The W.M. Keck foundation has awarded researchers in the Departments of Physics and Electrical and Computer Engineering 1 million dollars to study spin waves and develop a new, short-wavelength, tabletop X-ray microscope. Department faculty member Prof. Kristen Buchanan is the project PI along with Profs Jorge Rocca, Carmen Menoni, and Mario Marconi. Full story can be found in the Source.

Kristen Buchanan, associate professor in the Department of Physics, and lead investigator on a new grant from the W. M. Keck Foundation.