Midwesterners think they are all too familiar with ice this time but year, but is there more to ice than just the freezing of water? Luther College Professor Emeritus of Physics Dennis Barnaal will go into depth on the fascinating aspects of ice at 3 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 11, in the Mott Room of Dahl Centennial Union as part of the Luther Emeriti Colloquium series.
The Luther College Physics and Chemistry Departments invite community members to experience hands-on activities, optical illusions, laser displays and much more! Enjoy the mystifying side of science during the Haunted Lab from 7-9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 27, and 3-5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28.
Messier 23, also known as M23, is an open cluster in the constellation Sagittarius. Torger Jystad, Luther College junior of St. Charles, Minnesota, is researching and observing eclipsing binary stars in M23 as part of his summer research at the college.
The public is invited to the Luther College campus Monday, Aug. 21, for a solar eclipse observing event on the Library Lawn. The eclipse begins at 11:46 a.m. and ends at 2:34 p.m.
Quarks are among the smallest things that science has discovered, shown experimentally to be about a million billion times smaller than a grain of sand. Joshua Jackson, Luther College senior of East Dubuque, Illinois, is researching the physics of quarks and the forces which bind them together into composite objects for his summer research project at the college.
Quarks are the smallest things that science has discovered, shown experimentally to be about a million billion times smaller than a grain of sand. Zach Martin, Luther College junior of Boone, Iowa, is researching the physics of quarks and the forces by which they interact for his summer research project at the college.
Quarks are the smallest things that science has discovered, shown experimentally to be about a million billion times smaller than a grain of sand. Tatiana Proksch, Luther College junior of Santa Barbara, California, is researching the physics of quarks and the forces by which they interact for her summer research project at the college.
Messier 23, also known as M23, is an open cluster in the constellation Sagittarius. Madilyn Heinke, Luther College junior of Seymour, Wisconsin, is researching and observing Eclipsing Binary stars and Long Period Variable stars in M23 as part of her summer research at the college.
As technology continues to get smaller, there is a need to know the wear properties of objects on the nanoscale. Jared Barnes, Luther College senior of Fort Worth, Texas, is researching and analyzing the effects of nanoscale wear for his summer research project at the college.
Kevin Honz '18, has been awarded two prestigious scholarships for the 2017-18 academic year: the Rossing Physics Scholarship and the Goldwater Scholarship.
The Luther College Physics and Chemistry departments invite community members to experience optical illusions and laser displays and enjoy the mystifying side of science during their Haunted Lab from 6-8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 28, and 1-5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29.
Luther College junior Caleb Anderson of Rockford, Illinois, received a Rossing Physics Scholarship Honorable Mention award in the amount of $5,000 for the 2016-17 academic year. The scholarship is highly competitive and is awarded annually to physics students of exceptional merit through the Thomas D. Rossing Fund for Physics Education.