The Hyperthesis
by Pheely Chitnelawong, Patrick O'Brien, and Liam Farrell
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Enlightening yet casual discussions about natural phenomena and the theories that describe them. Run by a curious trio with physics backgrounds: Pheely, Patrick, and Liam. A new episode is available every Friday at 9 a.m. ET.
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- The Hyperthesis Team's Perspectives on Science and PhD Life at the 100th Episode · 2 h 25 min · Season 7 Episode 100Join the Hyperthesis Podcast as we celebrate a very special milestone - EPISODE 100! To account for a century of episodes, the Hyperthesis team have decided to change things up…
- The Next Generation of Data Visualization · 1 h 20 min · Season 7 Episode 99Join the Hyperthesis crew in episode 99 as we talk about our experiences and thoughts on data visualization in science: how we portray data, equations, and reality versus…
- Spectroscopy: How Objects Shine at Us Their Nature · 1 h 3 min · Season 7 Episode 98Join the Hyperthesis team as we return to an episode without a special guest to discuss some interesting scientific phenomena. We begin the episode with a discussion around…
- The Lesser Known World of Evidence-based Teaching with Jon Clarke · 1 h 37 min · Season 7 Episode 97Welcome to episode 97 of the Hyperthesis where we discuss all things dark matter and physics education with Jon Clarke. Jon Clarke is a PhD student at Queen's University where he…
- The Science and Business of (medical) Drug Delivery with Matt Campea · 1 h 39 min · Season 7 Episode 96Join us for this episode of the Hyperthesis as we delve into the world of the body and the small with our guest, Dr. Matt Campea. Currently working as a Scientific Specialist…
- Demystifying Quantum Materials with Monika Azmanska · 1 h 17 minIn this episode of the Hyperthesis, we welcome Monika Azmanska, a PhD student at McMaster University working with Dr. Pat Clancy. Monika's research focuses on experimental…
- Tinkering Soft Matter, and Microwaving Grapes with Hamza Khattak · 1 h 46 min · Season 7 Episode 94Join the Hyperthesis team as we welcome Dr. Hamza Khattak as our guest. To start, we discuss a paper which heavily cites work done by Dr. Khattak with his work on grapes in a…
- Year 2024 in Review · 1 h 7 min · Season 93 Episode 7The Hyperthesis team rings in the new year with looking at what happened in 2024. We first discuss our own research journeys in 2024, highlighting some major events and…
- Building Semiconductor Devices with Abhishake Goyal · 1 h 17 min · Season 7 Episode 92In this episode, we welcome our special guest Abhishake Goyal. Abhishake is a PhD candidate in the Laboratory of Organic Photonics and Iontronics at Queen's university. His work…
- Let's Put Telescopes on Balloons with Mayukh Bagchi · 1 h 6 min · Season 7 Episode 91Join Pheely, Liam, Patrick and special guest Mayukh Bagchi on the Hyperthesis Podcast! Mayukh is currently a PhD candidate at Queen's University. His research focuses on balloon…
- How Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Works with Duncan Osmond · 1 h 19 min · Season 7 Episode 90Join Liam, Pheely, and Patrick as we welcome Duncan Osmond to Hyperthesis. Duncan is currently a Systems Engineer with the Naval Engineering Test Establishment, but has a…
- The Hidden Nature of Electric Fields and the Aharonov Bohm Effect · 1 h 16 min · Season 7 Episode 89Join the Hyperthesis team as we venture into the realm of quantum mechanics by discussing Berry phases and the Aharanov-Bohm Effect. We break down these complex concepts and talk…
- Black Holes to the Extreme(al) with Billy Sievers · 1 h 23 min · Season 7 Episode 88Welcome to the Hyperthesis, where this week, we welcome special guest Billy Sievers. Billy is a Ph.D Student at McMaster University studying self-intersecting surfaces inside…
- Making Light of Dark Matter at SNOLAB with Jean-Marie Coquillat · 1 h 16 min · Season 7 Episode 87Join Patrick, Pheely, Liam, and special guest Jean-Marie Coquillat as we explore the depths of dark matter detection. After discussing the current state of the art of dark matter…
- Well... About the 2024 Nobel Prizes · 1 h 13 min · Season 7 Episode 86Celebrate with the Hyperthesis as we discuss the Nobel Prizes awarded in Physics, Chemistry, and Medicine and Physiology for 2024. We delve into the meaning and controversy…
- Guess Who's Back? (for Season 7) · 1 h 6 min · Season 7 Episode 85Join Patrick, Pheely, and Liam as we recap our summer of research as we start our seventh season of the Hyperthesis. We provide updates about our summer, going a little bit in…
- Scientific Method in Theoretical Physics · 1 h 12 min · Season 6 Episode 84Join the Hyperthesis team as we wrap up our sixth season for a summer break filled with research and travel. To start, we discuss a publication put out by Pheely based on work…
- Give Us Some Space (Exploration)! · 1 h 5 min · Season 6 Episode 83Space! The final frontier. Join the Hyperthesis team on our one hour mission to explore space and what the future of space exploration holds for humanity. Before delving into the…
- Can Biology be Quantum? Also... Dancing Raisins · 1 h 10 min · Season 6 Episode 82Join the Pheely, Liam, and Patrick for episode 82 of The Hyperthesis podcast! In this episode we discuss the field of Quantum biology which proposes that certain functions in…
- Understanding Nature Through Statistics with Dr. Jonathon Riddell · 1 h 23 min · Season 6 Episode 81Join the Pheely, Liam, and Patrick as they welcome Dr. Jonathon Riddell to the show. Johnathon is a quantum many-body physicist at the University of Birmingham in the UK who…
