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Science, Society & Sustainability

by Harry Kroto
Science, Society & Sustainability
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 11 years ago | 1788 views
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The fact that our modern world is so completely and precariously balanced on Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) makes an understanding of these disciplines by all in positions of significant responsibility vital. lthough wise decision-making ....

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00:35:00

From ‘On Water’ and Enzyme Catalysis to Single Molecules and Quantum Dots, Theory and Experiment

by Rudolph Marcus
From ‘On Water’ and Enzyme Catalysis to Single Molecules and Quantum Dots, Theory and Experiment
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 11 years ago | 1694 views
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Much of theoretical chemistry has involved equations and their application to experiments, Debye, Debye-Hueckel, Transition State Theory, Kramers, LCAO, RRKM, among others. In fortunate circumstances one can, as in a theory of electron transfer reac....

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00:36:00

Energy and Climate Change – Is There a Solution?

by Mario Molina
Energy and Climate Change – Is There a Solution?
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 11 years ago | 1218 views
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00:36:00

Structural Genomics – Exploring the Protein Universe

by Kurt Wurthrich
Structural Genomics – Exploring the Protein Universe
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 11 years ago | 1613 views
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In today's post-genomic era, with the availability of the complete DNA sequences of a wide range of organisms, structural biologists are faced with new opportunities and challenges in _structural genomics”. In contrast to classical structural biol....

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00:31:00

Why Our Proteins Have to Die so We Shall Live

by Aaron Ciechanover
Why Our Proteins Have to Die so We Shall Live
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 11 years ago | 1484 views
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Between the sixties and eighties, most life scientists focused their attention on studies of nucleic acids and the translation of the coded information. Protein degradation was a neglected area, considered to be a non-specific, dead-end process. Whil....

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00:42:00

Molecular Machines for Protein Degradation Inside Cells

by Robert Huber
Molecular Machines for Protein Degradation Inside Cells
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 11 years ago | 1532 views
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Within cells or subcellular compartments misfolded and/or short-lived regulatory proteins are degraded by protease machines, cage-forming multi-subunit assemblages. Their proteolytic active sites are sequestered within the particles and located on t....

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00:31:00

Atmosphere Climate and Chemistry in the Anthropocene

by Paul Crutzen
Atmosphere Climate and Chemistry in the Anthropocene
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 11 years ago | 1493 views
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Despite their relatively small mass, 10-5% of the earth biosphere as a whole, generations of ambitious 'homo sapiens' have already played a major and increasing role in changing basic properties of the atmosphere and the earth's surface. Human activ....

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00:38:00

Passions and Activities beyond Science

by Richard Ernst
Passions and Activities beyond Science
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 11 years ago | 1138 views
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"Success in science requires full devotion and relentless day and night activity in the research lab!” This is a notion common among the public, and often also among teachers and beginning students. _Let your scientific activities become your most....

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00:31:00

Chemistry: the Key to Our Future

by Ryoji Noyori
Chemistry: the Key to Our Future
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 11 years ago | 1549 views
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Chemistry is not merely a science of making observations in order to better understand Nature. Our science is creative and productive, generating substances of very high value from almost nothing. Chemists already have made enormous contribution to....

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Greenhouse Gases and Climate Change

by Sherwood Rowland
Greenhouse Gases and Climate Change
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 11 years ago | 1791 views
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The 'greenhouse gases (GHG)' intercept a fraction of outgoing terrestrial infrared radiation, creating the natural greenhouse effect which warmed the atmosphere by approximately 32 Celsius at the beginning of the 20th Century. The activities of manki....

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From Atoms to Complexity: Reactions at Surfaces

by Gerhard Ertl
From Atoms to Complexity: Reactions at Surfaces
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 11 years ago | 1509 views
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The interaction of molecules with the surfaces of solids forms the basis of heterogeneous catalysis and can now be investigated in atomic detail. Systems of this kind may, on the other hand, serve as models for studying self-organisation of matter le....

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00:40:00

The Discovery of Quasi-Periodic Materials

by Dan Schectman
The Discovery of Quasi-Periodic Materials
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 11 years ago | 1966 views
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Crystallography has been one of the mature sciences.  Over the years, the modern science of crystallography that started by experimenting with x-ray diffraction from crystals in 1912 has developed a major paradigm Ð that all crystals are ordered an....

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00:23:00

Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate in the Anthropocene

by Paul Krutzen
Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate in the Anthropocene
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 11 years ago | 1383 views
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Despite their relatively small mass, 10% of the earth biosphere as a whole, generations of ambitious ‘homo sapiens’ have already played a major and increasing role in changing basic properties of the atmosphere and the earth’s surface.  Human ....

