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• Emergent Phenomena at Oxide Interfaces

  Tuesday, April 17, 2012 - 3:30pm - 4:30pm Reiss 502 Harold Hwang Department of Applied Physics and Photon Science, Stanford University Complex oxides are fascinating systems which host a vast array of

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• Public Lecture: "The Physics Of Cooking"

  Tuesday, April 10, 2012 - 4:30pm - 5:30pm Reiss 112 David A. Weitz Harvard University Do you want to understand how (and why) food foams are made or why the elasticity of steak matters? Why do some

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• On Shape and Order

  Tuesday, April 3, 2012 - 3:30pm Reiss 502Mark Bowick Department of Physics, Syracuse University In a wide variety of physical systems and over many length and energy scales one encounters ordered ph

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• Cool quantum optics with hot atoms

  Tuesday, March 27, 2012 - 3:30pm - 4:30pm Reiss 502 Irinia Novikova Dept. of Physics, William and Mary Efficient and reliable quantum communication will require the control of the quantum state of bot

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• A Little Big Bang: Strong Interactions in Ultracold Fermi Gases

  Tuesday, March 20, 2012 - 3:30pm - 4:30pm Reiss 502 Martin Zwierlein Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Fermions, particles with half-integer spin such as electrons, protons

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• Self-Organization and Mechanics of Active Matter

  Tuesday, March 13, 2012 - 3:30pm - 4:30pm Reiss 502M. Cristina Marchetti Physics Department, Syracuse University The name "active matter” has recently been coined to refer to soft materials composed

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• Fine-Scale Observations and Study of Tornadoes and Landfalling Hurricanes

  Tuesday, February 21, 2012 - 3:30pm Reiss 502 Joshua Wurman Center for Severe Weather Research Fine spatial and temporal scale observations of tornadoes and landfalling hurricanes, using Doppler On Wh

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• Advances in Spintronics

  Tuesday, February 14, 2012 - 3:30pm Reiss 502 Mark Johnson Naval Research Laboratory The manipulation of conduction electron spin in metals and semiconductors offers new dimensions for basic and appli

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• Thermal transport in heavy fermions and valence fluctuators

  Tuesday, February 7, 2012 - 3:30pm - 4:30pm Reiss 502Veljko ZlaticInstitute of Physics, Zagreb, Croatia The intermetallic compounds with Ce, Eu, and Yb ions display interesting and complex behavior.

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• Atom Circuits: Superflow in Toroidal Condensates

  Tuesday, January 31, 2012 - 3:30pm - 4:30pm Reiss 502 Gretchen Campbell Joint Quantum Institute of NIST and UMD Persistent currents are a hallmark of both superfluidity and superconductivity. Just as

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