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Clifford Johnson News

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  Time Flies

  February 17, 2012

  To learn why time moves only forward one must first understand a fundamental law of physics: the increase of entropy. The law describes the tendency for systems to go from a state of higher organization to disorder. Consider… more>

  categories: undergraduate

  tags: anna krylov, award, chemistry, clifford johnson, competition, event, film, movie, natural sciences, physics, physics and astronomy, science, time

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  It Happened One Night (in the Lab)

  September 20, 2011

  Envision a romantic comedy with a science-based plot. The leading roles are biologists, let’s say, working in the same lab, using Schizoaccharomyces pombe to find a cure for cancer. Love ensues, followed by some… more>

  categories: research, faculty research

  tags: anna krylov, chemistry, clifford johnson, competition, film, natural sciences, physics and astronomy

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  A Quantum Leap into the Blogosphere

  February 5, 2010

  First, the highly popular Asymptotia is not a science blog. It's a blog that happens to be written by a scientist. Clifford Johnson, professor of physics and astronomy in USC College, blogs about his life and vast interests.… more>

  categories: research, faculty research

  tags: astronomy, blog, clifford johnson, culture, natural sciences, physics