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Nobel Winner to Deliver Public Lecture on Einstein

COLLEGE STATION — For anyone who’s ever wondered what Albert Einstein was like in his youth, enlightenment is just around the theoretical corner, courtesy of one Nobel laureate analyzing another. On Wednesday, Mar. 30, Dr. Dudley R. Herschbach, 1986 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry and Professor of Physics at Texas A&M University, will present Einstein […]
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Bill Bassichis

Bassichis Honored for Teaching Excellence

COLLEGE STATION — Texas A&M University Professor of Physics Dr. William H. Bassichis is one of five University faculty members who have been appointed to University Professorships in Undergraduate Teaching Excellence, announced Executive Vice President and Provost David B. Prior. The three-year appointment carries an annual salary supplement of $5,000 provided by the University, as […]
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continuous-wave silicon laser

New Generation of Minute Lasers Steps Into the Light

Microchip-based diode lasers have had a good run. They’re at the heart of CD and DVD players, computer disc optical drives, and a host of medical devices. Together, these and other applications add up to a sweet $3.5 billion market. But diode lasers can’t do it all. Researchers have struggled to get them to produce […]
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Nobel Prize Winner to Become a Visiting Faculty Member

Nobel Prize-winning scientist Dudley Herschbach wanted to be a cowboy since he was 6 years old. “My dad would call me ‘High Ho Silver’ because I thought I was the Lone Ranger,” he said. “I’ve identified with the romantic notion of Texas for many decades.” In the fall, Herschbach’s dream will come true, in part, […]
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Dudley Herschbach

Nobel Prize Winner to Join Physics Faculty

COLLEGE STATION — Dr. Dudley R. Herschbach, 1986 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry and Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University, will join Texas A&M University’s Department of Physics, effective September 1, 2005, announced Dr. Edward S. Fry, professor and head of Physics. Herschbach has accepted a position as professor of physics […]
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Unique Fermilab

Unique Fermi Lab Experiment Could Unravel Secrets of Universe

COLLEGE STATION — In the blink of an eye, an experiment was conducted last week almost 700 feet underground that could help reveal some of the secrets of the universe, and a Texas A&M University professor has played a key role in the process. Robert Webb, professor of physics, is part of the Fermi Lab […]
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Dr. Emil Wolf,

World Renowned Physicist to Address Optical Science

COLLEGE STATION — Dr. Emil Wolf, Wilson Professor of Optical Physics at the University of Rochester and a world renowned authority on physical optics, will visit the Texas A&M University campus next week to deliver two presentations on optical science as part of the Department of Physics Distinguished Lecture Series. On Wed., Mar. 9, Wolf […]
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double-single electron

New Look for Classic Experiment

Physicists in Europe and the U.S. have performed a novel version of the double-slit quantum-interference experiment with single electrons. In the classic version of the experiment, which was recently voted the most beautiful experiment of all time by readers of “Physics World,” electrons pass through a mask containing two parallel slits and produce a pattern […]
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