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Physics Home Research Courses Undergraduate Program Graduate Program People Alumni & Friends News & Events Saturday Morning Physics Physics News Archived News Get Involved! (pre-college programs) Special Lectures Department Publications Seminars & Colloquia Department Information Site Map   Keyword/Phrase: Date or Range: to    Physics News MAY   Physicist Confines Plasma Components in a Trap within a Trap Tuesday, May 06, 2008 Professor Georg Raithel has taken a step toward simulating a type of matter found in the crusts of neutron stars, in the cores of gas giant planets, and in exotic plasmas thought to be present in the earliest universe. Air Force gives UM-led team $6.8M for electronic heat study Sunday, May 04, 2008 The U.S. Air Force has approved a $6.8-million, five-year study on how to control heat transmission as electronic devices keep shrinking. The UM team involved consists of researchers John Kieffer, Max Shtein (Materials Science and Engineering); Rachel Goldman (MSE & Physics); Kevin Pipe (Mechanical Engineering); and Roberto Merlin, David Reis (Physics). APRIL back to top CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR PHYSICS STUDENT AWARD WINNERS! Monday, April 28, 2008 physics 2008 award winners CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR PHYSICS DEPARTMENT AWARD WINNERS! Friday, April 25, 2008 We wish each of you the very best! Pinpoint Microwave Resolution Could Lead to Wireless Power Transfer Thursday, April 24, 2008 Physics Professor Roberto Merlin, Physics Graduate Student Lei Jiang, and EECS Professor Anthony Grbic have focused microwaves to specks which could lead to advances in cordless laptop charging, huge data storage CDs, and higher-resolution microscopes for observing molecules. Simple 'Superlens' Sharpens Focusing Power Thursday, April 24, 2008 Physics Professor Roberto Merlin, Physics Graduate Student Lei Jiang, and EECS Professor Anthony Grbic have focused microwaves to specks which could lead to advances in cordless laptop charging, huge data storage CDs, and higher-resolution microscopes for observing molecules. Saturday Morning Physics Talks Premiere on iTunes U! Thursday, April 10, 2008 Four Physics Professors Named Outstanding Referees by the APS Monday, April 07, 2008 The Famous Michigan Quantum Summer School is Back! Friday, April 04, 2008 Michigan aims to continue this tradition with a two-week summer school for senior graduate students and post doctoral fellows and will feature lectures from world-leaders. MARCH back to top World Renowned Astrophysicist to speak at U-M Wednesday, March 19, 2008 Margaret Geller, Senior Scientist at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, will give the eighth annual 2008 Ford Motor Company Distinguished Lecture in Physics, "Newton Meets Einstein: Mapping Dark Matter in the Universe." Mark Skalsey, associate research scientist and lecturer in physics, died Feb. 23 Monday, March 10, 2008 Skalsey was born in Detroit and graduated from Cass Technical High School. He earned a bachelor's degree in physics in 1971 from U-M. He earned a master's degree in nuclear physics in 1974 from the University of Manitoba then returned to Michigan to begin his doctoral studies in physics. Physics Professor Sharon Glotzer unravels the Quasicrystal mystery with computer simulation Thursday, March 06, 2008 The method to the madness of quasicrystals has been a mystery to scientists. Quasicrystals are solids whose atoms aren't arranged in a repeating pattern, as they are in ordinary crystals. Yet they form intricate patterns that are technologically useful. FEBRUARY back to top Michigan laser beam believed to set record for intensity Friday, February 15, 2008 Georg Raithel, Karl Krushelnick, OPIL, FOCUS First stars might have been powered by dark matter Tuesday, February 12, 2008 For a long time, scientists have assumed that the very first stars were powered by fusion, in processes similar to what goes on in present day stars. But a new theory is emerging to challenge that view. “The first stars were different in a lot of ways,” Katherine Freese, UM theoretical physicist, tells PhysOrg.com. JANUARY back to top Look where it's lively Thursday, January 24, 2008 Professor Tim McKay discusses new flows of energy on which both liveliness and life might subsist. Physics Department, University of Michigan 450 Church Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1040 Phone: (734) 764-4437 Fax: (734) 763-9694 Email: physics@umich.edu © 2008 Regents of the University of Michigan Site Design: LSA Development, Marketing and Communications