Interesting News

Physics

• Universal size/shape-dependent law for characteristic temperatures. 6th November 2009 (Nanotechweb, Physics Letters A)
  
• Is Quantum Mechanics Tried, True, Wildly Successful, and Wrong? 19 June 2009 (Science Vol. 324. no. 5934, pp. 1512 - 1513)
• The LED's Dark Secret (IEEE Spectrum)
  

Materials

• Graphene: Status and Prospects 19 June 2009 (Science Vol. 324. no. 5934, pp. 1530 - 1534)

Device

• Bioelectronic silicon nanowire devices using functional membrane proteins (PNAS August 18, 2009 vol. 106 no. 33 13780-13784)

Teaching

• Millikan Lecture 1997: Is there a text in this class? by Prof David J. Griffiths (American Journal of Physics)
  
• Teaching and Learning Strategies That Work (Science Vol. 325. no. 5945, pp. 1203 - 1204)