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nanophysics

/ ˈnænəʊˌfɪzɪks /

noun

  1. the physics of structures and artefacts with dimensions in the nanometre range or of phenomena occurring in nanoseconds

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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"If we now use superconducting nanowires instead of conventional detectors, we can even identify particles that hit the detector with low kinetic energy," explains project leader Markus Arndt from the Quantum Nanophysics Group at the Faculty of Physics at the University of Vienna.

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At Danske Commodities, the average age of the 300 employees is 33 and 73% have a master’s degree or higher - some even in cosmology and nanophysics.

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“It is a thrilling ongoing challenge,” says Markus Arndt, who works on experimental quantum nanophysics in Vienna.

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Moussa plans to complete one semester of an internship with one of her physics professors as a lab research assistant in the field of nanophysics and nanotechnology.

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That’s where Charlie Johnson a professor at Penn who specializes in experimental nanophysics, the study of molecular interactions between microscopic materials, comes in.

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