A Little Ludwig Goes a Long Way

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Materials Science fascination

09 June 2006

If I were going to college today, I’d be studying materials science. In fact I’ve been looking at online master’s degree programs – UW and Columbia both have interesting programs. A better use of my time than Oblivion.

I’d be studying materials science because things like the following fascinate me:

* Batteries that recharge in seconds – ScienCentral Video News: Super Battery * Massive increases in data density on disks – heat-assisted data storage * Just because you can make them – gold buckyballs