Indiana University Research & Creative Activity September 2000 • Volume XXIII Number 2
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Volume XXIII, Number
2, New Directions in Applied Physics |
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New
Directions in Applied Physics
by J. Timothy Londergan |
Applied
physics research at universities is helping launch a new era of revolutionary
breakthroughs.
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From
Photon to Proton: Radiation as Remedy
by William Orem |
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As the IU Cyclotron Facility retools to use its proton beams for medical therapy, new treatments for serious diseases are being explored at the Midwest Proton Radiation Institute. |
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Setting
Their Sights
on Proton Therapy by Lauren Bryant |
Age-related macular degeneration affects millions of older Americans, eventually causing irreversible blindness. But an IU clinical trial offers hope in the form of a treatment that lasts two minutes. |
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Digesting
Modern Physics
by William Rozycki |
The findings of a biophysics research team Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis are changing long-standing views of how the stomach functions. |
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Cells
on
the Run by William Rozycki |
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IU
Bloomington's first biophysicist is bringing a rapidly growing field
of science to campus.
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Unzipping
Your DNA
by William Rozycki |
Despite its tightly wound helical shape, DNA "unzips" during replication and translation, unfolding into particular shapes. A researcher at IU Southeast explores why. |
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On
the Beam
by Nick Riddle |
NASA,
Boeing, and others rely on IU's Radiation Effects Research Program
to learn whether microelectronic devices—from circuit boards
to supercomputers—will last in outer space.
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After
Chernobyl
by Elizabeth Hunt |
Following the world's worst civil nuclear power accident, an IU South Bend physicist has studied the effects of the accidental radiation exposure on humans. |
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The
Era of Spin Arrives in Swain Hall
by Michael Wilkerson |
A basement physics lab may be a long way from a dot-com corporation, but the new science of "spin electronics" is steadily shrinking the gap. |
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Quantum
Mechanics
Meets the Information Age by Mary Hrovat |
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The quantum
computer is still hypothetical, but research at Indiana University
Purdue University Indianapolis is bringing these strange machines
closer to reality.
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