Physics Archive

Sarah Marzen, Scripps College – Testing Interventions to Polarization in Opinion Dynamics Models

On Scripps College Week: How do you combat confirmation bias and polarization? Sarah Marzen, assistant professor

Debanjan Chowdhury, Cornell University – Strange Metals and the Energy Crisis

On Cornell University Week: To solve any energy crisis we may encounter, waste not, want not.

Moussa N’Gom, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – Optics: The Future of Computation and Medicine

Light can be a useful and non-invasive tool in medicine. Moussa N’Gom, assistant professor in the

Huolin Xin, University of California Irvine – A Better Battery for Electric Cars

Making batteries for electric vehicles can come with a human cost in poorer countries. Huolin Xin,

Cara Giovanetti, New York University – Dark Matter

On this Student Spotlight during New York University Week:  How do you learn about something you

Mithun Bhowmick, Miami University – Shockwaves

Shockwaves cause big changes, but look closer. Mithun Bhowmick, assistant professor in the department of mathematical

Rodney Yoder, Goucher College – Building a Miniature Electron Accelerator Powered by Heat

In the future, CERN might be able to fit on your table. Rodney Yoder, associate professor

Julia Kamenetzky, Westminster College – Light Pollution

On Westminster College Week: Light pollution can have a lot of negative effects. Julia Kamenetzky, assistant

Matt Bellis, Siena College – The Large Hadron Collider and the Future of Physics

Could a new understanding of our universe be on the way? Matt Bellis, assistant professor of

Sebastian Deffner, University of Maryland Baltimore County – Quantum Supremacy

  A new, more secure computer is on the way to protect our most sensitive data.