Archive for January, 2008

Minnesota’s CSI Comes to St. Cloud State University

Thursday, January 24th, 2008 at 08:38 AM

On February 26, 2008, a member of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) Science Laboratory will give a presentation to the public at St. Cloud State University’s Physics and Astronomy Seminar Series (PASS).
James Koch, a scientist at the BCA Laboratory, will give a one hour talk on the activities of the Lab, along with [...]

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Renewable Energy, Energy Independence and Climate Change

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008 at 08:46 PM

Physicist Louis Schwartzkopf will discuss “Renewable Energy, Energy Independence and Climate Change” 7 p.m. Jan. 22, in Room 116 of the Robert H. Wick Science Building.
The presentation is part of a seminar series sponsored by the St. Cloud State University Department of Physics, Astronomy and Engineering Sciences.
“There is increasing evidence that [...]

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The Hubble Space Telescope will be fixed!

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008 at 09:19 AM

At yesterday’s meeting at the American Astronomical Society’s winter meeting, I listened to Michael Griffin, the head of NASA, give a talk on the future plans of NASA’s work. He announced that NASA will send the space shuttle to repair the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). HST has slowly been losing its gyroscopes which [...]

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American Astronomical Society’s Meeting

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008 at 10:23 AM

I will be visiting the winter meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Austin, Texas from January 8-11. I will be reporting on new developments from the meeting. Watch for new updates.

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