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Studying Space from Antarctica
CBS News Video, CBS News.com (February 22, 2008)
Watch interview with UCSD Physicist Brian Keating. Scientists have been using Antarctica as a natural laboratory for decades. Now they're heading to the South Pole to study how the universe itself began. John Blackstone reports.

Nanopore Method to Sequence a Human Genome
UCSD Department of Physics, Massimiliano Di Ventra (April 6, 2006)
Watch a simulation of a virtual version of genome sequencing by modelling how 100,000 atoms in a short DNA strand, the silicon nitride nanopore, its electrodes and the surrounding chemical solution would all interact. (MPEG Movie 19.5 MB)

State of Fear: Hollywood, the News Media and Global Warming
 Logical Science.com - Educational and Congressional Video - Technology Review (March 28, 2005)
Renowned science scholar Naomi Oreskes Ph.D, Dean Dr. Mark H. Thiemens (UCSD) and science producer Gene Rosow discuss how Hollywood and the news media portray global warming and what responsibility scientists have to educate the public about global warming.

“When Things Get Small”
UCSD TV - Video on Demand (March 3, 2006)
“When Things Get Small” portrays UCSD Physics Professor Ivan Schuller in a real-life quest to create the world’s smallest magnet. The film has won two Bronze Telly Awards in an international competition honoring outstanding local, regional, and cable TV commercials and programs.

Nanotechnology Research in San Diego
 KPBS San Diego with Tom Fudge (10/26/05)
Nanotechnology is a rapidly growing field of science that uses particles that are so tiny that 10,000 of them could fit on the head of a pen. Listen to Dr. Andrew Kummel, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, is one of a team of researchers working at UCSD to determine how nanotechnology can identify and treat cancer

On Beyond: Intelligent, Safe Automobiles and
Innovation in Math Teaching
UCSD TV - Video on Demand
(ATI Video) (will open RealPlayer) >>

Energy and Climate: Challenges and Solutions
(Panel Discussion)
UCSD TV - Video on Demand

Exciton Photoluminescence Pattern in Semiconductor Nanostructures. Read article >>