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Event Start Time: 3:00 pm
Event Location: ElectroScience Lab, 1330 Kinnear Road, Columbus OH
Event Location: ElectroScience Lab, 1330 Kinnear Road, Columbus OH
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Event Start Time: 1:00 pm
Event Location: Physics Research Building 1080
Event Location: Physics Research Building 1080
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The $4.5 million grant will support Schumacher and a multi-university team in developing new precision diagnostics for extreme-light lasers, work the physics professor says is essential…
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