Monday, June 30, 2025

Science slow down - not a simple question

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I participated in a program about 15 years ago that looked at science and technology challenges faced by a subset of the US government. I ca...
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Saturday, June 28, 2025

Cryogenic CMOS - a key need for solid state quantum information processing

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The basis for much of modern electronics is a set of silicon technologies called CMOS , which stands for complementary metal oxide semicondu...
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Saturday, June 21, 2025

Brief items - fresh perspectives, some news bits

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As usual, I hope to write more about particular physics topics soon, but in the meantime I wanted to share a sampling of news items: First, ...
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Sunday, June 15, 2025

So you want to build a science/engineering laboratory building

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A very quick summary of some non-negative news developments: The NSF awarded 500 more graduate fellowships this week, bringing the total fo...
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Saturday, June 07, 2025

A precision measurement science mystery - new physics or incomplete calculations?

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Again, as a distraction from persistently concerning news, here is a science mystery of which I was previously unaware. The role of approxim...
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Sunday, June 01, 2025

Pushing back on US science cuts: Now is a critical time

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Every week has brought more news about actions that, either as a collateral effect or a deliberate goal, will deeply damage science and engi...
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Thursday, May 29, 2025

Quick survey - machine shops and maker spaces

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Recent events are very dire for research at US universities, and I will write further about those, but first a quick unrelated survey for th...
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