Archive: News Story
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A Crack in the Mystery of ‘Oobleck’—Friction Thickens Fluids
By revealing missing details behind the odd behavior of a science-fair favorite—a soupy mixture known as “oobleck” that switches back and forth between liquid and solid— scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Georgetown University could help to end a long-running scientific debate and improve processes ranging from pouring concrete to making better body armor.
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USA Science and Engineering Festival
The 4th USA Science & Engineering Festival was held April 16-17, 2016 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. Well over 700 people visited the Georgetown University had a booth covering Biology, Physics and Chemistry, including making ice cream using liquid nitrogen!
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NIST PREP-MML Program Awarded to Georgetown University (up to $7.7M)
On 1 February 2016 Georgetown University (Departments of Chemistry and Physics) was awarded a Professional Research Experience Program (GU PREP-MML), from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The program is led by Peter Olmsted in the Department of Physics, and will begin in summer 2016.
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Novel insight into the mesoscale texture of cement hydrates
Research by Prof. Del Gado, which appeared this month on PNAS early edition, has provided new understanding of cement hydrates' mesoscale texture, a crucial step to connect the fundamental scales to the macroscale of engineering properties in cement and concrete.
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Workshop on "Rheology of Dense Particulate Suspensions"
A workshop on “Rheology of dense particulate suspensions” will be held at Georgetown University, 16-17 June 2016.
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MASM Meeting at NIH, 29 January 2016
The next installment of MASM will take place at new location for the workshop. The National Institutes of Health will host the next MASM on Friday January 29, 2016. http://masm.physics.georgetown.edu
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