I'm still an undergraduate physics major, but I worry about this field.
Most of the interesting research (and money) seems to be focused on
the biological and materials sciences.

I'm still an undergraduate physics major, but I worry about this field.
Most of the interesting research (and money) seems to be focused on
the biological and materials sciences.

I realize there must be some overlap, especially with materials
science, but there doesn't seem to be any great, exciting, earth
shaking physics discoveries as of late.

Looking for WIMPs and elusive particles do not count as exciting on my
radar.

Searching for the theory of everything is all well and good, but I
doubt it will lead to any useful applications in the near future.
(sorry to the "pure" research lovers)

There are a couple of areas that seem incredibly exciting, like
discovering what the nature of dark matter and energy is. But it seems
as if no one has a clue as to how to tackle those and discover new
laws of nature that can be exploited.


Another area that would be extremely exciting is energy research. But
this area seems to be floundering. We still havn't been able to work
out how to create a workable fusion reactor for energy, the field seems
defeated.... it's sad!

Cold Fusion sounded incredibly exciting, but that was a flop, even if
some are still continuing behind closed doors.

There won't EVER be enough antimatter around to make that kind of
reactor.


The one area physics, it seems to me, should be agressively researching
is energy research. Alas it seems abandoned.



Am I wrong? Are there prospects on the horizon that physicists are
excited about and doing aggressive research in.

I can't see it. Discovering the rules of E&M, Q&M, and nuclear physics
must have been an exciting time for physics.

What is there now? The only candidate seems to be energy, but the field
seems stalemated with no novel ideas.

I really want to learn about new ways of using nature to extract energy
from it, hear of some hope for physics.

Is there any....

I'm still an undergraduate physics major, but I worry about this field.
Most of the interesting research (and money) seems to be focused on
the biological and materials sciences.

I realize there must be some overlap, especially with materials
science, but there doesn't seem to be any great, exciting, earth
shaking physics discoveries as of late.

Looking for WIMPs and elusive particles do not count as exciting on my
radar.

Another area that would be extremely exciting is energy research. But
this area seems to be floundering. We still havn't been able to work
out how to create a workable fusion reactor for energy, the field seems
defeated.... it's sad!

The one area physics, it seems to me, should be agressively researching
is energy research. Alas it seems abandoned.



Am I wrong? Are there prospects on the horizon that physicists are
excited about and doing aggressive research in.

I'm still an undergraduate physics major, but I worry about this field.
Most of the interesting research (and money) seems to be focused on
the biological and materials sciences.

Am I wrong? Are there prospects on the horizon that physicists are
excited about and doing aggressive research in.

I'm still an undergraduate physics major, but I worry about this field.
Most of the interesting research (and money) seems to be focused on
the biological and materials sciences.

I realize there must be some overlap, especially with materials
science, but there doesn't seem to be any great, exciting, earth
shaking physics discoveries as of late.

Looking for WIMPs and elusive particles do not count as exciting on my
radar.

Searching for the theory of everything is all well and good, but I
doubt it will lead to any useful applications in the near future.
(sorry to the "pure" research lovers)

There are a couple of areas that seem incredibly exciting, like
discovering what the nature of dark matter and energy is. But it seems
as if no one has a clue as to how to tackle those and discover new
laws of nature that can be exploited.


Another area that would be extremely exciting is energy research. But
this area seems to be floundering. We still havn't been able to work
out how to create a workable fusion reactor for energy, the field seems
defeated.... it's sad!

Cold Fusion sounded incredibly exciting, but that was a flop, even if
some are still continuing behind closed doors.

There won't EVER be enough antimatter around to make that kind of
reactor.


The one area physics, it seems to me, should be agressively researching
is energy research. Alas it seems abandoned.



Am I wrong? Are there prospects on the horizon that physicists are
excited about and doing aggressive research in.

I can't see it. Discovering the rules of E&M, Q&M, and nuclear physics
must have been an exciting time for physics.

What is there now? The only candidate seems to be energy, but the field
seems stalemated with no novel ideas.

I really want to learn about new ways of using nature to extract energy
from it, hear of some hope for physics.

Is there any....

I'm still an undergraduate physics major, but I worry about this field.
Most of the interesting research (and money) seems to be focused on
the biological and materials sciences.

I realize there must be some overlap, especially with materials
science, but there doesn't seem to be any great, exciting, earth
shaking physics discoveries as of late.

Looking for WIMPs and elusive particles do not count as exciting on my
radar.

Searching for the theory of everything is all well and good, but I
doubt it will lead to any useful applications in the near future.
(sorry to the "pure" research lovers)

There are a couple of areas that seem incredibly exciting, like
discovering what the nature of dark matter and energy is. But it seems
as if no one has a clue as to how to tackle those and discover new
laws of nature that can be exploited.


Another area that would be extremely exciting is energy research. But
this area seems to be floundering. We still havn't been able to work
out how to create a workable fusion reactor for energy, the field seems
defeated.... it's sad!

