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Rethinking the electric field

Have you ever wondered what an electric field actually is?

The electric field is the foundation of most technologies that we rely on every day. From power grids and electronic devices to radio communication and the internet, the electric field is extremely relevant to our daily lives. However, despite its i...


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In the beginning there was a question. Actually, no, in the beginning there was language.  The question came later, presumably as one of its side effects. Since then we have asked about nearly everything, though the answers have done little to alter our circumstances. Human existence has always seem...


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Freshman year of college, I took a writing seminar from German-literature professor Ellis Shookman. Professor Shookman loved Mozart’s music, he told us early in the term. He listened to Mozart on the radio while driving from campus to Boston. Static might mar the transmission, but he could often turn up the volume and continue enjoying the program. Sometimes, the static worse...


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By day, I work as an experimentalist on laser-cooling molecules1, but I’ve never fully surrendered my theoretical-physics license. I started as an undergraduate in Lincoln Carr’s group at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, CO. I l...


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