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Chalk Radio: Visualizing the Future of Spaceship Earth with Prof. Dava Newman
"Now is the time to act." In this episode, Professor Dava Newman fields listeners' questions about climate change and introduces EarthDNA, a platform for climate advocacy and action. Professor Dava Newman is an aerospace engineer whose career has largely focused on developing improved space suits for eventual interplanetary travel. But in recent years she has turned her sights back toward Earth, using the vast amounts of data collected by satellites in near space to inform and motivate the public for the fight against catastrophic climate change. In this episode, Prof. Newman fields listener-submitted questions about climate change and also talks more specifically about EarthDNA, a nonprofit startup she co-founded to serve as a platform for climate advocacy and action. Learn more and listen to the episode.
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Featured New Courses
7.05 General Biochemistry
Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins, which play an important role in body functions. (Image by Dunk on flickr. License CC-BY) 7.05 General Biochemistry
This course, with video lectures, focuses on contributions of biochemistry toward an understanding of the structure and functioning of organisms, tissues, and cells. It was taught by Prof. Michael Yaffe and Prof. Matthew Vander Heiden. Check out General Biochemistry on OCW
8.701 Introduction to Nuclear and Particle Physics
A diagram of the standard model of elementary particles; the 12 fundamental fermions and 5 fundamental bosons. (Image by Cush and is in the public domain) 8.701 Introduction to Nuclear and Particle Physics Want to be a nuclear scientist? Here’s how to start! Use the video lectures and other great materials in this course to learn about the phenomenology and experimental foundations of nuclear and particle physics! Learn more about Intro to Nuclear and Particle Physics
5.310 Laboratory Chemistry
Dr. John Dolhun guides the students through various chemistry labs. 5.310 Laboratory Chemistry Under the expert guidance of Dr. John Dolhun and Dr. Sarah Hewett, this course covers principles and applications of chemical laboratory techniques, including preparation and analysis of chemical materials, measurement of pH, gas and liquid chromatography, visible-ultraviolet spectrophotometry, infrared spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance, mass spectrometry, polarimetry, X-ray diffraction, kinetics, data analysis, and organic synthesis. **Features full video lectures!** Check out Laboratory Chemistry
Mussie Demisse recently graduated from MIT with a degree in electrical engineering and computer science. (Image by Mussie Demisse) “I think OCW and similar platforms really allow you to build your capabilities to do what you can to solve the problem that you think is most important.” After high school in Ethiopia, Mussie Demisse began studying computer science at Bunker Hill Community College in Boston, MA. It was there he was introduced to MIT OpenCourseWare when his professor used materials from OCW in his linear algebra course. In turn, this inspired Mussie to transfer to MIT. He graduated this past spring with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and computer science. Read the full story on MIT News!
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