World’s Smallest Semiconductor Laser Created by Physicists
The breakthrough could lead to the development of photonic technologies in computing and medicine that are faster and smaller than current electronics.
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Physics Research Leads to Goldwater Scholarship for CNS senior
Will Berdanier shares his excitement about being named a Goldwater Scholar.
The Graphic Novelized Life of Richard Feynman
In this special edition of the Life Science Library’s Science Study Break series, nuclear engineer, librarian, and comics writer Jim Ottaviani discusses his graphic novel biography of the Nobel Prize-winning nuclear physicist Richard Feynman.
Dr. Fink's Little Black Box
Physicist Manfred Fink has built a stripped down Raman Spectrometer that can cheaply test for earthquakes, lung cancer and lactose intolerance.
Young Astronomer Sally Dodson-Robinson Receives Prestigious Career Grant from National Science Foundation
Dodson-Robinson will use funding to support her research program called "Giant Planets in Dusty Disks."
Mike Downer Named to Prestigious Academy of Distinguished Teachers
Physicist is one of seven faculty members recognized for sustained and significant contributions to education, particularly at the undergraduate level.
Insight: May 2011
In this issue of Insight, we explore diversity on campus, the science of spanking, the integration of technology into the classroom, and more.
College of Natural Sciences Video: 2011
From Alzheimer's disease to black holes and fusion energy, students and faculty in the College of Natural Sciences are changing the world through innovative research. Watch the college's 2011 highlights video. Produced by Lee Clippard and Mason Jones.
Physicists Prove Einstein Wrong with Observation of Instantaneous Velocity in Brownian Particles
A century after Albert Einstein said we would never be able to observe the instantaneous velocity of tiny particles as they randomly shake and shimmy, so called Brownian motion, physicist Mark Raizen and his group have done so.
Thinnest Superconducting Metal Created
AUSTIN, Texas — A superconducting sheet of lead only two atoms thick, the thinnest superconducting metal layer ever created, has been developed by physicists at The University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Ken Shih and colleagues report the properties of their superconducting film in the June 5 issue of Science. Superconductors are unique because they ...Read It Now
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