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Can scientists solve the solar cycle?
Read about research done by our OSU astrophysicists studying data from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. This information reported by ScienceNews will be published in Physical Review Letters.
Prof. Phil Wigen (emeritus) receives award from the 2018 Conference on Microwave Magnetics
The 2018 IEEE International Conference on Microwave Magnetics conferred an honorary award on Emeritus Prof. Philip Wigen at their recent meeting. He was recognized for his contributions to the…
OSU physics researchers’ VR expertise is virtually unmatched
Having just finished his first year teaching introductory electromagnetism to OSU freshman, in summer 2015, Prof. Chris Orban purchased a $10 “Google Cardboard” headset and immediately realized the…
CEM Researchers Awarded NSF iSuperSeed2
OSU Physics professors Daniel Gauthier, Jay Gupta, Ezekiel Johnston-Halperin and Roland Kawakami are collaborating with Prof. Michael Flatte at the University of Iowa and have recently been awarded a…
Prof. Mathur and his students find a flaw in the theory that black holes are surrounded by a burning ring of fire
Professor Samir Mathur and his team building on previous work from 2004 have recently published their work in the Journal of High Energy Physics. Their work suggests that black holes are…
Phun with Physics begins today at the Ohio State Fair!
For the 17th year, our Instructional Support Staff (Harold Whitt, Chris Healy and Katie Ferrell) along with help from student volunteers are presenting Phun with Physics at the Ohio State Fair. (july…
OSU Hosting Spin Caloritronics IX Conference June 25-29, 2018
The PRB will be the site of the 2018 Spin Caloritronics IX Conference this week. The conference organized by Prof. Jos Heremens and Prof. P. Chris Hammel focuses on thermal spin transport, but…
Researchers in the US and Japan led by Prof Jeanie Lau and her group observe super spins in carbon sheet
Physics World recently reported on the work of Prof. Jeanie Lau and her group who in collaboration with scientists in the US and Japan have observed for the first time spin superfluidity and very…
Assistant professor of astronomy and physics, Annika Peter, quoted in ScienceNews
This picture depicts dark clouds - Galaxies and galaxy clusters are surrounded by dark matter (illustrated in blue over an image of a cluster Abell 2744; red indicates gas). Dark matter particles may…