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00:30:00

Photosynthesis, Biomass, Biofuels: Conversion Efficiencies and Consequences

by Hartmut Michel
Photosynthesis, Biomass, Biofuels: Conversion Efficiencies and Consequences
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 11 years ago | 1465 views
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It is generally accepted that the global warming, which we undoubtedly observe, is the result of an increased concentration of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere.  Within this scenario it is evident that we have to re....

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00:34:00

The Science and Policy of Climate Change

by Mario Molina
The Science and Policy of Climate Change
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 11 years ago | 1063 views
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Climate change is the most serious environmental challenge facing society in the 21st century.  The basic science is clear: the International Panel on Climate Change concluded that there is more than 90% probability that human activities are causing....

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Proteasome and DegP Protease, Mechanisms and Drug Design

by Robert Huber
Proteasome and DegP Protease, Mechanisms and Drug Design
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 11 years ago | 1633 views
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Within cells or subcellular compartments, mis-folded and/or short-lived regulatory proteins are degraded by protease machines, cage-forming multi-subunit assemblages, the proteasome and HtrA/DegP.  They are essential components in very complex regul....

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00:29:00

The Ubiquitin Proteolytic System as a Novel Drug Development Platform

by Aaron Ciechanover
The Ubiquitin Proteolytic System as a Novel Drug Development Platform
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 11 years ago | 1865 views
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Between the 50s and 80s, most studies in biomedicine focused on the central dogma - the translation of the information coded by DNA to RNA and proteins.  Protein degradation was a neglected area, considered to be a non-specific, dead-end process.  ....

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00:28:00

Roles of the Ubiquitin System in Health and Disease

by Avram Herschko
Roles of the Ubiquitin System in Health and Disease
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 11 years ago | 1533 views
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The selective degradation of many short-lived proteins in eukaryotic cells is carried out by the ubiquitin-mediated proteolytic system.  In this pathway, proteins are targeted for degradation by covalent ligation to ubiquitin, a highly conserved sma....

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00:33:00

Engineering Molecules for Fun, Profit, and Clinical Relevance

by Roger Tsien
Engineering Molecules for Fun, Profit, and Clinical Relevance
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 11 years ago | 1283 views
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Molecules to observe and manipulate biological systems and disease processes can be devised by a variety of strategies, ranging from pure chemical design and total synthesis to genome mining and high-throughput directed evolution.  Examples of both ....

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00:36:00

Magical Power of d-Block Transition Metals: Past, Present and Future

by Ei-ichi Negishi
Magical Power of d-Block Transition Metals: Past, Present and Future
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 11 years ago | 1431 views
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Until recently, most of the 24 d-block transition metals had been used primarily as useful materials for (i) construction and also as tools and containers, etc., (Ti, Zr, Fe and their alloys with V, Cr, Mn, Co, Ni, etc.), (ii) precious and ornamental....

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Glimpses of Chemical Wizardry

by Dudley Herschbach
Glimpses of Chemical Wizardry
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 11 years ago | 1094 views
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In an evangelical spirit, three vignettes will be presented that have the character of molecular parables: stories with lessons that transcend the specific details.(1) How knowledge of the orientation of a methyl group with respect to a neighboring d....

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00:32:00

The Fuel of Life

by John Walker
The Fuel of Life
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 11 years ago | 1421 views
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The lecture will be devoted to the topic of how the biological world supplies itself with energy to make biology work, and what medical consequences ensue when the energy supply chain in our bodies is damaged or defective.  We derive our energy from....

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Catalysis at Surfaces: From Atoms to Complexity

by Gerhard Ertl
Catalysis at Surfaces: From Atoms to Complexity
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 11 years ago | 1613 views
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Catalysis by solid surfaces is, among others, of importance for the chemical industry (e.g. the Haber-Bosch process) as well as for environmental chemistry (car exhaust catalyst).  Surface physical techniques enable investigation of the underlying e....

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00:30:00

Cross-Coupling Reactions of Organoboranes: An Easy Way for Carbon-Carbon Bonding

by Akira Suzuki
Cross-Coupling Reactions of Organoboranes: An Easy Way for Carbon-Carbon Bonding
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 11 years ago | 2851 views
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The palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction between different types of organoboron compounds and various organic halides in the presence of base provides a powerful and general methodology for the formation of carbon-carbon bonds.  The (sp3)C-B ....

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00:27:00

G Protein Coupled Receptors: Challenges for Drug Discovery

by Brian Kobilka
G Protein Coupled Receptors: Challenges for Drug Discovery
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 11 years ago | 1647 views
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G protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) conduct the majority of cellular responses to hormones and neurotransmitters, and are therefore the largest group of pharmaceutical targets for a broad spectrum of diseases.  Identification of genes for GPCRs, ini....

