Archive: Physics

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Olmsted Co-Authors Paper in Nature Physics

A paper co-authored by Georgetown College physics professor Peter Olmsted has been published in the journal Nature.…

December 11, 2017

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Urbach, Blair Publish Paper on Shear Thickening Fluids

Professors Jeff Urbach and Daniel Blair published a groundbreaking paper on shear thickening fluids — also known as non-Newtonian fluids — in the journal…

August 3, 2017

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Del Gado Team Makes Breakthrough on Abrupt Aging

Physics professor Emanuela Del Gado and her team landed a paper on abrupt aging in soft materials in the prestigious journal Nature.…

June 27, 2017

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Freericks Helps Tease Out Complex Electron Interactions In Superconducting Material

A team of scientists that includes College physics professor Jim Freericks has demonstrated a new technique for studying complex electron.…

December 20, 2016

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Olmsted Joins Hopkins, NIST in 3D Printing Research

Georgetown College physics professor Peter Olmsted will participate in a major research project to study the properties of polymers used in 3D.…

September 22, 2016

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Del Gado Paper Published in Nature Communications

Georgetown College physics professor Emanuela Del Gado and her coauthors studied cement hydrates, the main binding agents in concrete, in a paper published in Nature…

August 2, 2016

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Science Departments, NIST Establish Grant Framework

Georgetown College has established a new framework for collaboration with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, Md., which will allow the…

June 21, 2016