Physics
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Top physicists gather at UCSC to honor Tom Banks and Willy Fischler
Top physicists will gather at UCSC on June 15 and 16 for a symposium in honor of Thomas Banks, professor of physics at UCSC, and Willy Fischler, professor of physics at the University of Texas, Austin.
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Transfer students to benefit from physics and astronomy scholarships
UCSC has received a five-year, $600,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to support talented but financially needy students pursuing bachelor’s degrees in physics or astrophysics.
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Physicists Sriram Shastry and Peter Young honored by American Physical Society
The American Physical Society has awarded two of its annual prizes to physics professors at UC Santa Cruz.
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New space telescope reveals entire gamma-ray sky
NASA’s newest observatory, the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST), has begun its mission of exploring the universe in high-energy gamma rays using instruments developed by UCSC physicists.
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Large Hadron Collider set to unveil a new world of particle physics
The field of particle physics is poised to enter unknown territory with the startup of a massive new accelerator–the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)–in Europe this summer.
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Theoretical physicist says polymers in a vacuum may yield valuable data
A theoretical analysis of polymer behavior suggests that large molecules should behave very differently when they are in a vacuum than when in solution, suggesting new opportunities for analytical techniques such as mass spectrometry.
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Discovery of retinal cell type ends four-decade search
Researchers have discovered a type of retinal cell that may help monkeys, apes, and humans see motion.
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Wobbly polarity is key to preventing magnetic avalanches on disk drives
New research brings models of magnetic avalanches much closer to reality, helping physicists understand both why they happen and why they don’t run out of control, wiping disk drives clean.
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Physicist Bruce Rosenblum to speak at UCSC on Monday, April 9
Physicist Bruce Rosenblum will give an Emeriti Faculty Lecture on the topic of “The Quantum Enigma: Has Physics Encountered Consciousness?”
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UC Santa Cruz physicists tackle new challenges in neurobiology
UCSC physicists are using technology and expertise gleaned from the field of high-energy physics to address challenging problems in neurobiology.
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UCSC ranked first in nation for research impact in physics
In a new analysis of research publications from top U.S. universities, the University of California, Santa Cruz, ranked first for the impact of its faculty in the field of physics and fifth in the field of space sciences.
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Physicist Stanley Flatté to give UCSC Emeriti Faculty Lecture on Thursday, November 2
Stanley Flatté, professor emeritus and research professor of physics at UC Santa Cruz, will give the Emeriti Faculty Lecture at UCSC on Thursday, November 2. His talk, “World Energy and Power: Facts to Inform your Thinking,” will begin at 8 p.m. in the Music Center Recital Hall. This event is free and open to the…