Fundraiser
Hi Photon! Hope all of you are doing well in these difficult times. UMOJA: The Black Student Union, the Boston University Student Government and 50+ organizations have organized a fundraiser for Black Visions Collective, Campaign…
Category Archives: Demos
Outreach: Spectroscopy Workshop
On Thursday, December 11 we had a number of students from Boston Day & Evening Academy join us for a spectroscopy workshop. The students were partaking in a month-long, intensive unit on the “Birth and…
International Archaeology Day Outreach
Come join us on Saturday, October 18 at the Boston Museum of Science for International Archaeology Day! Photon will be hosting a booth to explain the physics behind archaeology! Details available here.
Kickoff Barbecue
Thanks to all who came down to our kickoff barbecue! It was a great time filled with delicious food and fun sports!
Is it plasma?!
Dear Photon Readership, As usual, Photon will be meeting at 5:00pm *tomorrow*, Friday 2/21, at 5:00pm. We will be investigating a strange phenomenon that occurs when placing certain arrangements of fruits in the microwave; for instance, if…
Pumpkin Drop 2013
Happy Halloween everyone!! We hope you enjoyed last Thursday’s epic clash between gourd and pavement. We will have pictures of the event posted soon.
MGH Proton Center Tour
Saturday, January 29th, Photon attended a tour of medical physics at Massachusetts General Hospital. This tour was hosted by Dr. George Chen. He showed Photon members the Proton Center and the linear accelerator the cyclotron.…
Pumpkin Drop 2009
The Pumpkin drop is an even held every year by BU’s Physics department. The experiment collides pumpkins of varying size and content with the earth. Last year, they were looking for the Higgs Boson, this…
MIT Fusion Tour
Fusion technology has great potential for the energy generation. It also makes for a really fun physics tour. The tokamak reactor at MIT is one of the leading fusion test reactors in the world and Zach, our tour…