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Humphreys named AAS Fellow
Collaboration uncovers unique properties of a promising new material
Searching for Stealth SUSY
2021 Graduate Awards and Fellowships
2021 Undergraduate Scholarship Recipients
Fernandes Receives Research Award
Excess x-rays from neutron stars could lead to discovery of new particle
Raymond Co, a postdoctoral researcher at the School of Physics and Astronomy is a co-author of a paper that found that mysterious x-rays detected from nearby neutron stars may be the first evidence of axions, hypothetical particles that many physicists believe make up dark matter.
Colliding stars reveal fundamental properties of matter and space-time
Michael Coughlin of the School of Physics and Astronomy is part of collaboration that made a breakthrough in measuring the expansion rate of the Universe.
Zooniverse launches Fat Checker project to investigate lipid droplets within cells
Lucy Fortson, Zooniverse co-founder, Professor and Associate Head of the of the School of Physics and Astronomy says the project will help scientists make headway in big data problems in biology.
Researchers discover a key cause of energy loss in spintronic materials
Bill Peria in Paul Crowell's group leads study that could help engineers build more efficient magnetic materials for computers.