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Giant Orbital Hall Effect Observed

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In a new breakthrough, researchers have used a novel technique to confirm a previously undetected physics phenomenon that could be used to improve…

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Safety and Infrastructure Week

Monday, October 9th through Friday, October 13th was Safety and Infrastructure Week in the Department of Physics. Sessions took place twice a day in the Physics Research Building Atrium North End…

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CQISE Initiative: Partnership Seed Award Now Accepting Applications

The Center for Quantum Information Science and Engineering (CQISE) is excited to announce that the Partnership Seed Award (PSA) is now live and accepting applications. The PSA was created to…

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Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded to 3 Scientists for Work on Electrons

The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier on Tuesday for their experiments that “have given humanity…

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Grade Gaps Reflect Course Problems, Not Students' Shortcomings

From article by Jessica Blake for Inside Higher Ed.com

 

Many have argued that increasing diversity and inclusion in STEM comes at the cost of lowering standards, but…

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Professor Kovchegov Awarded Distinguished Visiting Academic Award from IPPP at Durham University

Professor Yuri Kovchegov has been awarded the Distinguished Visiting Academic (DIVA) Award from the Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology (IPPP) at Durham University in Durham, UK.…

Using Top Quarks to Probe Nature's Secrets

Recent analysis by Professor Brian Winer,  Dr. Brent Yates (postdoc), and Mr. Aashwin Basnet (grad student) has been included in the September 2023 issue of CERN Courier. 

OSU Helping to Expand Quantum Workforce

A team at Ohio State is part of a multi-institution effort that was just awarded $5M from the NSF’s ExpandQISE program. To meet the growing national demand for a quantum-trained…

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Physicists Observe 'Unobservable' Quantum Phase Transition

Author: Charlie Wood, Quantum Magazine

 

In 1935, Albert Einstein and Erwin Schrödinger, two of the most prominent physicists of the day, got into a dispute over the nature…