John Rogers is a materials scientist noted for his contributions to applied physics, particularly his leadership in developing flexible electronic devices.
Continue reading Applied physicist John A. Rogers named 2009 MacArthur Fellow.
September 2009 Archives
Peter Huybers is a climate scientist who, by mining the wealth of often-conflicting experimental observations, has developed several influential theories that explain global climate change on various time scales.
Continue reading AGU member Peter Huybers named 2009 MacArthur Fellow.
"I want to be an astrophysicist!" exclaimed a seven-year old girl talking to a graduate-school-bound physics club member during Wooster College's first annual Community Science Day. Wooster, along with four other schools, are recipients of a 2009 Blake Lilly Prize. These annual awards recognize SPS chapters and individuals who make a genuine effort to positively influence the attitudes of school children and the general public about physics.
San Francisco, CA – Edward Moses, the director of the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and Riccardo Betti, professor and director of the Fusion Science Center of Extreme States of Matter and Fast Ignition at the University of Rochester, are recipients of the 2009 Edward Teller Medal.
