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Furmanski part of collaboration that casts doubt on the so-called “sterile neutrino”
Assistant Professor Andrew Furmanski, a faculty member in the School, is a member of a collaboration known as MicroBooNE, 170-ton liquid-argon detector at Fermilab, whose results have possibly
Kapusta Named Lead Editor of Physical Review C
Distinguished University Teaching Professor Joseph Kapusta of the School of Physics and Astronomy has been named as lead editor of Physical Review C, the world's leading nuclear physics journal
Fernandes part of a collaboration that identified electronic nematicity in a twisted system
Electronic nematic order is a unique state of matter observed in several quantum materials, including some that display unusual superconductivity -- the ability to conduct electricity without
In Memoriam: Russell Hobbie, 1934-2021
Professor and textbook author introduced medical physics to the School’s curriculum
UMN part of collaboration that confirms Propagation Path of Electromagnetic Waves from Space to Ground
Space physicists have theorized for over 50 years that a particular type of electromagnetic (EM) waves called EMIC (Electromagnetic Ion Cyclotron) waves propagate from space to the ground, but were
UMN solar astrophysics research to get a boost from citizen science
The latest Zooniverse citizen science project called “Solar Jet Hunter” will help benefit a small research team led by members of the School of Physics and Astronomy: former postdoctoral researcher