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Thank you for this, I will surely keep you in mind.

I don't believe there will be a good market there for a long time. However, with photonics being a rather new discipline of study (the academic program, not the science) and emerging technology, would it be unreasonable to venture into my own business here in etx? I ask, what appears to be a...

Do you think a MS in physics will be fruitful for employment? I've heard an MS in physics merritts little value in the job market. Is this true?

What do you guys think about photonics? I don't mean to ramble and I have really appreciated the insight thus far. Do you think a graduate photonics degree with a BS in physics would offer good ee prospects? I really am interested in school for my own sake of learning and enlightenment, but I...

Well, I will say this, the physics program where I live is basically engineering physics. It has a dual degree option in engineering. I'm hoping this will help my job prospects if I stay in etx.

Ideally I would like to pursue a graduate program in photonics. I will have to leave for those years of graduate school but i would like to return to east Texas as my entire family is here (family > everything imo). Ideally and optimistically I would like to start my own business doing...

I want to study physics for the intellectual masturbation. However, I know I will need to pay bills. And I know some people in physics end up in IT and engineering, hence why I brought those two careers up in my post. I am re-thinking physics though because of my location. :(

Hello, I am going to be going back to school for physics hopefully in the fall. There are obstacles though. Physics is what I really want to study, however, based on my geographical location I am a bit worried there will be poor job prospects. I live in east Texas...its pretty blue collar...

Hm, no. I guess I could finish school...

So now all I have to do is wait 100 billion years. No prob...

Thank you

Would you mind going into further detail here? What is a coronal mass discharge exactly? Why doesn't it react when exposed to matter, that I assume it comes in contact with somewhere, sometime, no?

Interesting. So if a positron can be emitted from radioactive decay, why not use this technique manufacture antimatter? Its clear that it isn't feasible or I assume we would be doing it. But, I guess what I'm not understanding is how come antimatter isn't being mass produced for all of its...

Thank you for the responses. I was completely unaware antimatter was used in medical imaging. How is it stored?

Is there an alternative to making antimatter that would make it more cost efficient? Or is high energy physics the only conceivable possibility? Would someone mind explaining why manufacturing it would "drain the entire global power supply"?