I just got the email from Prof. Majetich. Turns out there is room for me in the nanoparticles group! It's a real change in direction for me, but I can't help but be utterly fascinated by the things. I'm going to be working on the Spin-NIRT data storage project. I get to figure out how to get nanoparticle monolayers to write to media, which apparently is quite hard. And in the process I will understand electricity and magnetism -- understand them, you see -- down to the very core of my being.

Sounds cool! Just don't go sneaking those things out.

"Empty your pockets sir... are those nanoparticles?"

jg