Physics research Definition and 94 Threads

Hello everyone, I'm trying to find out a little more about physics research as a career and if it's right for me.I am a little unclear on what physics research is all about. SO Here's a few questions: 1) what area of research are you apart of? 2)what do you actually do in the lab WHILE...

The difficulty is that I am graduating from high school this year and most internships are either for undergraduates or high school students. I am not really sure which I am considered and I prefer to be in a program in which I am neither underqualified nor overqualified. I am a prospective...

hello all, i am wondering if a mechanical engineer, electrical engineer, or mechatronics engineer have the credentials to do physics research? i want to go into 1 of the 3(leaning more towards mechanical or mechatronics) so i want to know if it is possible to research in ANY area of physics...

I'm currently a phd student and am doing high energy particle physics. I am unsure about what I will do when I graduate, but I suspect I willl apply for postdoc positions. What I'm wondering is, let's say I do decide to stay in physics. Am I completely limited to a career in HEP physics, or...

I'm currently in my final year of an aircraft propulsion PhD and have become passionate about plasma physics, due to its fluid like similarities. I find engineering too-well-defined for my liking and would like to research in a less well defined field, i.e. physics. I am considering taking a...

I'm looking at universities to go to next September. I'm still quite torn between theoretical physics and particle physics. In an absolutely ideal world, my plan is to do my masters, then a PhD and my dream job would be a university professor, or at least working in physics research. I know...

Hello I have asked similar questions in the past but am having a lot of trouble with this!: I am welcoming all advice on finding good official ranking tables of US Universities according to the quality and volume (and perhaps other metrics as well!) of their scientific research. For...

How can a high school student, such as myself gain research experience? I'm not talking about anything overly impressive. I am just talking about possibly doing something along the lines of a research mentor-ship with a physicist from a local university or something. Am i already asking too...

Hey guys, I'm studying in my final year, physics as an undergraduate student, and we have to complete a research project for the finals. Our course length is 2 months. I'm deeply interested in astro physics and cosmology. Any new topics that i can consider as an research topic?

Hi I need to do a presentation at university; relating to high level physics research presented to final year high school students and it needs to include an experiment or demonstration Any ideas ? Experiments ?

In medicine and biology they have Medline which is a complete database of research papers---kind of a complete search engine of research papers in medicine and biology---which has free access to public. Is there anything comparable to this in physics---...

I'm currently in high school Physics B AP, and we have been given a research project in which we can pick our own topic. The topic I have chosen to research is the Higgs boson, commonly known as the "god particle". We have to write a research paper (5-7 pages only), create a physical model of...

It's not really a "problem", but I want to do research in physics over the summer for my school, and I am having some trouble thinking of good research proposal ideas. In other words, I don't know what I should do! I am interested in Nuclear physics, as well as nuclear engineering and...

I am interested in understanding how Physics research is funded and which particular sub-fields as well as categories (.e. theoretical vis a vis experimental/observational) are preferentially funded today as well as historically (e.g. during WWII and the Cold War era, particle physics was...

Wanted to Change over careers to Physics Research at Age of 22 is it too late?? Hey I am 22 yrs old and graduated from School with pretty good grades, but due to certain problems had to discontinue my education and had to start working. Although i tried not to lose touch with the books. I...

Hi, I am trying to think of a really interesting physics topic to do a research & report project (basically an essay) on for my a level physics course work. I have got to come up with a title in the form of a question to write approx 2000 words on. I am finding it really difficult to think of...

Hello Everyone. I am currently working on a BS in Mathematics and I am also doing some physics coursework. I am fairly sure that I am going to pursue Math up to the graduate level. My ultimate goal is to do some sort of research that adds something to our understanding of the physical universe...

My ultimate goal is to become a theoretical physicist (after I have received my PhD)researching at a university. I am currently looking at majors and minors available for me as an undergrad. I was thinking of majoring in physics, and making my minor, mathematics? What are your thoughts on what I...

Hello everyone, I'm just a college guy studying mechanical engineering and I'm very much keen to do something in physics. I've done a little search about a starting point from where i could start doing some physics stuff. I've also posted here some weeks before hoping i'd get something solid...

What is it? By that I mean what does it consist of? My understanding is that experimental physics research is performing experiments and recording observations, then drawing conclusion from that. Is theoretical physics research then just locking yourself in a room and posing problems...

As an undergrad involved in physics research, what all can you really do? I can think of three things: -Programming -Experimental measurement -Building things in the machine shop What else should be added to this list, and what other useful skills are there to have as an undergrad for...