Cold Fusion sounded incredibly exciting, but that was a flop, even if
some are still continuing behind closed doors.

There won't EVER be enough antimatter around to make that kind of
reactor.


The one area physics, it seems to me, should be agressively researching
is energy research. Alas it seems abandoned.



Am I wrong? Are there prospects on the horizon that physicists are
excited about and doing aggressive research in.

I can't see it. Discovering the rules of E&M, Q&M, and nuclear physics
must have been an exciting time for physics.

What is there now? The only candidate seems to be energy, but the field
seems stalemated with no novel ideas.

I really want to learn about new ways of using nature to extract energy
from it, hear of some hope for physics.

Is there any....

I'm still an undergraduate physics major, but I worry about this field.
Most of the interesting research (and money) seems to be focused on
the biological and materials sciences.

I realize there must be some overlap, especially with materials
science, but there doesn't seem to be any great, exciting, earth
shaking physics discoveries as of late.

Looking for WIMPs and elusive particles do not count as exciting on my
radar.

Searching for the theory of everything is all well and good, but I
doubt it will lead to any useful applications in the near future.
(sorry to the "pure" research lovers)

There are a couple of areas that seem incredibly exciting, like
discovering what the nature of dark matter and energy is. But it seems
as if no one has a clue as to how to tackle those and discover new
laws of nature that can be exploited.


Another area that would be extremely exciting is energy research. But
this area seems to be floundering. We still havn't been able to work
out how to create a workable fusion reactor for energy, the field seems
defeated.... it's sad!

Cold Fusion sounded incredibly exciting, but that was a flop, even if
some are still continuing behind closed doors.

There won't EVER be enough antimatter around to make that kind of
reactor.


The one area physics, it seems to me, should be agressively researching
is energy research. Alas it seems abandoned.



Am I wrong? Are there prospects on the horizon that physicists are
excited about and doing aggressive research in.

I can't see it. Discovering the rules of E&M, Q&M, and nuclear physics
must have been an exciting time for physics.

What is there now? The only candidate seems to be energy, but the field
seems stalemated with no novel ideas.

I really want to learn about new ways of using nature to extract energy
from it, hear of some hope for physics.

Is there any....

I'm still an undergraduate physics major, but I worry about this field.
Most of the interesting research (and money) seems to be focused on
the biological and materials sciences.

I realize there must be some overlap, especially with materials
science, but there doesn't seem to be any great, exciting, earth
shaking physics discoveries as of late.

Looking for WIMPs and elusive particles do not count as exciting on my
radar.

Searching for the theory of everything is all well and good, but I
doubt it will lead to any useful applications in the near future.
(sorry to the "pure" research lovers)

There are a couple of areas that seem incredibly exciting, like
discovering what the nature of dark matter and energy is. But it seems
as if no one has a clue as to how to tackle those and discover new
laws of nature that can be exploited.


Another area that would be extremely exciting is energy research. But
this area seems to be floundering. We still havn't been able to work
out how to create a workable fusion reactor for energy, the field seems
defeated.... it's sad!

Cold Fusion sounded incredibly exciting, but that was a flop, even if
some are still continuing behind closed doors.

There won't EVER be enough antimatter around to make that kind of
reactor.


The one area physics, it seems to me, should be agressively researching
is energy research. Alas it seems abandoned.



Am I wrong? Are there prospects on the horizon that physicists are
excited about and doing aggressive research in.

I can't see it. Discovering the rules of E&M, Q&M, and nuclear physics
must have been an exciting time for physics.

What is there now? The only candidate seems to be energy, but the field
seems stalemated with no novel ideas.

I really want to learn about new ways of using nature to extract energy
from it, hear of some hope for physics.

Is there any....

I'm still an undergraduate physics major, but I worry about this field.
Most of the interesting research (and money) seems to be focused on
the biological and materials sciences.

I realize there must be some overlap, especially with materials
science, but there doesn't seem to be any great, exciting, earth
shaking physics discoveries as of late.

Looking for WIMPs and elusive particles do not count as exciting on my
radar.

Searching for the theory of everything is all well and good, but I
doubt it will lead to any useful applications in the near future.
(sorry to the "pure" research lovers)

There are a couple of areas that seem incredibly exciting, like
discovering what the nature of dark matter and energy is. But it seems
as if no one has a clue as to how to tackle those and discover new
laws of nature that can be exploited.


Another area that would be extremely exciting is energy research. But
this area seems to be floundering. We still havn't been able to work
out how to create a workable fusion reactor for energy, the field seems
defeated.... it's sad!

I can't see it. Discovering the rules of E&M, Q&M, and nuclear physics
must have been an exciting time for physics.
What is there now? The only candidate seems to be energy, but the field
seems stalemated with no novel ideas.

I really want to learn about new ways of using nature to extract energy
from it, hear of some hope for physics.

Is there any....