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Graphene finds mass appeal
Thanks to the 2010 Nobel Prize for physics, graphene is a hot topic. That doesn’t mean it’s a household word. Graphene is not like pencil lead, which most people know is graphite. (That may hold for another generation or two, pencils are disappearing into tiny niches.) Yet graphene is graphite. Same stuff, pure carbon, just [...]
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A Golden Ratio found. A clue to quantum symmetry?
There is probably nothing that makes mathematicians and physicists happier than discovering that untidy models resolve into harmonies and order. This may be especially true for the often described as ‘bizarre’ world of quantum physics. Take a ‘chain’ of cobalt niobate atoms – like a magnetic bar one atom wide. Cool the chain to near [...]
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Only real and positive
George, a physics professor, waving a sheet of paper, runs into the office of Ken, a math professor. “Ken. I’ve got it. I’ve finally got an equation that explains my data! Can you check it out for me?” Accustomed to George’s enthusiastic outbursts, Ken nodded. George handed him the paper. Ken scanned it for a [...]
Math irony
“Math was always my bad subject. I couldn’t convince my teachers that many of my answers were meant ironically.” — writer Calvin Trillin
Murphy’s Laws for theoretical physicists