Nobel Insights: Discover the fascinating stories that link the world’s finest minds
Creative Collaboration
Mechanical frequency combs
It is actually possible to build a mechanical version of the optical clock, and this serves as a goo…
CFCs : When the UN Works.
An incredibly successful multinational effort to address the problems of the ozone depletion led to …
Collaboration is Key
Molina encourages his groups to collaborate with other fields, those obviously related in atmospheri…
Mario Molina discusses the relationship between scientific research and industry. By collaborating a…
Accelerating Progress
The biggest discoveries and the fastest progress comes from work that invovles the whole science com…
Eureka Moment
At 2:30am precisely, a young Douglas Osheroff struck scientific gold with the discovery of the super…
The Balloon Experiment
Smoot discusses the early balloon-based experiment and the invention of dark matter.
Audience Questions, Part 8
How does quantum computing really work? What are Störmer's predictions for new technologies in the f…
Student Questions Part 21
How important is teamwork in scientific research? Eric Cornell asserts that there are very few probl…
Current projects
Harry Kroto talks about current projects at his research lab at Florida State University. He encour…
The Appeal of Low Temperature Physics
What drew Eric Cornell to low temperature physics? What was the appeal of laser cooling and BEC in p…
Characteristics of Working Scientists
Eric Cornell argues that the image of the solitary scientist is outdated and emphasizes that collabo…
Interests Beyond Chemistry
Prof. Grubbs's current interests include a collaborative project with a clinician to identify real p…
The Beauty of Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration
Prof. Grubbs highlights one of his current research interests - in eye surgery - as an example of th…
Portrayal of Scientists on TV
What is it really like to be a theoretical physicist day to day? One student is eager to know Prof. …
Nano-magnetic multilayers
With the development of microelectronics in the 1980s, extraordinarily thin magnetic layers were pro…
Spintronics and Nanowires
If we have limited resources, what methods can be used to study spintronics? And what kind of nanoma…
