The
2010 Joint Fall Meeting of the New England Sections of the American
Physical Society and the American Association of Physics Teachers (NES
APS/AAPT) will be hosted by Brown University on October 29th and
30th. The theme of the conference is
Nanobiophysics, and the
plenary sessions will highlight leading research in the manipulation,
imaging, and study of biological systems at the nanoscale. Recent
insights into the teaching of physics, as well as teaching workshops,
will also be showcased. The meeting will feature an evening of
astronomical observations at the Ladd Observatory after the banquet
dinner
on Friday evening. Nobel Laureate, Prof. Leon Cooper will be the
banquet speaker.