Tag: James Moran

  • Campus & Community

    Laser’s inventor predicts meeting of science, religion

    Nobel laureate and laser inventor Charles H. Townes told a packed Science Center lecture hall Monday (June 13) that science and religion are parallel, rather than antagonistic, disciplines and that he sees them ultimately coming together. “I look at science and religion as quite parallel, much more similar than most people think and that in…

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  • Science & Tech

    Submillimeter array opens one of astronomy’s last frontiers

    Exploring one of astronomy’s last frontiers at a site near the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii, the submillimeter array (SMA) project offers a unique opportunity for astronomers to observe objects in unprecedented detail. The SMA will ultimately combine the electronic signals from eight 6-meter antennas to imitate the resolving power of a much larger…

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