The Hyperthesis

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=kthdwo8KQAyhHGkISv5ZdAEpisode 77:https://open.spotify.com/episode/7oZcJDSarWJVr0Hwm6Jomg?si=ENp6KLXHRfqInfLZpJuTkgHere is a report on things you can do to help prevent dementia:https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)01296-0/abstractVideo about what might be wrong with the upcoming Artemis Mission and its use of a Starship rocket:https://youtu.be/OoJsPvmFixU?si=de2KQ3LB8tE2kPVFMissed an episode? Find us on Spotify Podcast!https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/hyperthesisQuestion, comments, concerns? Interested in being a guest on our show? Send us an email: hyperthesispodcast@gmail.comFollow us on Instagram!https://www.instagram.com/thehyperthesisCheck out our YouTube channel!https://www.youtube.com/@hyperthesispodcast

Join the Hyperthesis as we continue our discussion on relativity. As an introduction, we discuss an interesting quirk of light and how its speed hasn't been measured as a one-way trip. This leads into our introduction of general relativity, the theory produced by Einstein that changed the physics paradigm. This theory describes the equivalence between gravity and acceleration, while discussing the curvature of spacetime and how the idea of spacetime came about in the first place. We talk about some of the results that fall our of the equations for General Relativity, including a story about wormholes. 

In this episode of the Hyperthesis, Liam, Pheely, and Patrick discuss the discoveries involved in the recently-announced Nobel Prize in Physics. We delve into the quantum mechanics behind the experiments that helped solve some puzzling paradoxes, and were pivotal in paving the way for quantum computers. Before that, we discuss some misconceptions about Galileo and his fame. Finally, we learn about the man behind the Nobel Prize and just how such a prestigious prize came to be.  

Join 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 in this extended episode by recording our audio and video so you can watch the episode unfold. We start the episode with Liam discussing a recent analogue gravity conference he attended at the University of Nottingham, prompting him to reflect back on the first episode of the podcast. Liam discusses how his relationship with his research field has changed since our first episode, and we all chat about how we have changed in the almost three years of this podcast. We take part in answering some fun physics-based questions, and to add to the visual aspect (make sure to check out the video linked below), test ourselves in identifying AI-made images. We discuss some statistics for the show and the logistics behind recording before discussing what is in the future for us. Patrick tells a story about the measurement system that relates to 100 and we make an announcement at the end of the show, so make sure to listen to this extended episode! Want to watch the video of this recording? Find it on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/f7SIU7z9HKMMissed an episode? Find us on Spotify Podcast! https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/hyperthesisQuestion, comments, concerns? Interested in being a guest on our show? Send us an email: hyperthesispodcast@gmail.comFollow us on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/thehyperthesisCheck out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/@hyperthesispodcastThank you to all of our guests and supporters throughout the last three years! 100 is a big number and this show wouldn't have gotten there without all of you.

Join 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 imagination. Before delving into that, Patrick leads the episode by discussing a paper about the cycling science and lifetimes of Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) batteries. Liam ends the episode with a brief history of simulation, which surprisingly dates all the way back to the year 1777.LFP batter paper from the Dahn Lab: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1149/1945-7111/ad6cbd/metaEngineering Explained YouTube video on LFP batteries: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1zKfIQUQ-sMissed an episode? Find us on Spotify Podcast! https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/hyperthesisQuestion, comments, concerns? Interested in being a guest on our show? Send us an email: hyperthesispodcast@gmail.comFollow us on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/thehyperthesisCheck out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/@hyperthesispodcast

Join 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 squeaking or barking sand and how little is known about how this phenomena happens. If you're interested in funding research about this, please let us know! Our main topic today focuses on the field of spectroscopy and how light interacts with matter. Spectroscopy is applied ubiquitously throughout various fields of science. It is an extremely useful method to probe properties of matter. We discuss the principles behind spectroscopy, and we explore its many applications. We end our episode with the story of the life of Lord Rayleigh who discovered the mechanism that explains why the sky is blue.Check out the Squeaking Sand video by Atomic Frontiers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v29ou094luc\&t=1sMissed an episode? Find us on Spotify Podcast! https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/hyperthesisQuestion, comments, concerns? Interested in being a guest on our show? Send us an email: hyperthesispodcast@gmail.comFollow us on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/thehyperthesisCheck out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/@hyperthesispodcast

Welcome 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 is working with the NEWS-G dark matter detector, analyzing data from the latest experimental runs. Before starting his PhD, Jon taught high school physics in the UK before providing training for a total of 300 high school physics teachers. Before we delve into Jon's work, the introduction topic touches on some new findings from the Euclid Dark Matter space telescope. Patrick ends the episode with a story about Vera Rubin, whose research is a foundation of dark matter research. Have questions for our guest? Send Jon an email at jon.clarke@queensu.ca.Listen to more about dark matter and the NEWS-G experiment: Episode 6: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4dYX0uGO6iQYSu0atCx5vMEpisode 8 with guest Jean-Marie Coquillat: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0pUBus1DwWyR8o5A0yhr6SMissed an episode? Find us on Spotify Podcast! https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/hyperthesisQuestion, comments, concerns? Interested in being a guest on our show? Send us an email: hyperthesispodcast@gmail.comFollow us on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/thehyperthesisCheck out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/@hyperthesispodcast

