This event is in the past.It took place on February 4, 2026 at West Hall.


Peek inside the machinery of modern physics. Columbia professor Abhay Pasupathy shares how electrons can break the sound barrier and how superconductors respond to engineered environments, all through the lens of cutting-edge microscopy. It's rigorous science made open to anyone curious.
Academic lecture
Cutting-edge research
Free public science
Quantum physics
Tips
🔬scan probe microscopy reveals electron behavior in real time
🎓Pasupathy leads research at Columbia and Brookhaven Lab
🏛️"very old but still good" — classic campus venue vibe
Supersonic Currents to Cavity-Altered Superconductors
Burns Park


Peek inside the machinery of modern physics. Columbia professor Abhay Pasupathy shares how electrons can break the sound barrier and how superconductors respond to engineered environments, all through the lens of cutting-edge microscopy. It's rigorous science made open to anyone curious.
Academic lecture
Cutting-edge research
Free public science
Quantum physics
Tips
🔬scan probe microscopy reveals electron behavior in real time
🎓Pasupathy leads research at Columbia and Brookhaven Lab
🏛️"very old but still good" — classic campus venue vibe
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