Saturday, May 1, 2010

Jason Karp Wins Research Expo 2010 Rudee Outstanding Poster

Congratulations to Jason Karp, the electrical engineering PhD student who won the top prize -- the Rudee Outstanding Poster Award -- at Research Expo 2010 for his new solar concentrator design. Read the abstract at Poster #98 at http://www.jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/re/ Related Link »

Short Communication Local atmospheric decoupling in complex topography alters climate change impacts

Bizarre matter could find use in quantum computers Rice physicists: Odd electron mix has fault-tolerant quantum registry

From left, Rice physicist Rui-Rui Du, graduate students Chi Zhang and Yanhua Dai, and (not pictured) former postdoctoral researcher Tauno Knuuttila have found that odd groupings of ultracold electrons could be useful in making fault-tolerant quantum computers.

Through the Looking Glass: Scientists Peer into Antarctica's Past to See Future Climate

Link Discovered Between Carbon, Nitrogen May Provide New Ways to Mitigate Pollution Problems

Aphids Evolved Special, Surprising Talents