As the electron spins
Spintronics is the art of controlling the spin of an electron for use in semiconductors and other materials. The research group of School of Physics and Astronomy Professor Paul Crowell is part of a Minnesota-based collaborative effort that recently solved a long-standing problem in this field.
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Humphreys receives award
Prof. Roberta Humphreys received the 2008 Mullen/Spector/Truax Women's Leadership Award.
2008 Physics Student Awards
Student Awards were made at the final colloquium of the semester.
FTPI: a gathering place for great minds
A retrospective article on FTPI by Silva Young
Kakalios on NPR
Prof. James Kakalios will be on National Public Radio's Talk of the Nation on Monday, May 5 at 2:30 PM.
The Physics Force
Monkey Hunter
Many physics classes feature the classic demonstration, "Monkey and Hunter" in which an object is dropped at the same moment a projectile is fired, to show that its path is formed by gravity and its given velocity. The demonstration group, Physics Force performs "Monkey and Hunter" with a live "monkey" --Hank Ryan, a physics teacher who is suspended from a 20 foot tower, shot at with a billiard ball fired from a cannon and then dropped to the relative safety of a mat.
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