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Professor Gang Chen, MIT explains several types of solar energy, with emphasis on a widely acclaimed solar thermoelectric device that his lab has developed. Dr. Chen gives a demonstration of how the device works, and explains that such technology is very popular and inexpensive in Europe and China.

Elena D'Onghia, PhD, Harvard Center for Astrophysics, explains the formation of galaxies and the dynamic relationship between galaxies such as the Milky Way and their satellites. This video is the revised version of 9/07/11

A brief bio segment of Dr. Andrew West, in which he describes how he got into astronomy, what he enjoys most about his work etc.

This is the Q-A session following Dr. Andrew West's lecture, "Big Science from Little Stars"

Dr. Kelly's Science for the Public's 6/21/11 Public Science Lectures presentation was all about the many new advances in the wide field of prosthetics. Here, Dr. Kelly presents a personal side: what drew him into this field; his approach to training grad students in such a complex field; the delights and the challenges of this work.

A brief video of Dr. Aaron Bernstein, presenter of "Sustaining Life: Biodiversity and Human Health" (Science for the Public's Contemporary Science Issues 6/07/11). Dr. Bernstein describes his work as both a pediatrician and his research on how human health depends on natural biodiversity.