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Chemistry and Biochemistry—Molecules in Action
Astrophysics—What's Out There? Earth Sciences—Our Dynamic Planet Mathematics and Problem Solving
How Do Proteins Fold? Theory Meets Experiments
New Uses for a CD Player (14 minutes)  Chemists Michael Burkart and James La Clair have developed a novel method of detecting molecules with a conventional compact disk player. The technique could eventually provide inexpensive medical diagnostic tests.
Sensing Chemical and Biological Compounds Using Nanomaterials (42 minutes)  Join UCSD Chemist Mike Sailor to explore nanotechnologies that have been developed to make reliable, inexpensive and low-power sensors and the advances and challenges that make more sophisticated sensor devices possible.
Constructing New Materials Atom by Atom
NanoCircuits, NanoOrgans, NanoArt (33 minutes)  UCSD chemist Mike Sailor showcases how complex structures of near molecular dimensions, called nano structures, are being developed for diverse applications from increasing computer performance to new tools for medicine and even art.
Spin Electronics—The Science and Technology of Combining Magnetism and Semiconductors (50 minutes)  Join UCSD's Frances Hellman for a fascinating presentation about semiconducting and magnetic materials and her research into what is called "spin electronics," which strives to use unique combinations of these materials to control electrons.
Dark Matter and the Ultimate Fate of the Universe
Cosmic Voyages through Computer Simulation and Visualization (56 minutes)  Using the known laws of physics and the immense capacities of high performance computers, renowned astrophysicist Mike Norman takes you on an unprecedented journey across space and time to witness the formation of galaxies and cosmic structure as well as the formation of one of the first stars to shine in the universe.
The Mystery of Empty Space: Higgs Bosons, Vacuum Energy and Extra Dimensions (43 minutes)  Get ready to re-think your ideas of reality. Join UCSD physicist Kim Griest as he takes you on a fascinating excursion, addressing some of the massive efforts and tantalizing bits of evidence which suggest that what goes on in empty space determines the properties of the three-dimensional existence we know and love, and discusses how that reality may be but the wiggling of strings from other dimensions.
The Universe is Rated "R"—For Violence (46 minutes)  From time immemorial the cosmos has comforted humanity with its seemingly placid constancy. However, when science looks closer, we get a different story. From solar flares and thermonuclear burning engulfing the surfaces of neutron stars, to particle beams and collisions of literally extragalactic proportions, UCSD's Rick Rothschild will explain why the universe could be Rated "R" for violence.
Monitoring Atmospheric Aerosols
Energy and Climate: Challenges and Solutions (59 minutes)  A discussion on global warming and the prospects of a hydrogen economy with: Joseph J. Romm, executive director of the Center for Energy and Climate Solutions and author of The Hype About Hydrogen - Fact and Fiction in the Race to Save the Climate; and Franklin M. (Lynn) Orr, Jr. professor of petroleum engineering and project director of the Global Climate and Energy Project at Stanford University.
State of Fear: Hollywood, the News Media and Global Warming (57 minutes)  Naomi Oreskes, a professor in UCSD's department of history and science studies program, and science producer Gene Rosow discuss how Hollywood and the news media portray global warming and what responsibility scientists have to educate the public about global warming.
The Calculus of Bike Racing
Innovation in Math Teaching (15 minutes)  Explore how wresting with mathematics problems gives mathematics teachers better insights into the different ways their students learn.
Conversation with UCSD Fields' Medalist Efim Zelmanov (18 minutes)  Mathematics professor Jeffrey Remmel interviews Efim Zelmanov about his development as a mathematician and the beauty of mathematics.
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The machinery of life depends on proteins--large organic molecules composed of tens, hundreds or even thousands of amino acids bound together and folded into specifically shaped structures. How they fold into these three-dimensional structures is known as the second genetic code and is one of great challenges in science today. Join UCSD biophysicist Jose Onuchic, as he explores how physics, chemistry, biology and mathematics are all being applied to crack the protein folding mystery.
Physicist Ivan Schuller explores nanostructures and explains the fascinating properties matter exhibits at such small scales. 
Join physicist Kim Griest as he takes you on an exploration of two of the major unsolved questions in astrophysics: What might be the fate of the universe and what is the nature of the dark matter that ultimately decides this fate?
Join Mark Thiemens, dean of UCSD's Division of Physical Sciences and Kimberly Prather, professor of chemistry and biochemistry, to learn about a new technique that makes it possible to monitor atmospheric pollution in real time.
Mathematician and record-breaking cyclist Dan Wulbert demonstrates mathematical principles through problems applied to bike racing.