Physics in the New Millennium

By Wilbert Mathews

      One of the most exciting and challenging aspects of science is that its frontiers are constantly being revised and extend. New developments are occurring all the time. Its advance depends largely on observation, experimentation and debate, which generate theories that have to be tested and even then stand only until they are replaced by better concepts. Physics will have a new and better face in the next millenium.

Advance in the field of Electrical Engineering:

      Many steps are being taken so to find new and improvised ways of using electric power. Electrical engineers design generators that transformation water, power, coal, oil and nuclear fuels into electricity. Others design and develop electrical machinery, which help to manufacture products in factories.

Electronics beyond 2000:

     Master plans are being developed for the parts and connections of integrated circuits, which control the electrical signal in the most electronics devices. A major leap in this field is marked by missile control systems. Communication messages are used for transmitting messages. Perhaps in the future, we might see Robots performing our duties.

Electro – Optical field:

     The Electro –optical engineers strive & specialise in finding new ways to use laser and fibre-optics technology. They also design, modify and test laser equipment and systems. The country’s defence industry employs this technology to improve navigation systems. International security can also be kept under check, as laser technology provides a wide range of information for weaponary and missile targets.

The role of Physics in medicine beyond 2000:

      The next millenium might see nuclear medicine technology being used or patients. This system uses diagnostic imaging equipment to perform tests on patients. First radioactive drugs are administrated to the patient. Then, a gamma scintillation camera is used to take pictures of the drug as it travels through the patient’s body. Throughout the test, the technology follow these images on a camera are used to take pictures of the drug as it travels throughout the patient’s body. Throughout the test, the technologist follows these images on a camera screen. The technologist uses the information to make a diagnosis and recommend a course of treatment.

      Radiologists are medical doctors who use imaging techniques and radioactive substances for diagnosis and treatment of diseases. Imaging techniques such as x-rays, computerised topography (CT), fluoroscopy, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and ultrasound provide a detailed view of the patient’s bones, organs and other international structures without surgery or other internal structures without surgery or other invasive procedures, This also enables treatment of internal and external tumors.

      On the whole, Physics in 2000 will have a different out-look. Easier and better concepts will be discovered. Perhaps, in the future, every human works can be done by machinery. Whatever be the advance, man will remain the perfect machine.

 

 

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