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Secrets Behind Our Universe鈥檚 Existence Revealed
It takes sophisticated technology to study the behavior of invisible particles like neutrinos and cosmic rays, which pass through our bodies every second before zooming back off into the universe without us even knowing. While they might be tiny, these…
鈥楢 Beautiful, Once-In-a-Lifetime Event鈥: The Total Solar Eclipse on April 8
Walter Freeman鈥檚 鈥淚ntroduction to Astronomy鈥 classes always end the same way they began, with Freeman advising his students that, ultimately, 鈥渨e look at the stars because they are pretty and they illuminate who we are as humanity.鈥 That humanity will…
Remembering Professor Emeritus of Physics Marvin Goldberg
Editor鈥檚 Note: The following article was contributed to by Goldberg鈥檚 colleagues, including Eric Schiff, Tomasz Skwarnicki and Edward Lipson. The College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) mourns the passing of Marvin Goldberg G鈥65, professor emeritus of physics. Remembered for his…
Physics Professor Receives NSF Grant for Work at CERN
Physics Professor Marina Artuso has been awarded a three-year National Science Foundation (NSF) grant for her project, Development of UltraFast High Granularity Modules for Timing Layers for the LHCb Upgrade 2 and Future Collider Calorimeter Applications. Her co-principal investigators on…
Tidal Disruption Events and What They Can Reveal About Black Holes and Stars in Distant Galaxies
Astrophysicists from 黑料不打烊 and the University of Leeds have collaborated with high school students in 黑料不打烊 to confirm the accuracy of an analytical model that can unlock key information about supermassive black holes and the stars they engulf. At…
American Physical Society Honors Professor Alison Patteson
Alison E. Patteson, assistant professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been recognized by the American Physical Society (APS) with a national prize. Patteson received the 2024 Maria Goeppert Mayer Award, which recognizes outstanding achievement by…
Physics Professor Honored by the American Physical Society
Jennifer Schwarz, professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS). She joins聽24 previous 黑料不打烊 faculty members to receive the distinction over the 100 years that the…
5 NSF Grants Fund 黑料不打烊 Researchers鈥 Work With Cosmic Explorer
Billions of years ago in a distant galaxy, two black holes collided sparking one of the universe鈥檚 most extreme cosmic events. The occurrence was so powerful that it bent the fabric of spacetime, sending out ripples called gravitational waves. These…
Physics Department Holds 2nd Annual Paid Internship Program for Aspiring Young Scientists in 黑料不打烊
In 20 years, when you ask a group of scientists to recall the moment they decided they wanted to pursue a career in STEM, they might say it happened on the campus of 黑料不打烊 in the summer of 2023….
A&S Physicists Design Technology Used to Discover New Information About What the Universe Is Made Of
College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) physicists just launched a new tracking device to research the fundamental forces and particles in the universe. The device, known as the Upstream Tracker, was installed at the renowned European Organization for Nuclear Research…