Join 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 microwave. We delve a bit into his past research, which made headlines and was featured in a variety of science communication media. We then explore the diverse work that Dr. Khattak does as a research associate at MacMaster University. His research includes soft matter systems, thin films, microdroplets, and generally poking things in new ways and trying to explain what happens. We end with a story about the history of fluid mechanics, exploring how intuitive ideas are actually quite complex.

See the Veritasium video featuring our guest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCrtk-pyP0I

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The 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 milestones. We then discuss our plans for 2025, including working to finish our PhDs. We then turn to major stories in science from 2024, highlighting some interesting stories and research from each month. We delve into everything from probes touching the Sun to mapping the brain, and many things in between.

Learn more about solar eclipses and what it's like to experience them:

Episode 76:https://open.spotify.com/episode/2jKYpjMCG3x69xUhsR8RIO?si=kthdwo8KQAyhHGkISv5ZdA

Episode 77:https://open.spotify.com/episode/7oZcJDSarWJVr0Hwm6Jomg?si=ENp6KLXHRfqInfLZpJuTkg

Here is a report on things you can do to help prevent dementia:https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)01296-0/abstract

Video about what might be wrong with the upcoming Artemis Mission and its use of a Starship rocket:https://youtu.be/OoJsPvmFixU?si=de2KQ3LB8tE2kPVF

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In 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 focuses on the development and fabrication of semiconductor devices. The novel method they develop opens door to tunable photonic devices. We delve into the principles of semiconductors and the manufacturing processes used in his lab. Abhishake walks us through his day-to-day in the lab, being a father while doing graduate school, and his experience working in various parts of the world. On the topic of photons, in the introduction, we discuss an article on the first ever image of the shape of a single photon. We end the episode with the story of the life of Sir Charles Kuen Kao, the pioneer of fiber optics and the technology that led to the Internet.

Article on shape of single photon:

https://scitechdaily.com/quantum-leap-scientists-reveal-the-shape-of-a-single-photon-for-the-first-time/

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Join 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 radio astronomy. Balloon astronomy involves letting very large balloons float into the upper atmosphere whilst carrying scientific equipment to observe and take measurements of the cosmos. We discuss the various benefits of balloon astronomy compared to terrestrial approaches, along with Mayukh's passion for science communication. Before delving into this however, Pheely discusses new research from the Satellites Around Galactic Analogs (SAGA) Survey team and how our Milky Way galaxy may not truly be representative of other galaxies within the universe like we originally thought. To end the episode, Patrick gives us a history lesson regarding humanities race for the biggest telescope of all time.

Mayukh Bagchi's Website:

https://mayukhbagchi.com/

Mayukh's YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@mayukh\_bagchi

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Join 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 background in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) research. While we briefly touch on the open part of his current work, we delve deeper into MR and his research at the University of New Brunswick. Before then, Patrick talks about the inspiring and extreme field research conducted by Dr. Russell Schnell, along with new findings about how much carbon the ocean can store. Pheely ends off the episode with a story about the failed Zumwalt class destroyers of the United States of America Navy.

The oceans can store 20% more carbon than previously thought: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06772-4

Find out more about Canada's river class destroyers: https://www.canada.ca/en/navy/corporate/fleet-units/surface/river-class-destroyer.html

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Join 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 about their impact on quantum mechanics in general. Before then, we discuss new results from research on creating new elements in a science-based version of alchemy. Finally, we end off the episode discussing the life of David Bohm, who was a famous physicist who had a big involvement in philosophy and the Manhattan Project (without actually being a part of the Manhattan Project).

Check out the article discussed in the intro topic titled "Toward the Discovery of New Elements: Production of Livermorium (Z=116) with 50Ti": https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.172502

The Phys.org article can be found here: https://phys.org/news/2024-10-scientists-superheavy-elements.html

Great Periodic Table website: https://ptable.com

Curious about cross section and particle interactions? Join our episode with special guest Jean-Marie Coquillat: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0pUBus1DwWyR8o5A0yhr6S

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Welcome 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 black holes and connections to quantum gravity. Before we dive into his research (and get a fun quiz on dimensions), Liam tells us about a trinary black hole system and it's discovery and chaos. Patrick ends the episode with a cosmology-adjacent person, Hendrik Lorentz.

Check out our episode on Chaos: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3CgkgF2A36AwsP3JD2dswR?si=V5ToAXXBQOC54MNVSrONww

Want to find out more about Billy Sievers? Check out his website: https://ktbsievers.ca

Get up-to-date with relativity from Episode 20: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7ib2CjCkM5H8WiEUNFpdgj?si=-NpaI-TWQD6dnYTKo9vfZA

Interested in learning more about black holes? Check out: https://yale.learningu.org/download/2edd46dc-7ff5-4084-8161-5b5328974fa0/E2143_The\%20Large-Scale\%20Structure\%20of\%20Spacetime\%20(1973)\%20-\%20Hawking,\%20Ellis.pdf

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Join 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 detectors at SNOLAB, we speak with Jean-Marie about his current research on the NEWS-G dark matter detector. Jean-Marie speaks about how the detector operates and how he is working on rejecting background noise the limits of dark matter detection are pushed. He also delves into other research related to his current PhD research at Queen's University. Finally, Liam ends the episode with a story about the driving force behind SNOLAB, Canadian Nobel Laureate Dr. Arthur B. McDonald.

Check out our last episode talking about Patrick's work with the NEWS-G dark matter detector: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4dYX0uGO6iQYSu0atCx5vM

Find more information about the NEWS-G detector (Patrick printed the 3D model pictured!): https://www.snolab.ca/experiment/news-g/

Have questions for Jean-Marie? Send him an email at jeanmarie.coquillat@queensu.ca

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