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Unveiling Topological Magnons: A Symmetry-Guided Discovery of 350+ Topological Magnon Materials
A newly published study from Prof. Yuanming Lu’s group co-led by Dr. Mohamed Karaki and Mr. Ahmed Fahmy, published in NPJ Computational Materials (Springer Nature), establishes a novel theoretical…

Undergraduate Summer Research Projects Showcased During Poster Session
Fourteen undergraduate physics and engineering physics majors participated in this summer's 10-week long Physics Undergraduate Research Program. On July 16 they shared their research projects with…

Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics Awarded to LHC Researchers
The $3M 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics has been awarded to the researchers on the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) collaborations!
OSU Department of Physics…

CCAPP Fellow Awarded NASA Grant
CCAPP Fellow and Department of Physics Post Doctoral Researcher, Jung-Tsung Li, was awarded a NASA Grant for almost $1 million dollars.
The proposal, “Unraveling Solar-Disk Gamma Rays with…

Professor John Beacom helps co-author National Academies report on “Elementary Particle Physics: The Higgs and Beyond”
Elementary particle physics reflects the human quest to understand the basic building blocks of nature and the rules that govern the physical world. At the request of the Department of Energy and…

87 Undergraduate Students Graduated During the 2024-2025 Academic Year
During the 2024-2025 academic year (including summer 2024, autumn 2024, and spring 2025), 65 Physics and 22 Engineering Physics majors graduated for a total of 87 students. 54 students graduated…

Department of Physics Members Visit Capitol Hill
Department of Physics Professor Mike Lisa and graduating student Josie Rose visited Capitol Hill last Wednesday to talk to Ohio congressmen and senators to lobby for support of nuclear physics.