Kevin Mantey with Rolfe PetschekProperties Of Molecules That May Be Ultra High Temperature SuperconductorsIt has been recently discovered that certain molecules based on nickel dithiolenes may contain Cooper pairs so that appropriate assemblies thereof may form high temperature superconductors. As the excitation energies in these molecules are about 0.1...
2003
Cameron McBride with Glenn StarkmanThe Propagation of Light and Gravity through Matter-filled Spacetime with Stabilized Compactified Extra DimensionsThe idea of extra dimensions beyond the usual four is far from new. In the 1920s, Kaluza and Klein postulated an extra dimension in an attempt to unify the theory of gravity...
Sonali Mehandru with Bob Brown and Jingzhi LiuInvestigation of Functional MRI Theory and Applicability to Brain Functioning via the BOLD Technique with Secondary Analysis of Related Electrophysiological MethodsModern medical imaging techniques have been revolutionized with the introduction of magnetic resonance technology. By exploiting the properties of the ubiquitous hydrogen...
Justin Morgan with Arnold Dahm Directional Diffusion of Isotropic Impurities in an HCP Crystal of Solid HeliumAt a certain temperature and pressure, 4He will crystallize in an hcp lattice. It has been seen that vacancies in a 4He lattice propagate as waves in straight lines along the planes of the...
Dominic Reali with Maureen McEnery (Medical School)Quantum Dots in Biological Imaging At the present, most biological imaging is done using organic fluorescent molecules (known as fluorophores). These are coupled to antibodies which then attach to the specific protein or sample that the scientist wishes to study. Through fluorescent microscopy, the...
James D. Rodgers III with Patricia Higgins (Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing) and Cyrus TaylorUsing the Actilume to Measure Light in an Intensive Care Unit: A Methodological Study The proposed project will measure the congruence between the Ambulatory Monitoring Inc. actilume and a calibrated light meter. The actilume...
Steven Rodney with Corbin Covault, Glenn Starkman & Craig CopiSimulations for the X-Ray Occulting Steerable Satellite (XOSS)Current X-Ray telescopes are not operating to their fullest potential in terms of angular resolution. The x-ray diffraction limit for a 1-m aperture (such as CHANDRA’s) is about 0.3 milli-arcseconds, but the best...
Clinton Schmidt with Dan AkeribMonte Carlo Simulation of a Neutron Rejection Technique in Dark Matter DetectionThe Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS) attempts to detect dark matter in the form of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs). The detectors used for the project are cooled to low temperatures to allow for...
Sharon Stefanovic with Lawrence Krauss & Cyrus TaylorInformation and Genetic EvolutionAll genetic information necessary for reproduction is passed from generation to generation through DNA. Just how this information is processed during the DNA replication process is of vital interest in understanding the mechanics of genetic evolution of species. We...
Steven Stroiney with Lawrence KraussAxions, Quintessence and NaturalnessWe will explore the issue of naturalness as it relates to one of the prime candidates for "quintessence"... a scalar field in a slowly varying potential that mimics, for some time, a cosmological constant in the Universe. The field we will examine...