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Mu2e an (almost) impossible experiment
New Careers Program brings new opportunities for students
Zhen Liu: Hidden Sector Physics
Local SPS group named Outstanding Chapter; launches new website
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.
Coughlin part of team that may have observed light emitted from a black hole merger
Posted August 26, 2020
Michael Coughlin, Assistant Professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy and a member of the Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics, is part of an international team of astronomers who have seen what might be the first light ever detected from a black hole merger.