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Danny Jacobs

Danny Jacobs

President of Oregon Health & Science University

Aug 20, 2026

1:55
Can, can you introduce us to the 411 on radio astronomy?
2:00
The wavelength range of, of light that we have access to is, is enormous.
2:05
Uh, there's, I think everything from gamma rays all the way down to radio waves.
2:10
Uh, it-- all that matters is, is that you have a receiver that can tune into the right wavelength, right? And every kind of thing in the universe does different stuff at different wavelengths, and some of those things are only happening at those wavelengths.
2:23
So if you wanna tune into them, you need a receiver that works there.
2:26
What people formally call radio is actually huge.
2:30
Like, our e- like our eye is sensitive to a tiny fraction of wavelengths, like just a, a few percent different, right? A factor of a couple maybe.
6:36
So, so can you tell us, uh, about what you've been working on since you were a baby young astronomer to bring radio to the masses?
2:05
Can, can you introduce us to the 411 on radio astronomy?
2:10
The wavelength range of, of light that we have access to is, is enormous.
2:14
Uh, there's, uh, everything from gamma rays all the way down to radio waves.
2:19
Uh, the, all that matters is, is that you have a receiver that can tune into the right wavelength, right? And every kind of thing in the universe does different stuff at different wavelengths, and some of those things are only happening at those wavelengths.
2:32
So if you wanna tune into them, you need a receiver that works there.
2:36
What people normally call radio is actually huge.
2:39
Like, our e- like our eye is sensitive to a tiny fraction of wavelengths, like just a, a few percent different, right? A factor of a couple maybe.
6:45
So, so can you tell us a- about what you've been working on since you were a baby young astronomer to bring radio to the masses?

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