632nm
Technical interviews with the greatest scientists in the world.
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 112 minutes
- Episodes
- 32
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
From Failed Project to 40 Million Eye Scans: David Huang on the Birth of OCT
Dr. David Huang shares the remarkable journey of how a failed laser surgery project during his MD-PhD studies at MIT led to the invention of Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), now used in over 40 mi…
Origins of Life | Anna Wang on Artificial Cells and Nano-Robots
Origins of life researcher Anna Wang takes us on a fascinating journey through the latest theories about how life began, revealing why Darwin's "warm little ponds" are making a comeback and how ocean…
The Future of Fusion | Dennis Whyte on Nuclear Fusion and MIT Plasma Science
MIT Professor Dennis Whyte's path to becoming a fusion energy pioneer began with an unlikely source - a Ripley's Believe It or Not comic strip he read as a teenager in rural Saskatchewan. The comic d…
Origins of Life | Jack Szostak on Basement Experiments to Nobel Prize-Winning Discoveries
Nobel laureate Jack Szostak takes us on a fascinating journey through his remarkable scientific career, from conducting dangerous chemistry experiments in his basement as a curious child to making gr…
The God Particle | Christoph Paus on Higgs Boson, CERN, and CMS
Professor Christoph Paus, a key figure in the discovery of the Higgs Boson at CERN's Large Hadron Collider, discusses his journey in high-energy physics, the challenges of leading large international…
Cold Atoms: Mikhail Lukin on Quantum Optics and Neutral Atom Computing
In this episode, Harvard Professor Mikhail Lukin discusses his pioneering work in quantum computing using neutral atoms. He shares the journey from his early work in quantum optics and electromagneti…
Einstein Was Wrong: John Clauser on Bell's Theorem and the Nature of Reality
In this episode, we sit down with Nobel laureate John Clauser to discuss his experiments from the early 1960’s, testing Bell's inequalities and quantum entanglement. Clauser shares the story of how, …
The Science of Drug Discovery: Insights from Artem Evdokimov
In this episode, drug discovery scientist Artem Evdokimov discusses the science of pharmaceutical development, from historical breakthroughs to the current landscape. He shares insights on antibiotic…
Optical Metatronics: Nader Engheta on Electromagnetics and Scientific Curiosity
In this episode of the 632nm podcast, Nader Engheta shares his journey and experiences within the field of electromagnetics, from his early days at the University of Tehran and Caltech, to his curren…
Quantum Computing: Peter Zoller and Ignacio Cirac on the Quantum Revolution
In this episode of the 632-nanometer podcast, we explore the evolution of quantum computing with theoretical physicists and experimentalists Peter Zoller and Ignacio Cirac, two pioneers in the field.…
Gravitational Waves: Rainer Weiss (Nobel Prize 2017) on Laser Interferometer Observation
In 1916, Einstein predicted the existence of gravitational waves, however, it took almost a century for researchers to detect them. In this episode of the 632-nanometer podcast, the team has a firesi…
Synthetic Biology: George Church on Genome Sequencing and De-Extinction
The great George Church takes us through the revolutionary journey of DNA sequencing from his early groundbreaking work to the latest advancements. He discusses the evolution of sequencing methods, i…