Interesting Sessions Schedule

Monday, February 27

• Imaging method for measuring Botox efficacy (Session A1)
   
• Designer materials and mapping out the materials genome (Session A7)
   
• Graphene update with Nobel Laureate Andre Geim (Session A27)
   
• Soap film memory (Session A51)
   
• One hundred fifty years of Maxwell's equations (1862-2012) (Session B19)
   
• The physics of materials guides development of low-cost batteries (Session B26)
   
• Why complex systems age and die (Session B51)
   
• Finding efficient ways to pack spheres (Session B52)
   
• Detecting underground explosives (Session D20)
   
• Uncovering the formation mechanism of atmospheric nanoparticles (Session D36)
   
• Fractal behavior marks cancer cells (Session D42)
   
• The kitchen as a lab, featuring celebrity chefs Ferran Adria and Jose Andres (Session G1)
   

Tuesday, February 28

• Hybrid spintronics and straintronics: Ultra-low-energy computing at room temperature (Session H15)
   
• Carbon Capture in Clay (Session H36)
   
• A new approach to Alzheimer’s therapy: Understanding protein aggregation on a microscopic level (Session H40)
   
• The mechanics of curly hair (Session H52)
   
• International perspectives on energy (Session J27)
   
• K-12 science education: Closing the gap with the leading nations (Session J2)
   
• LGBT and physics: Sexual and gender diversity issues (Session J20)
   
• Modeling users' activity on Twitter networks (Session J54)
   
• Geographical spreading of obesity (Session J54)
   
• Modeling human interaction with wearable sensors (Session J54)
   
• Geometry in the mechanics of origami (Session L52)

Wednesday, February 29

• Redesigning college exams to test scientific understanding (Session P20)
   
• Do cells have memory? (Session P42)
   
• Bacteria with high biofuel tolerance engineered by speeding up evolution (Session P42)
   
• Soft robots: Mobile, agile, and fast (Session P52)
   
• Fish armor: Investigating how protective structures work in the natural world (Session P52)
   
• Cheating bacteria curb evolution of antibiotic resistance (Session Q42)
   
• Bacterial games: Searching for the origins of cooperation and biodiversity (Session Q42)
   
• The color of Brownian motion (Session Q53)
   
• Divided we fall: Inter-species competition can encourage intra-species cooperation (Session T42)
   
• Bacterial tower of Babel: How cheating and lying diversify bacterial communication (Session T42)
   
• Career uncertainty and sustainability in academia (Session T52)
   
• Carbon-based films for transparent electronics (Session S1)

Thursday, March 1

• Biological proteins that conduct electrons like metals (Session V41)
   
• Modeling the mechanics of twisted plant roots (Session V52)
   
• Fukushima: Impact and lessons (Session W20)
   
• Carbon nanotube scaffolding for spinal cord repair (Session W39)
   
• Self-folding films for making synthetic leaves and tissue (Session W50)
   
• Physics of color reflective displays: A revolution in display technology Session X20)

Friday, March 2

• The State of the Unit: A documentary film about the kilogram (Session Y1)
   
• Algae-herding for the biotech industry (Session Y48)
   
• Exploring a fern’s natural, ultrafast catapult system (Session Z40)