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New insights about an old material


Work by Zhigang Wu was recently covered in Science Daily. (May 10, 2010):

    "Scientists have used quantum mechanics to reveal that the most common mineral on Earth is relatively uncommon deep within the planet. Using several of the largest supercomputers in the nation, a team of physicists led by Ohio State University has been able to simulate the behavior of silica in a high-temperature, high-pressure form that is particularly difficult to study firsthand in the lab. The resulting discovery -- reported in the early online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) -- could eventually benefit science and industry alike. Silica makes up two-thirds of the Earth's crust, and we use it to form products ranging from glass and ceramics to computer chips and fiber optic cables."

Click here to go directly to the on-line version of the paper by Wu and his collaborators published in the PNAS


Results of latest APS rankings


The CSM Department of Physics is again in the top 10 of physics department in terms of the number of undergraduate degrees awarded in physics:

  1. MIT
  2. UC Berkeley
  3. University of Illinois
  4. BYU
  5. University of Washington
  6. CSM

Click here to download the full report

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