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2013 Blood Battle - OSU vs Michigan - in the PRB on November 7
Once again the Department of Physics will participate in the Blood Battle with Michigan. Who can help save more lives?
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2013 Nobel Prize awarded - OSU Physicists participated in the discovery for which this award was made
OSU Physicists are in the news again with regard to the discovery of the Higgs Boson. The 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to Peter W. Higgs and François Englert…

High Energy Density Physics Group receives $405K DURIP grant
Research Assistant Professor Kramer Akli and Research Scientist Michael Storm of the High Energy Density Physics (HEDP) Group will be leading the design and construction of a new target chamber…

Ulrich Heinz is awarded one of the first Ohio State/FAPESP Awards
Prof. Ulrich Heinz will be collaborating with Jorge Jose Leite Noronha Junior at Instituto de Fisica/USP on a grant entitled: “A state-of-the-art description of the strongly coupled quark-gluon…

The DiMauro/Agostini Group’s work on laser-induced electron diffraction featured on the cover of LaserFocusWorld
Work on laser-induced electron diffraction (LIED) from OSU’s DiMauro/Agostini AMO group in collaboration with CD Lin’s group at Kansas State University (link:http://jrm.phys.ksu.edu/) appears…

OSU Planetarium Scheduled to Re-Open October 12
When Ohio State’s totally renovated—from dome to floor—planetarium re-opens to the public on International Astronomy Day, Saturday, Oct. 12, be prepared to SEE stars. The state-of-the art Spitz…

CEM researchers develop new imaging tool for spin research
A new technique for imaging spin properties at the nanoscale, Scanned Spin-Precession Microscopy, works by incorporating a scannable micromagnetic tip in conjunction with any of a variety of…

New Electronic Message Board is up and running
By now most everyone has noticed that the Electronic Message Board outside of 1040 is now running information related to events in Physics. Daily Colloquia and Seminars, plus other…

OSU vs Buffalo Football Game will impact parking on Saturday
The first game of the 2013 Football season is on Saturday - OSU will host the Buffalo Bulls for a noon kickoff at Ohio Stadium. Seasoned OSU faculty, staff and students know the impact…