting, The English Patient, Apocalypse Now, The Godfather. We continue the Science and Society conversation with Walter Murch, Academy Award-winning Film Editor and Sound Designer. | 5/18/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Walter Murch, Academy Award-winning Film Editor and Sound Designer, Part 1, 5/17/06 | Film editing, sound design, cinema, acting, The English Patient, Apocalypse Now, The Godfather. Walter Murch won his first Academy Award nomination for The Conversation in 1974 for which he was also picture editor, won his first Oscar for Apocalypse Now i | 5/18/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. James Tour, Chao Professor of Chemistry at Rice University's Richard E. Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technol | Nanotechnology, nanocars, molecular manufacturing, carbon nanotubes, semiconductors. Dr. James Tour is a synthetic organic chemist. His research comprises three main areas -- molecular computing, bottom-up molecular nanofabrication, and carbon nanotube gr | 5/11/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Michael Zolensky, Co-investigator, Stardust Discovery Mission, NASA Johnson Space Center, 4/26/06 | Stardust Discovery Mission, NASA, Comet Wild 2, early universe, space exploration. Dr. Michael Zolensky serves on NASA's Cosmic Dust Working Group and as a member of NASA's Solar System Exploration Subcommittee. He is a fellow of the Meteoritical Society | 4/27/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Benoit Mandelbrot, author of The Fractal Geometry of Nature, and Battelle Fellow, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 4/ | Fractal geometry, mathematics, education, economics. Dr. Benoit Mandelbrot originated the field of fractal geometry. Dr. Mandelbrot has authored more than 180 research publications and nearly a dozen books. He has been cited more than 20,000 times for his | 4/13/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Lisa Randall, Professor of Theoretical Physics, Harvard University, 2/8/06 | Warped Passages, extra dimensions, string theory, branes. Professor Lisa Randall's new book, Warped Passages -- Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions, was published recently by Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins. Warped Passages was | 2/9/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Professor Qimiao Si, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, and Professor Doug Natelson, Assistant Professor of P | Quantum criticality, high-temperature superconductors, single-molecule electronics, magnetic transistors. Professor Qimiao Si works in the field of theoretical condensed matter physics. He is particularly well known for his theory of quantum criticality. | 1/22/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Graham Cooks, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Purdue University, 1/11/06 | Mass spectrometry, real-time tissue analysis, chemical detection, analytical chemistry. Dr. Graham Cooks and his team have constructed miniature ion trap mass spectrometers. These may be applied to problems of trace chemical agent and explosives detection | 1/18/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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