Stories about "Physics"
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Bates biochemist and physicist receive $373,000 for Lyme research
Wednesday, December 18, 2019 4:31 pm
A cutting-edge microscope at Bates will provide new insights — literally — into bacterial genetics.
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Watch the ‘power of Bates science’ rocket into space Monday morning at 4:39 a.m.
Friday, May 18, 2018 8:43 am
Monday's launch takes a Bates physics experiment to the International Space Station. For one alumnus, it's "all about the power of science at Bates."
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Look What We Found: Raj Saha’s water wheel
Friday, July 21, 2017 12:29 pm
You'll find pure chaos inside a storage room in Carnegie Science Hall.
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An overview of new faculty, and the look of Bates’ future, from Dean of the Faculty Matt Auer
Thursday, September 22, 2016 1:10 pm
What Bates College looks like in the future is at least partially revealed each time we hire a new faculty member.
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New confocal microscope is a ‘future-proof’ game-changer
Thursday, January 15, 2015 3:38 pm
Bates College is now home to a state-of-the-art confocal microscope, only the second of its kind in the state, that professors call a "game-changer" for student learning and faculty research.
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Summer Student Work: Nuclear pasta and other tales from senior physics majors’ summer fellowships
Tuesday, October 21, 2014 11:00 am
Physics majors describe the practical application of physics in medicine, the behavior of light, and studies of new states of matter.
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National authority on physics of baseball to speak on Sept. 9
Friday, September 5, 2014 2:20 pm
Alan Nathan, a nationally recognized expert on the physics of baseball, speaks at Bates on Sept. 9.
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Haiku and watercolors help oceanographer Greg Johnson ’85 explain climate change
Thursday, March 13, 2014 10:55 am
He got the idea after making a major contribution to the report "Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis."
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Atomic physicist Nathan Lundblad chosen by NASA for space station research
Tuesday, February 18, 2014 12:44 pm
Lundblad is "absolutely over the moon with delight" — for what the project will do for his research, his students and Bates itself.
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Bates welcomes new faculty: Travis Gould, physics
Monday, November 4, 2013 9:37 am
"Being in the classroom is something I always find immediately rewarding," says Bates physicist Travis Gould. "I feel like I'm making a difference for somebody."