It it normal to like physics research better than solving problems for coursework? Is physics coursework in the U.S. is too problem-solving oriented? Thanks

Are there any U.S. universities/colleges accepting GPA 2.3 undergrad for physics research(free of charge)? I heard that MPhil and Phd is free of charge(no tuition fee) as working as a T.A. or R.A. Can you give me some names/lists? If this is not right can you send me a message? Thanks...

I did not study chemistry in high school and i finished my year-1 study of physics and math in college. I want to do research in Physics after i finish undergrad. 1.My first choice will be Quantum Physics. However i have no chemistry knowlegde so i might not be able to do condensed matter...

This is a less scientific question than usually, but still relevant. We have been asked to quickly decide on two specific areas of current physics research in which we will later research and do an assignment on. I have gone through numerous hours of research and cannot find some...

I'm afraid the template for homework help doesn't quite apply here since my problem is the lack of a problem in itself. I'm an International Baccalaureate student, and I've decided to do a research topic (about 4000 words) on physics. I need help with this. I'm looking for suggestions for...

G'day everyone, I haven't posted in the forums for quite a while. I just wanted to get some advice on coursework for my Honours year of study. The year is structured with 1 semester of coursework (6 units) and 1 semester of research. I started mid-year last year and will be doing coursework...

I am a senior level physicist at the University of Alabama: Huntsville and I am going to do my physics research starting next semester. I need some serious, interesting, and fun ideas on what to focus on. Thus far I have had upper level mechanics, intermediate relativity, all calculus and...

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I've spent ages working out physics based equations and believe they are currently developed to the point at which they are ready for publishing and review. At this point I am both a bit lost and afraid. Lost in that I don't know where to submit to as I do not have ivy league institution...

I caught this in the NY Times: http://community.nytimes.com/comments/www.nytimes.com/2009/06/28/health/research/28cancer.html?sort=oldest&offset=4 The article focuses on cancer research, but the conclusions can be applied to all medical research. As the article correctly pointed out...

I have just embarked upon a PhD in Lattice QCD. I'm wondering, what is research like in other areas of theoretical particle physics? Lattice is highly computational and fairly light on theory so it seems a lot of people in the field spend quite a bit of time making/updating and running large...

Cannon Fire! Can anyone please help me figre this one out; A senior physics class conducting a research project on projectile motion constructs a device that can launch a cricket ball. The launching device is designed so that the ball can be launced at ground level with an initial velocity...

http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/08/bell-labs-kills.html" Six Nobel-prize worthy research came from that lab, including the invention of the silicon transistor, and the laser! It was a business decision by the parent company but, I think it's a very myopic business decision to abandon...

Hi, so I am currently an ug, and I've been offered positions to do particle physics research. The thing that is turning me off is that it's mostly computational work in C++. I don't know how much i'll enjoy working at the computer all day, but the idea of studying what makes up matter is...

Where are some good places to apply that I can get some expierence in research in? Besides my school. Note: I do not have any prevoius expierence and am a sophomore with an Engineering Physics degree declared.

I am in a Research Class that goes for two years, and over the course of the two years I need to come up with a research project that I, just a high school student, can do and complete. It should be fairly original research. But I am having an extremely hard time thinking of topics. The teacher...

I need a help in selecting my new presentation topic my teachers always use to say that the topic should be very recent and in researchs of present time,i am Space and Astro physics student doing M Sc.Please help me to find out the most recent Research topic in this subject except black hole etc...

Hi, For my school district, all high school seniors are required to complete a graduation project in order to receive a diploma. We're supposed to pick a class we enjoy and work together with the teacher of that class, who acts as a mentor, in coming up with a presentable project to a class...

I'm in year 12 in Australia and unsure as too what is the best course and where is the best uni if I wish to get into a physics research position latter on?

can anyone tell me how eay it is to get jobs in physics research? I'm interested in particle physics but I'm afraid i can't be much more specific as I'm only 17 :biggrin: i want to do an MPhys in nuclear astrophysics and then go into some kind of reserach. also, what else could i do apatr from...

For a school assignment I have been asked to research an area of physics, and I have no ideas. I began looking at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) but I couldn't find much info on it. Can anyone help me with some ideas which have quite a bit of information and theory on it? Thanks

I just joined a classs that I didn't even know existed at my school until today. It is called science research, and basically you meet once a week with the class, and it is all independent research, you pick a topic and research it and present to the class and then enter science fairs and other...

Hi, my name is Jeremiah Hendricks and I recently completed a research paper on the effects quantum physics has had in other fields. Part of our assignment is to get feedback on our paper from an appropriate audience. It would be helpful if you guys could read my paper and then answer the quick...