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Prof. K.K. Gan elected to be the Chair of the Institute Board of the Pixel detector of the ATLAS experiment
Professor K.K. Gan of the Department of Physics has been elected to be the Chair of the Institute Board of the Pixel detector of the ATLAS experiment. The experiment was designed to study proton-…
After fire and monsoons, DESI resumes cataloguing the cosmos
A recent article in Symmetry Magazine (a joint Fermilab/SLAC publication) featured a story that Prof. Klaus Honscheid has been involved with: On June 11, lightning struck a remote ridge in…
Symmetry Magazine discusses HEP research in small colleges through affiliation with big universities
Symmetry Magazine (a joint FermiLab/SLAC publication) recently wrote about HEP research in small colleges through affiliation with big universities. Washington College and OSU are mentioned in…
Prof. Amy Connolly awarded single-PI NSF grant
Prof. Amy Connolly was awarded a single-PI NSF grant entitled “Precision Ultra-High Energy Neutrino Astrophysics and New Signatures Enabled by a Complete Treatment of Birefringence in Antarctic…
MilliQan is getting ready to have a look at the dark
This October, the first component of the milliQan detector has been installed on top of the CMS experimental cavern, and it is now taking data at the high energy of LHC RUN3.
The milliQan…
OSU awarded HHMI Driving Change Grant
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has awarded its first grants in its Driving Change initiative, awarding $2.5 million each to six universities: The Ohio State University, Loyola…
A new spin on an old system offers novel way to detect puzzling particles
Astronomers create new technique to assist in search for dark matter
Meteors may help astronomers devise a new way to locate dark matter – mysterious and invisible particles that…
Physicist Steven Prohira awarded ‘genius grant’
Steven Prohira, a physicist and a former postdoctoral researcher at The Ohio State University, has been named a recipient of the 2022 MacArthur Fellowship, a prize often called the “…
Multiple Faculty Openings in Ohio State Physics!
The Physics Department has six faculty openings this year, some joint with other departments:
Astrophysics Experiment
Atomic Experiment — Ultrafast
Chemical …