Join 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 with Cytiva, we delve into his current work on customizable nanoparticles and previous research on drug-loaded nanoparticles. This includes developing improved methods to help with cancers, schizophrenia, and other challenging diseases. Before then, Liam discusses a new technique for drug delivery using injectable drug-containing gels whose release can be controlled through shape and composition instead of more invasive methods. Patrick ends the episode with the story about a history of people making small things. Find Matt on various social media, and message him on Instagram.Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@MattyCPhDTiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mattycphdInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mattycphd/Listen to our episode on drug delivery with Hannah Krivic: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0EVR0DRVHRnSaRpNukpikLCheck out episode on the small with Catherine Boisvert: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hyperthesis/episodes/Exploring-Tiny-Worlds-with-Atomic-Forces-feat--Catherine-Boisvert-e2072fuMissed an episode? Find us on Spotify Podcast! https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/hyperthesisQuestion, comments, concerns? Interested in being a guest on our show? Send us an email: hyperthesispodcast@gmail.comFollow us on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/thehyperthesisCheck out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/@hyperthesispodcast

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-pyP0IMissed an episode? Find us on Spotify Podcast! https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/hyperthesisQuestion, comments, concerns? Interested in being a guest on our show? Send us an email: hyperthesispodcast@gmail.comFollow us on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/thehyperthesisCheck out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/@hyperthesispodcast

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/ Missed an episode? Find us on Spotify Podcast! https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/hyperthesis Question, comments, concerns? Interested in being a guest on our show? Send us an email: hyperthesispodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/thehyperthesis Check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/@hyperthesispodcast

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 Missed an episode? Find us on Spotify Podcast! https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hyperthesis Question, comments, concerns? Interested in being a guest on our show? Send us an email: hyperthesispodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/thehyperthesis Check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/@hyperthesispodcast

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 Missed an episode? Find us on Spotify Podcast! https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hyperthesis Question, comments, concerns? Interested in being a guest on our show? Send us an email: hyperthesispodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/thehyperthesis Check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/@hyperthesispodcast

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 Missed an episode? Find us on Spotify Podcast! https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hyperthesis Question, comments, concerns? Interested in being a guest on our show? Send us an email: hyperthesispodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/thehyperthesis Check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/@hyperthesispodcast

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 Missed an episode? Find us on Spotify Podcast! https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hyperthesis Question, comments, concerns? Interested in being a guest on our show? Send us an email: hyperthesispodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/thehyperthesis Check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/@hyperthesispodcast

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 Missed an episode? Find us on Spotify Podcast! https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hyperthesis Question, comments, concerns? Interested in being a guest on our show? Send us an email: hyperthesispodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/thehyperthesis Check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/@hyperthesispodcast

Celebrate 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 behind the prizes, especially discussing the foundations of AI. Before then, we discuss the history-making landing performed by SpaceX as they caught part of the largest rocket ever as it landed back on Earth. We mention the Ig-Nobel prize before providing a brief history of the Physics Nobel prize winners, John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton. Check out our episode on machine learning: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2PpkEpmy9Ueeyjy3F0aKli Missed an episode? Find us on Spotify Podcast! https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hyperthesis Question, comments, concerns? Interested in being a guest on our show? Send us an email: hyperthesispodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/thehyperthesis Check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/@hyperthesispodcast

Join 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 depth from everything we did. This includes using dams as inspiration for ultracold atom theory, creating digital twins of forests, and talking about the publication from some of our hosts and past guests. We end the episode with an update from the world of science over the summer. Check out Liam, Pheely, and Dean's paper here: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1751-8121/ad74be Missed an episode? Find us on Spotify Podcast! https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hyperthesis Question, comments, concerns? Interested in being a guest on our show? Send us an email: hyperthesispodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/thehyperthesis Check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/@hyperthesispodcast

Join 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 done during his Master's degree. He goes into the intricacies of clustering and the idea of no free lunch as he examines trade-offs of clustering and avoiding clustering. As we segue into our main topic, we discuss the details around the scientific method and how it differs from what people are taught. We also delve into the philosophy surrounding creating hypothesis and theories, and how we know where to start doing research. Finally, Liam ends with a story on Unruh and his discovery of analogue gravity. Go check out Pheely's paper here (on the Nature website): https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-63278-3 Listen to Pheely talk about his research in our third episode: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hyperthesis/episodes/Gutting-Warships-with-Statistical-Physics-e1jeivt Colour blind accessible palette: https://jfly.uni-koeln.de/color/ Missed an episode? Find us on Spotify Podcast! https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hyperthesis Question, comments, concerns? Interested in being a guest on our show? Send us an email: hyperthesispodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/thehyperthesis Check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/@hyperthesispodcast

Space! 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 topic of space exploration, including the why and how, Liam shares his thoughts on the recent Canadian Association of Physicists Congress, including some great presentations and the quality of the food. Pheely ends off the episode with a story about Voyager and just how we keep it going and when it might die. Congratulations to Dean! Listen to his episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/710ca2ya5UtnP0Qx4Tkv9J Want to know how space probes and rovers get up there? Listen to our episode on rockets! https://open.spotify.com/episode/2TSFeUsmEBmGJbbiyxy0Ws Missed an episode? Find us on Spotify Podcast! https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hyperthesis Question, comments, concerns? Interested in being a guest on our show? Send us an email: hyperthesispodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/thehyperthesis Check out our Youtube channel! https://www.youtube.com/@hyperthesispodcast

Join 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 living organisms may only be explained through quantum mechanics. Some particular examples that are covered include our sense of vision and smell, enzyme catalysis inside of the cells of organisms, and the ability for birds to detect magnetic fields through quantum entanglement. Before this, we discuss a paper that studies raisin dynamics in a carbonated beverage (yes, we know this sounds weird), and after we end the episode with some history about biological taxonomy. Missed an episode? Find us on Spotify Podcast! https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hyperthesis Question, comments, concerns? Interested in being a guest on our show? Send us an email: hyperthesispodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/thehyperthesis Check out our Youtube channel! https://www.youtube.com/@hyperthesispodcast