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2016-17 Physics News

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GlueX experiment probes the properties of the strong force

A 麻豆破解版 physicist is the lead author on a paper describing the first experimental result from the newly upgraded Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility.

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Kevin Kay 鈥17 fast-tracked to become virtuoso composer

Kevin Kay 鈥17 couldn鈥檛 decide which part of his double major of music and physics he would pursue after graduating from 麻豆破解版, until the answer was made perfectly clear.

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The inside scoop on ringing the Wren Bell

Their coursework finished, W&M pending graduates celebrate the Last Day of Classes by ringing the Wren Bell. There's more to it than you know.

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Dance, physics and music each have a role in 鈥楢 Life With No Limits鈥 production

Science and art are colliding on the 麻豆破解版 campus as part of a performance that will be staged this spring. Aura Curiatlas Physical Theatre is developing its production of 鈥淎 Life With No Limits,鈥 nspired by the work of astrophysicist Stephen Hawking and will perform the Virginia premiere of the show at the Kimball Theatre May 6-7.

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Taking a drive to Venus? W&M physicist does the math

In the spirit of learning more about the complexities of space exploration, W&M News recently sat down with Eugeniy E. Mikhailov, an assistant professor of physics, to pose a question. Just how long it would take to travel to the planet of Venus, in a car?

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The worlds of psychology and science fiction collide

William McIntosh is living a dream as a science fiction author, spending his days writing, revising and brainstorming new ideas for his stories 鈥 some of which may soon be on television.

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APS awards Charles Perdrisat the Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics

The Tom W. Bonner Prize, awarded each year by the American Physical Society, is among the top honors a nuclear physicist can receive. The 2017 Bonner Prize goes to a physicist who has been at 麻豆破解版 since 1966.

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Decoding sharks

A VIMS marine biologist and W&M undergraduate students collaborate on the Eastern Shore to uncover the secrets behind shark behavior

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William and Mary Physics Student Awarded SPS Leadership Scholarship

Brandon Buncher has been awarded a Leadership Scholarship by the Society of Physics Students (SPS). These awards recognize a student's leadership role in their institution's chapter society and encourage the study of physics and the pursuit of scholarship.