September 2010
10 posts
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Summer Supervillains! →
The first entry in my new Carletonian column.
Waves
Now officially in the throes of a new school year, as evidenced by my enormous Sunday to-do list. Anyway, the science highlight of this term is my physics elective, Waves. Because waves are everywhere - light and sound and water and…etc - I’m looking forward to all the experiments we get to play with.
On top of that, I’m the lab assistant for the course that made me want to...
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Accessing the Risk of Arsenic Ingestion with... →
Another NSLS Science Highlight.
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Meet the Wind Guys →
The final intern profile.
Intern Meral El Ramahi Studies Possible Spinal... →
Third out of four intern profiles.
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Intern Alisha Gryniewicz Helps Detect Radiation →
An intern profile I wrote for the Bulletin.
Why are neutrinos detectors so awesome?
I love neutrinos. Of all the particles in the particle zoo, neutrinos interact so weakly with matter that they’re particularly difficult to study. Quick run-down: as the suffix implies, neutrinos are tiny neutral particles, which explains why they stream right through most matter. In fact, while you’ve been reading, your body was bombarded by trillions of neutrinos, which passed...
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Interns Danielle Nichols and Justina Bradley... →
Another intern profile, of my friends Danielle and Justina.
Logbook: Strong Focusing →
A piece I wrote for Symmetry magazine.
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Building Brookhaven's Brand →
This may not be visible because it’s on BNL’s internal website. Oh well.