We received an interesting story from Doug Hubley, a Staff Writer at Bates College today. Here it is in its entirety:
Lewiston, Maine -- A Bates College physicist won a grant from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement to study a phenomenon that hints at a possible basis for the next generation of computers.
Lilian Childress received a $45,000 Cottrell College Science Award for her exploration of atomic phenomena called spin systems and their characteristics in diamond.
An assistant professor of physics, Childress researches optical phenomena in atomic and solid state physics. Such phenomena are des....