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"Uncertain Principles" features the miscellaneous ramblings of a physicist at a small liberal arts college. Physics, politics, pop culture, and occasional conversations with his dog.
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"Prof. Orzel gives the impression of an everyday guy who just happens to have a vast but hidden knowledge of physics." (anonymous student evaluation comment)
Emmy is a German Shepherd mix, and the Queen of Niskayuna. She likes treats, walks, chasing bunnies, and quantum physics.
Category: Academia
My senior thesis student this year came to my office today to ask a question as he's starting to work on writing his thesis. I've given him copies of the theses of the last couple of students to work in...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 8:41 AM • 4 Comments •
Category: Blogs
As mentioned briefly the other day, I recorded a Bloggingheads.tv Science Saturday conversation with Jennifer Ouellette on Thursday. The full diavlog has now been posted, and I can embed it here: This was the first time I've done one of...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 11:32 AM • 4 Comments •
Category: Science
It's critically important to have good hands, if you want to do science, particularly experimental science. Hands are the main thing setting us above dogs, after all, hands and brains.
Posted by Chad Orzel at 10:29 AM • 8 Comments •
Category: Blogs
That's the power that I think blogs offer to scientists: the power to put your research out there in front of a world-wide audience, and help them appreciate what you do and why you do it.
Posted by Chad Orzel at 10:18 AM • 8 Comments •
Category: MXP
"Quantum mechanics is magic," "Who came up with this word, 'ballistic?'" and McDonald's cheeseburgers.
Posted by Chad Orzel at 9:17 AM • 4 Comments •
Category: MXP
Adding one neutron to each atom in an ultra-cold sample can stop them from colliding at all.
Posted by Chad Orzel at 9:06 AM • •
Category: MXP
In a previous paper, we applied the light for a long period, and measured the change in the collision rate; here, we applied the light for a very short time, and watched the collisions happen in real time.
Posted by Chad Orzel at 10:13 AM • 5 Comments •
Category: My Lab
It's four am, and your children are safe and asleep. But there's a phone in a white house, and it's ringing. Something is happening in the lab. What do you want to answer that phone? Is it a physicist with...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 9:08 AM • 13 Comments •
Category: MXP
How we got beat to the results of the optical lattice paper, but it all worked out in the end.
Posted by Chad Orzel at 11:27 AM • 2 Comments •
Category: MXP
Does putting atoms in an optical lattice enhance the probability of atoms colliding, or suppress the possibility of collisions? The answer turns out to be "yes."
Posted by Chad Orzel at 10:45 AM • 3 Comments •
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