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Advances in Olefin Metathesis Employing Molybdenum and Tungsten Catalysts

by Richard Schrock
Advances in Olefin Metathesis Employing Molybdenum and Tungsten Catalysts
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 11 years ago | 1757 views
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Olefin metathesis is an irresistible way to make C=C bonds catalytically in organic molecules and polymers, both as a consequence of its very nature, i.e. the synthesis of C=C bonds from C=C bonds, and because of the control that can be exercised thr....

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00:33:00

Curiosity and its Fruits: From Basic Science to Advanced Medicine

by Ada Yonath
Curiosity and its Fruits: From Basic Science to Advanced Medicine
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 11 years ago | 1486 views
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Ribosomes, the universal cellular machines that translate the genetic code into proteins, are targeted by many antibiotics that paralyze them by binding to their functional sites.  Antibiotics binding modes, inhibitory actions and synergism pathways....

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Structure and Mechanism of Otto Warburg’s Respiratory Enzyme, the Cytochrome c Oxidase

by Hartmut Michel
Structure and Mechanism of Otto Warburg’s Respiratory Enzyme, the Cytochrome c Oxidase
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 11 years ago | 2075 views
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The oxygen, you breathe in, is converted to water by cytochrome c oxidase, using electrons provided by cytochrome c and protons from the aqueous milieu of the body.  This fundamental enzyme has been discovered already in 1886, and studied extensivel....

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00:34:00

Drug Development in the 21st Century – Are We Going to Cure All Diseases?

by Aaron Ciechanover
Drug Development in the 21st Century – Are We Going to Cure All Diseases?
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 11 years ago | 2167 views
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Many important drugs such as penicillin, aspirin, or digitalis, were discovered by serendipity - some by curious researchers who accidentally noted a "strange" phenomenon, and some by isolation of active ingredients form plants known for centuries to....

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Green Chemistry and Catalysis

by Robert Grubbs
Green Chemistry and Catalysis
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 11 years ago | 1369 views
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Much of the chemical industry is based on processes that were developed decades ago.  The change in the cost of petroleum carbon and energy sources and the need to control emissions of carbon dioxide and other pollutants will change the rules of the....

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00:35:00

Perspectives in Chemistry – Towards Adaptive Chemistry

by Jean-Marie Lehn
Perspectives in Chemistry – Towards Adaptive Chemistry
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 11 years ago | 1621 views
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Supramolecular chemistry lies beyond molecular chemistry.  It aims at implementing highly complex chemical systems from molecular components held together by non-covalent intermolecular forces and effecting molecular recognition, catalysis and trans....

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00:32:00

Single Molecule Studies of Initial Steps in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells and of Quantum Dots – Examples of Electron Transfers and Relation to Ensemble Studies

by Rudolph Marcus
Single Molecule Studies of Initial Steps in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells and of Quantum Dots – Examples of Electron Transfers and Relation to Ensemble Studies
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 11 years ago | 1789 views
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We consider two fields of single molecule studies of intermittently fluorescing systems.  In both fields the intermittency is assumed to involve diffusion controlled electron transfer.  One of these studies involves the initial steps in dye-sensiti....

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00:38:00

Conformational Plasticity of G-Protein-Coupled Receptors (GPCRs) studied by NMR in Solution

by Kurt Wurthrich
Conformational Plasticity of G-Protein-Coupled Receptors (GPCRs) studied by NMR in Solution
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 11 years ago | 1633 views
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As an introduction, some principles of nuclear spin physics applying to studies of integral membrane proteins (IMP) will be reviewed.  Applications of resulting nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) techniques will then be illustrated with studies of G-p....

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00:32:00

Tickling Worms: Surprises From Basic Research

by Martin Chalfie
Tickling Worms: Surprises From Basic Research
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 11 years ago | 1978 views
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Research, at least my research, has never been linear.  I have found that my lab and I often double back on problems after years of inactivity or go off in entirely new directions as dictated by the work and people's interests.  This lack of direct....

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00:35:00

Quasi-Periodic Materials – Crystal Redefined

by Dan Schectman
Quasi-Periodic Materials – Crystal Redefined
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 11 years ago | 3161 views
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Crystallography has been one of the mature sciences.  Over the years, the modern science of crystallography that started by experimenting with x-ray diffraction from crystals in 1912, has developed a major paradigm that all crystals are ordered and ....

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00:37:00

Communicating Climate Change Science

by Mario Molina
Communicating Climate Change Science
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 11 years ago | 1814 views
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Climate change represents one of the most serious challenges that society is facing in this century.  It is important for humanity to limit its interference with the climate system by profoundly modifying activities such as burning fossil fuels and ....

