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Taking Measure

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Nick Butch

Nick Butch received his Ph.D. in physics from the University of California – San Diego in 2008. He held postdoctoral appointments at the University of Maryland and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory before joining the NIST Center for Neutron Research in 2013. He is also an adjunct assistant professor at the University of Maryland. In his spare time, he enjoys finishing video game levels for his kids and working outdoors.

The Magnetic Allure of Superconductivity

March 31, 2017

One of my favorite things about being a condensed matter physicist is how broadly defined the subject is. There are lots of interesting phenomena begging for

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