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UCSB Physics News

Kavli Gives $7.5 Million To Institute for Theoretical Physics To Be Named in His Honor

UCSB Physics researchers published in Nature
Intro: "Biomaterials: Sacrificial bonds heal bone"
Article: Bone indentation recovery time correlates with bond reforming time

Newly elected Fellows of the American Physical Society

Gary Horowitz, "For precise insights that have illuminated both the general properties of Einstein's classical general theory of relativity and the nature of string theory quantum gravity."
Fyl Pincus, "For outstanding contributions to the theory of polymers, biopolymers, colloids, and complex fluids".

Researchers Discover How to Control Electron Spin Electrically:
Spin Gate Demonstrates Feasibility of Spintronics Technology

Alan Heeger elected to the
National Academy of Sciences

Deborah Fygenson awarded
2001 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship

James Langer elected
Vice President of the National Academy of Sciences

Alan Heeger wins 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Herbert Kroemer wins 2000 Nobel Prize in Physics