Superconductors in the Summer
As a little girl I would play school with the neighborhood children. Ever since fourth grade I knew I wanted to be a teacher in a classroom full of eager-to-learn [...]
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New Marvel film “Ant-Man and the Wasp” features Quantum Realm and input by Spiros Michalakis
Ant-Man and the Wasp, the newest film in Marvel's Cinematic Universe (MCU) opened on July 6. IQIM's Spiros Michalakis, has earned his own spot in the MCU as a science [...]
Film and Media
Film and Media Scientists and Hollywood are both searching for creative ways to describe new, mind-blowing ideas of what might be possible now and [...]
That’s right, I did say, “A High Fashion Shoot for Geeks”!
Of course they aren’t geeks! That was it…the whole purpose was to crack the image of the so-called “geek”. Having known that, since I was a Caltech alum turned filmmaker, [...]
Diversity
Transforming the STEM Pipeline into a River The traditional metaphor of the “leaky pipeline” tracks the number of students entering the educational system and emphasizes points at [...]
Quantum Realm to be explored in Ant-Man and the Wasp
The Marvel Cinematic Universe is expanding. Black Panther premiers on February 16th, Avengers: Infinity War on May 4th, and Ant-Man and the Wasp opens in theaters on July 6, 2018. [...]
Show us your vision of quantum reality – Quantum Shorts film competition
The Quantum Shorts film contest is accepting entries for 2018, due by December 1. The competition is for films no longer than five minutes that take inspiration from quantum physics. [...]
Quantum Shorts Film Competition – vote for your favorite
Quantum Shorts is a competition calling for science fiction alternating annually with science films since 2012. The festival is organized by the Centre for Quantum Technologies at the National University [...]
Where are you, Dr. Frank Baxter?
This year marks the 50th anniversary of my first publication. In 1964, when we were eleven-year-old fifth graders, my best friend Mace Rosenstein and I launched The Pres-stein Gazette, a [...]
When I met with Steven Spielberg to talk about Interstellar
Today I had the awesome and eagerly anticipated privilege of attending a screening of the new film Interstellar, directed by Christopher Nolan. One can't help but be impressed by Nolan's [...]