A BANG-UP JOB

Heavy atoms smashing together at extremely high energies recreate conditions not seen since the big bang.

SUPER KAMIOKANDE

The Super-K experiment is a neutrino detector deep underneath a mountain in central Japan.

GENE NETWORK

A synchronously updating boolean network model is used to study periodic gene expression.

BIRD BRAINS

Using mathematical models to understand the generation of zebra finch song.

LARGE HADRON COLLIDER

The LHC is the highest energy particle accelerator in the world. Protons travel in a 27 km ring of super-conducting magnets.

QUANTUM OPTICS

A cloud of ultra-cold Li-6 atoms is released from an optical trap. The expanding gas exhibits collective flow properties similar to that of an ideal fluid.

MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS

Modeling the conduction through a single molecule: a nanotube attaches to a organic molecule, a key element of future electronics.

SUPER KAMIOKANDE

The Super-K experiment is a neutrino detector deep underneath a mountain in central Japan.

ANNOUNCEMENTS  [see all]

Xin Qian, 2010 Fellowship Prize in Experimental Physics
Xin Qian, a graduate student in Prof. Haiyan Gao’s Medium Energy Physics Group, is the winner of the 2010 Caltech Prize Fellowship in Experimental Physics or Astrophysics.

March 12, 2010 - Duke Physics and TUNL host workshop
Duke Physics is hosting a workshop on Partonic Transverse Momentum in Hadrons: Quark Spin-Orbit Correlations and Quark-Gluon Interactions

Profs. Mueller and Bass awarded Topical Collaboration Grant
Profs. Mueller and Bass awarded Department Of Energy (DOE) funding for a Topical Collaboration on "Jet and Electromagnetic Tomography in Heavy-Ion Collisions."

UPCOMING EVENTS  [see all]

Duke Teaching Observatory:
Observe the sky through modern 10" telescopes, guided by Duke physicists. Everyone welcome. Weather dependent

"Public Stargazing"
Friday, February 12, 2010
7:00 PM
Duke Teaching Observatory

Triangle Nuclear Theory Colloquium:
Andrew Steiner (Michigan State U.) [at UNC, Rm 277, Phillips Hall]

"TBA"
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
12:35 PM
See description

Duke Physics Colloquium:
Charles Reichhardt (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

"Using Colloids to Explore Complex Matter with Competing Interactions"
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
3:30 PM
Physics 128

Duke Physics Colloquium:
Laura Cadonati (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)

"Gravitational wave bursts and multimessenger astrophysics"
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
3:30 PM
Physics 128

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