Undergraduates
I know that matter can be converted into energy. Is it not possible, then, that energy can be converted into matter? If so, how?
For the second year, the UI is bringing "Science at the Market" on selected Saturday mornings to the Farmers Market at Lincoln Square mall in Urbana. UI and other experts will be on hand to answer questions from the public about the researchers' discipline.
Ever wonder what a "semiconductor" really is and how it works? Or if "black holes" really exist? Or why the sky is blue instead of red? Or why computer chips are made of silicon and not aluminum? Or what a "quark" is?
On Saturday, you can get your questions answered by a world expert.
Scientists from the University of Illinois' top-ranked Physics department, including Nobel laureate Tony Leggett, will be answering questions about science at the Urbana Farmer's Market on Saturday, September 25, 2010 and October 9, 2010, from 8 a.m. to 12:00 noon. Children are especially encouraged to bring their questions and meet real scientists.
"Science at the Market, Locally Grown is part of our department's ongoing efforts to make science accessible to the general public and to get kids excited about science," said Dr. Inga Karliner, organizer of the event. "We're hoping many people will come to ask questions of our world-class physicists."
Urbana's Market at the Square, one of Illinois' largest farmers' markets, is held in the Lincoln Square parking lot at the corner of Vine and Illinois streets every Saturday morning.
