http://newscenter.berkeley.edu News from the University of California, Berkeley Sat, 25 May 2013 00:34:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/06/08/theorem-unifies-superfluids-and-other-weird-materials/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/06/08/theorem-unifies-superfluids-and-other-weird-materials/#comments Fri, 08 Jun 2012 23:02:59 +0000 Robert Sanders http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=31910 UC Berkeley physicists Hitoshi Murayama and Haruki Watanabe have proved that counting the number of Nambu-Goldstone bosons in a material reveals the material’s behavior at low temperatures, unifying the description of weird materials such as superfluids, magnets and Bose-Einstein condensates, and allowing the design of new materials with spooky properties.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/06/08/theorem-unifies-superfluids-and-other-weird-materials/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/02/06/for-chancellor-birgeneau-research-is-for-life/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/02/06/for-chancellor-birgeneau-research-is-for-life/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:59:27 +0000 Robert Sanders http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=24281 Throughout his tenure as UC Berkeley chancellor, Robert Birgeneau has sustained a research interest in new materials, maintaining labs both on campus and at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Upon his recent receipt of the Shull Prize from the Neutron Scattering Society of America, Birgeneau reflected on the role research has played in his life at Berkeley.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/02/06/for-chancellor-birgeneau-research-is-for-life/feed/ 0 http://www.smartplanet.com/people/video/metallic-glass-the-strongest-toughest-material-yet/6196423/?tag=content;col1 http://www.smartplanet.com/people/video/metallic-glass-the-strongest-toughest-material-yet/6196423/?tag=content;col1#comments Thu, 17 Mar 2011 23:22:44 +0000 Gretchen Kell http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=7629 Robert Ritchie, a professor and scientist at UC Berkeley and at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is highlighted in a CBS Interactive SmartPlanet.com video about his work developing and testing metallic glass. He and his students strive to create structural materials that are resistant to fracture, yet strong.]]> http://www.smartplanet.com/people/video/metallic-glass-the-strongest-toughest-material-yet/6196423/?tag=content;col1/feed/ 0