Lecture by Nobel Laureate Albert Fert

The 2007 Nobel laureate Albert Fert will be giving a public lecture tomorrow 7 March, at 1:30pm in Gallalee 227.

He will be talking about the present and future of "spintronics," electronics which relies on magnetically and electrically manipulating the spin of electrons rather than their charge for added functionality. Such stuff is in your hard disk, right now ...

The lecture is slated to last until 3pm, and there are refreshments afterwards ... not to often you get to see a Nobel prize winner, I encourage you to take the opportunity if you have time.

Homework 7 is out ...

... and here it is.

I hope to have homework 6 solutions posted by midweek.

Lab for Tuesday, 4 Mar 08

Today we will investigate induction. This lab should not be quite so painful as the last one.

Playing for the wrong team?

Perhaps, but this was too cool to pass up. The top 10 Amazing Chemistry videos, courtesy Wired. You should probably ask about these things in your chemistry classes. I, of course, know nothing about any of these. Particularly number 8.

The usual disclaimers apply. Don't try this at home, or anywhere on campus.