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00:30:00

Aquaporin Water Channels: From Atomic Structure to Malaria

by Peter Agre
Aquaporin Water Channels: From Atomic Structure to Malaria
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 11 years ago | 2871 views
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Aquaporin (AQP) water channel proteins enable high water permeability of certain biological membranes.  Discovered in human red cells but expressed in multiple tissues, AQP1 has been thoroughly characterized and its atomic structure is known.  Expr....

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Widen Your Scope by Extracurricular Activities: My Example

by Richard Ernst
Widen Your Scope by Extracurricular Activities: My Example
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 11 years ago | 1382 views
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Some observers might think that fierce scientific competition borders on a rat race.  According to Wikipedia: "A rat race is an endless, self-defeating, or pointless pursuit.  It conjures up the image of the futile efforts of a lab rat trying to es....

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00:38:00

Cultural Values of Scientific Knowledge

by Werner Arber
Cultural Values of Scientific Knowledge
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 11 years ago | 1634 views
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The acquisition of scientific knowledge largely depends on the availability of appropriate research approaches and methodologies.  Novel scientific knowledge represents cultural values.  On the one hand, it enriches our world-view with impacts on o....

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00:34:00

Proteases and Their Control in Health and Disease

by Robert Huber
Proteases and Their Control in Health and Disease
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 11 years ago | 1385 views
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Proteolytic enzymes catalyse a very simple chemical reaction, the hydrolytic cleavage of a peptide bond.  Nevertheless, they constitute a most diverse and numerous lineage of proteins.  The reason lies in their role as components of many regulatory....

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00:32:00

Four Horsemen of the 21st Century Apocalypse

by Harry Kroto
Four Horsemen of the 21st Century Apocalypse
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 11 years ago | 1767 views
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The ‘Common Sense’ that is needed to survive does not necessarily provide correct answers to the way the Universe works.  Science is actually not that old, it really only started in about the 16th Century and was a byproduct of ‘The Enlightenm....

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00:33:00

The Ubiquitin System

by Avram Hershko
The Ubiquitin System
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 11 years ago | 1442 views
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The selective degradation of many short-lived proteins in eukaryotic cells is carried out by the ubiquitin-mediated proteolytic system.  In this pathway, proteins are targeted for degradation by covalent ligation to ubiquitin, a highly conserved sma....

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00:34:00

What Can We Do with Laser Frequency Combs?

by Theodor Hänsch
What Can We Do with Laser Frequency Combs?
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 11 years ago | 1696 views
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The spectrum of a frequency comb, commonly generated by a mode-locked femtosecond laser consists of several hundred thousand precisely evenly spaced spectral lines.  Such laser frequency combs have revolutionized the art measuring the frequency of l....

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00:27:00

Model Synthesis for Ceramics: Superconductors, Magnets and Others

by Karl Muller
Model Synthesis for Ceramics: Superconductors, Magnets and Others
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 11 years ago | 1426 views
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The discovery of superconductivity in hole doped La2CuO4 was motivated by the interest to find this phenomenon in an oxide.  After the discovery near 35 K, copper oxides with transition temperatures of up to 131 K at normal pressure were found, i.e.....

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00:41:00

The Energy and Climate Change Challenges and Opportunities

by Steve Chu
The Energy and Climate Change Challenges and Opportunities
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 11 years ago | 1500 views
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Science and technology has profoundly transformed the world.  After giving a few historical examples, beginning with the industrial revolution, I will discuss the challenges, opportunities and necessity for the world to transition to a sustainable e....

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00:30:00

Superposition, Entanglement, and Raising Schrödinger’s Cat

by David Wineland
Superposition, Entanglement, and Raising Schrödinger’s Cat
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 11 years ago | 2560 views
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In 1935, Erwin Schrödinger, one of the inventors of quantum mechanics, illustrated his discomfort with the theory by pointing out that its extension to the macroscopic world could lead to bizarre situations such as a cat being simultaneously alive a....

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00:31:00

Controlling Photons in a Box and Exploring the Quantum to Classical Boundary

by Serge Haroche
Controlling Photons in a Box and Exploring the Quantum to Classical Boundary
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 11 years ago | 1919 views
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The founders of quantum theory assumed in 'thought experiments' that they were manipulating isolated quantum systems, obeying the counterintuitive laws which they had just discovered.  Technological advances have recently turned these virtual experi....

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00:30:00

Powering the Future

by Robert Laughlin
Powering the Future
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 11 years ago | 1544 views
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Some seeds of what to do in the climate/energy controversy are contained in what will be.  In this talk I shall ask everyone to jump over contemporary politics and make a mental journey to a time, several centuries from now, when nobody uses carbon-....

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