It’s that time of year again, a time filled with anticipation and excitement just bubbling to overflow. That’s right folks: Nobel Prize Award Show Season! And, surprise, surprise, the UofC took home another one Tuesday thanks to the “physical” efforts of Yoichiro Nambu for "the discovery of t
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Another Nobel in the Bag. It's No Big Deal.

Latest comment by Anonymous: almost as fun as the superbowl...
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Nobel Prize in Physics Shared by U of Chicago Researcher for "Symmetry Breaking"

The highest science prize in the land goes to one of UChicago's own. Well, him and two Japanese guys.
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CU Boulder Scientists are in on the Large Hadron Collider Action

Those scarily brilliant people at CU Boulder know what’s up when it comes to physics. Ten CU Boulder researchers are working on the Large Hadron Collider project, of the Large Hadron Collider rap fame. Today the LHC, a particle accelerator, was successfully ac
... MORE »Latest comment by Anonymous: Don't worry everyone! In order to create the big bang, conditions have to exist that make it like the pre-universe before the big bang happened! AND.....Only GOD can ... MORE »
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Video: The Dangers Of Ultimate Disc
Sometimes you make that game-winning catch. Sometimes, if you're Ben Strauss (A '10), you miss the catch and you learn a valuable lesson in physics as your face smashes into a golf cart.
Latest comment by RandomHookup: Needs a spoiler alert.
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Physics Professor Does "Tiger Physics," 17-Year old Still Dead

Nerd alert: If you're the kid who hates waking up at 8 a.m. to go to your Intro to Physics course in Churchill, chances are you won't want to read this blog.
Turns out at least one NU physics professor has enough time on his hands to determine the velocity of tigers. It's a... MORE »
Turns out at least one NU physics professor has enough time on his hands to determine the velocity of tigers. It's a... MORE »
Latest comment by Anonymous: San Diego is a long long way from San Francisco. In fact, they are two entirely different places. One is in Southern California, the other is in Northern California. Check out a map ... MORE »
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Wait...Who?

"Winton Marsalis' concert tonight has long since sold out, but those searching for intellectual stimulation have another option at the Activities and Recreation Center Ballroom.
UC Davis physics professor Robin Erbacher will share her research enthusiasm in a lecture titled "To the Top and Beyond: Particle Physics a... MORE »
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Football Coach Gives Physics Lesson

"Separated at birth??"
... MORE »Purdue Football Coach Joe Tiller gave his faithful fans a physics lesson in today's Exponent. A secondary education degree-holder, he had a surprisingly scientific concern about the kickoff line being moved to the 30 instead of the 35 because "[N]ow we're moving back five yard
Latest comment by Anonymous: "G-Forces" GOT to love it.
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"Fast but Smooth"; Cornell scientists create thinnest condom ever

Ok, not really, but this article on CU physicists growing organic film of nano scale thickness really is titled "Fast but Smooth."
So they were asking for it.
In case you're interested, a bunch of research groups working on the problem of these organically grown films won some prize or something. And they were happy. But really, I think the condom would break. Stupid scientists.
So they were asking for it.
In case you're interested, a bunch of research groups working on the problem of these organically grown films won some prize or something. And they were happy. But really, I think the condom would break. Stupid scientists.
Latest comment by Jersey: i really hope this works out...not so much because of the condoms, but more so because it would make really ****in good commercials. it would totally kick the trojan man's ass
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