Physics SlideShow
A method to observe supersolids?
Published Date:October 4, 2009
Physicists Sarang Gopalakrishnan, Benjamin Lev, and Paul Goldbart at the University of Illinois propose a new method to trap ultracold atoms that could generate experimentally detectable supersolidity.
Published Date: October 4, 2009
Watching bacteria swim
Published Date:October 4, 2009
Physics researchers Yann R. Chemla and Ido Golding have developed a new method to study bacterial "swimming," one that allows them to trap E. coli bacteria and modify the microbes' environment without hindering the way they move.
Published Date: October 4, 2009
TCBG building a synthetic chromatophore
Published Date:October 1, 2009
The September 30 issue of Scientific American describes how Klaus Schulten's group is using superfast graphics processing units--typically used for rendering highly sophisticated video-game graphics--to help them simulate how chromatophore proteins turn light energy into chemical energy during photosynthesis.
Published Date: October 1, 2009
Pines wins 2009 John Bardeen Prize
Published Date:September 13, 2009
David Pines was presented the triennial John Bardeen Prize for Superconductivity Theory on September 9 at the 9th International Conference on Materials and Mechanisms of Superconductivity in Tokyo, Japan.
Published Date: September 13, 2009
Farris Wins NASA Graduate Fellowship
Published Date:September 1, 2009
Physics graduate student Brian Farris has been awarded a prestigious three-year NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship (NESSF).
Published Date: September 1, 2009
