Author: Niklas Manz

  • Physics constructs novel wind-powered clock

    Physics Students Design and Construct a Novel Type of Wind-Powered Mechanical Clock WOOSTER, Ohio – Two Independent Study’s (I.S.), one National Science Foundation grant, and five years of intermittent research by College of Wooster students under the guidance of John Linder, chair of the department of physics, have resulted in the design and construction of…

  • Physics harvests wind energy to detect faint signals

    Wooster Professor Devises Way to Harvest Wind Energy to Detect Faint Signals WOOSTER, Ohio – John Lindner, chair of the department of physics at The College of Wooster, has conceived a new use for one of our natural resources – the wind. By harvesting its clean energy, one can detect weak signals, as he and…

  • Maggie Lankford ’16 is a national Apker finalist for best physics research

    Lankford One of Seven Finalists for American Physical Society’s Apker Award WOOSTER, Ohio – Maggie Lankford, who graduated summa cum laude from The College of Wooster this past May, was selected as one of seven finalists for the American Physical Society’s LeRoy Apker Award, known as the preeminent honor for undergraduate research in physics in the United States.Lankford…

  • Physics research is an astrobite-of-the-day

    Chaos Among the Stars by Caroline Huang Title: Simple nonlinear models suggest variable star universality Authors: John F. Lindner et al.,