Departmental News
Research Update: Studying neutron stars with gravitational waves
Oct. 11, 2022
Neutron stars are some of the densest objects in the universe, and as such, the conditions at the cores of these extreme objects are impossible to reproduce on Earth. However, we can use data from the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) and the Virgo…
Read More »Physics professor receives DOE grant to study the quark-gluon plasma
Sept. 25, 2022
Up until approximately 10^(-5) seconds after the Big Bang, the Universe was is a primordial state of matter called a quark-gluon plasma (QGP). This is due to the fact that the early Universe was extremely hot and in such a hot environment normal matter, e.g., atoms, atomic…
Read More »Physics professor receives NIH grants to study membrane proteins
Sept. 25, 2022
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently awarded a $1.86 million grant to Thorsten-Lars Schmidt, Ph.D., to develop molecular tools that help researchers to understand membrane proteins. …
Read More »Physics Professor receives R35 Grant from the National Institutes for Health
Sept. 25, 2022
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently awarded a $1.86 million grant to Thorsten-Lars Schmidt, Ph.D., to develop molecular tools that help researchers to understand membrane proteins. …
Read More »Professors from Physics and Chemistry receive an NIH grant to study genetic transcription regulation
Sept. 9, 2022
Using single molecule and ensemble level methods, the Balci and Basu Labs will perform in vitro and in cellulo experiments to establish the capabilities and limitations of nuclease-dead mutant of Cas9 (dCas9) to target G-quadruplex forming sequences in the promoter regions and…
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º£½ÇÔ´´ receives an NSF grant for quantum computing training
Aug. 18, 2022
Co-PIs Dr. Michael Strickland (Professor and Chair, Physics), Dr. Qiang Guan (Assistant Professor, Computer Science), and Dr. Barry Dunietz (Associate Professor, Chemistry) have received a $500k grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a quantum computing (QC)…
Read More »Physics faculty uncover new insights into structure of protons and neutrons
April 20, 2022
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Read More »Six º£½ÇÔ´´ Physics professors are in the top 2% scientists in the world
Oct. 29, 2021
According to a , six members of the º£½ÇÔ´´ Physics Faculty are among the top 2% most cited scientists in the world. Congratulations to the…
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Department of Energy Selects º£½ÇÔ´´ Nuclear Physics Doctoral Student for Prestigious Research Program
Oct. 7, 2021
Edwin Duckworth, a physics doctoral student in the College of Arts and Sciences at º£½ÇÔ´´, is among 65 students from 29 states recently selected for funding by the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program. The…
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New Collaboration to Provide Real-Time Data Exchanges for Astrophysicists
Sept. 21, 2021
What happens when two neutron stars collide? What extreme densities and temperatures are reached? What new states of matter exist within the core of a neutron star? One º£½ÇÔ´´ College of Arts and Sciences theoretical astrophysicist, Veronica Dexheimer, associate professor in…
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