School of Physics and Astronomy
School News
2021 Undergraduate Scholarship Recipients
There are 29 undergraduate recipients for 13 separate scholarships.
Fernandes Receives Research Award
Professor Rafael Fernandes of the School of Physics and Astronomy has received the 2021 George W. Taylor Award for Distinguished Research from the College of Science and Engineering.
Skillman named CSE Distinguished Professor
Professor Evan Skillman of the School has been named a College of Science and Engineering Distinguished Professor.
Mu2e an (almost) impossible experiment
Physicists at the University of Minnesota are building an experiment that they readily admit is almost impossible.
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.
