by phoenigman | Jan 2, 2025 | spectrum, spring 2021
By Tania Pena Reyes, Spring 2021. It was in the not-too-distant past that the state of Texas encountered one of its biggest winter storms in history. I had the honor of being one of the millions of Texans who lost power during this disaster. I was lucky: my family...
by phoenigman | Jan 2, 2025 | spectrum, spring 2021
By Noah Geller, Spring 2021. In his talk, “The Shapes of Spaces and the Nuclear Force,” [1] physicist Gregory Moore describes the productive exchange of ideas between mathematics and physics as a tennis match. In this analogy, mathematicians develop theories which...
by phoenigman | Jan 2, 2025 | spectrum, spring 2021
By Sam Rydberg-Cox, Spring 2021. As the global COVID-19 pandemic consumed every aspect of our lives, it also catalyzed the expansion of technological advances. Telehealth has exploded, and if you follow the money, it seems as though these advances are here to stay....
by phoenigman | Jan 2, 2025 | spectrum, spring 2021
By Alex Masegian, Spring 2021. For the last 50 years, our understanding of the universe’s fundamental structure has been encapsulated in a set of theories known as the Standard Model. Built from the discoveries of thousands of physicists, the Standard Model states...
by phoenigman | Jan 2, 2025 | spectrum, spring 2021
By Omar Kassem, Spring 2021. Brain development and maturation are modulated by an interaction between environmental conditions and genes. Early childhood is a critical period of brain development, which renders it highly vulnerable to disorganizing environmental...
