Physics Club
Not limiting ourselves to being the most prolific creators of physics-branded apparel in the science center, we are also the only source in Norton of ice cream below 100 K. Though we drove the only electric-conversion vehicle to (mostly) circumnavigate the dimple during the thesis parade, we have decided that using our know-how (and a little liquid nitrogen) to win the Head of the Peacock would not be sporting.
Other recent adventures have included taming the obstacle course, bad science fiction movie night, breakfast for dinner, and bowling. The water balloons that were raining down from the observatory deck? That wasn't us, we swear. It must have been the Astronomy Club.
Is that a professor in a tree?
Lighting the Way: Jeff's Story
Physics major Jeff Grassetti '09 knows a thing or two about light.
A sea on a moon of Saturn?
Associate Professor of Geology Geoffrey Collins and Assistant Professor Jason Goodman suggest there may be a sea of water trapped beneath the icy surface of Enceladus, one of Saturn's moons.
Ceramic Materials research group secures two grants
Physics Professor Xuesheng Chen's optical laser ceramic materials research secured two recent grants: $240,000 from the Department of Energy and $150,000 from the National Science Foundation.
Science literacy in the twenty-first century
Science is too important to be left to the scientists," says professor of astronomy Tim Barker without a hint of irony ...