Chad Orzel

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I'm an associate professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Union College in Schenectady, NY, the author of the blog Uncertain Principles at ScienceBlogs, and the author of How to Teach Physics to Your Dog, a book explaining quantum physics through imaginary conversations with my dog, Emmy.

	4,517 reputation	bio	website	scienceblogs.com/principles	visits	member for	2 years, 7 months
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21	Experimental observation of matter/antimatter in the universe
16	Is electricity instantaneous?
14	In general what will holding an anti-hydrogen atom for more than a 1/10th of second allow scientists to discover?
14	What is the mechanism behind the slowdown of light/photons in a transparent medium?
13	When lasers are used to cool atoms or ions, etc where does the heat go?

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+10	What Do We Get From Having Higher Generations of Particles?
+10	How does a photon travel through glass?
+10	How is the classical twin paradox resolved?
+10	How is squeezed light produced?

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15	What Do We Get From Having Higher Generations of Particles?
8	Water pressure in free fall
6	Matter-Antimatter Asymmetry in Experiments?

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86 quantum-mechanics × 19	30 spectroscopy × 4
38 photons × 4	29 electromagnetic-radiation × 5
34 experimental-physics × 5	27 astrophysics × 2
32 optics × 7	24 laser × 4
32 speed-of-light × 5	24 newtonian-mechanics × 2