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Saturday Morning Physics | An Introduction to Quantum Computing
Finn Larsen, Professor of Physics (U-M Physics)
Quantum computers do not think faster - they think differently. They replace ordinary bits with quantum bits that can be more than just 0 or...
Saturday Morning Physics | Surviving the Death of a Star: Life on Planets Orbiting White Dwarfs
Juliette Becker, Wisconsin Center for Origins Research (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
When stars like the Sun die, they leave behind stellar remnants that we call white dwarfs. Usually, when we think about life in planetary...
Saturday Morning Physics | Magnets and Amplitudes: A Glimpse into the Quantum Realm
Aaron Chan and Justin Berman (U-M Physics Graduate Students) Present the Van Loo Student Talks
Aaron Chan, "Extreme Magnetic Fields: How and Why"...
Saturday Morning Physics | The Physics of Active Matter
Suraj Shankar, Assistant Professor (U-M Physics)
Birds flock. Bees swarm. Fish school. These natural collective behaviors emerge in a new kind of matter - active matter - made not of atoms...
Saturday Morning Physics | The Science of Physicist Jens Zorn's Art
Multiple U-M Faculty Speakers
Jens Zorn was a Michigan Physics professor, molecular physicist, and renowned teacher and academic administrator. He was also an artist who...