Saturday Morning Physics | The Physics of Music
Christine A. Aidala, Professor (U-M Physics)
Music is a universal language that has the power to influence our moods and inspire. All music is ultimately due to the physics of different...
Saturday Morning Physics | On Deciding the Next Big Science Experiments
James Wells, Professor (U-M Physics, Leinweber Center for Theoretical Physics (LCTP))
The advancement of science requires decommissioning old experiments and pursuing new experiments. But which new experiments? How should we...
Saturday Morning Physics | Physics of “The Bends” – The Mechanics Behind Decompression Sickness
Jens-Christian Meiners, Professor (U-M Physics and Biophysics)
Decompression sickness is a disease that affects scuba divers when they ascend too rapidly from depth. It is caused by gas bubbles that form...
Saturday Morning Physics | How Ultrasound May Be Ultra Useful for You!
Oliver Kripfgans, Professor (U-M Applied Physics, Biomedical Engineering, and Radiology)
Ultrasound is a mechanical wave. In medical imaging sophisticated implementations of this physical phenomenon allow us to look inside the...
