Physics

Feature Writer: Paul A. Heckert
Physicists are the perpetual three year olds of science. They always ask: Why? Physics is about observing nature, from elementary particles to the entire universe, and wondering why and how it works.
While enjoying the beauty of natural phenomena such as rainbows or dark star filled skies, physicists continue trying to understand how they work. Achieving this understanding enhances nature's beauty. The best physicists keep their childlike wonder while unraveling nature's mysteries.
As Whitman's Learned Astronomer, they show "the charts and the diagrams, to add, divide and measure them" while continuing to wander off "in the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time [look] up in perfect silence at the stars"
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Paul A. Heckert
Nov 20, 2009
Optics & Physics of Metamaterials & Invisibility
In: Atomic/Molecular/Optical Physics
Physicists doing research in optics and metamaterials may someday move invisibility cloaking from the realm of fantasy and magic to the realm of science and technology.
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Nov 16, 2009
Physicists Get High Paying Jobs in Recessions
In: Physics (general)
Despite the very bad recession and high unemployment rates, 2009 college graduates with physics bachelors degrees found high paying jobs with among the highest salaries.
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Nov 1, 2009
CERN Large Hadron Collider to Restart Late 2009
In: Particle Physics
Damage to CERN's Large Hadron Collider from the mishap shortly after it opened in September, 2008 required extensive repairs. The LHC will restart in late 2009.
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Oct 18, 2009
Halloween Costumes Improved by Physics
In: Physics (general)
Physics might someday make Halloween costumes more realistic with nearly invisible ghosts, flying broomsticks for witch or Harry Potter costumes, and flying superheroes.
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Oct 13, 2009
How Medical Diagnostic Ultrasound Imaging Works
In: Physics (general)
Ultrasound imaging is a safe noninvasive technique for making diagnostic medical images of the human body. What physics makes this technique work?
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Oct 11, 2009
How Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Works
In: Physics (general)
Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging provides safe nonintrusive medical diagnostic images of the interior of the human body. How does MRI work?
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Oct 9, 2009
Understanding Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
In: Quantum Physics
Nuclear magnetic resonance, a resonance of the nucleus of atoms in magnetic fields, is the fundamental physics behind Magnetic Resonance Imaging and NMR spectroscopy.
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Sep 13, 2009
How Fast Are Record-Setting 100 Meter Sprints
In: Physics (general)
In a world record 100-meter run, either for humans or cheetahs, the top speed must be faster than the average speed. What are the top speeds for these sprints?
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