2022 Bethe Lectures: Harnessing quantum matter for future technologies
Physicist Charles Kane will explain how mysterious features of quantum mechanics can be harnessed for future technologies on Oct. 19, 7:30 p.m.
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Uniquely versatile undergraduate and graduate programs, an unrivaled breadth of research training, and Nobel Prize-winning work in world class facilities, defines the Department of Physics at Cornell University as a national and global leader in physics training and education. The department has more than 40 active professors, approximately 180 graduate students and 65 undergraduate majors, and offers a full range of university-level work in physics, from general education courses for nonscientists to doctoral-level independent research.
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Brains on board: Smart microrobots walk autonomously
Electronic “brains” on solar-powered robots that are smaller than an ant’s head allow them to walk by themselves.
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Eminent physicist Kurt Gottfried, co-founder of Union of Concerned Scientists, dies at 93
Gottfried was also the author of a classic text on quantum mechanics and numerous scholarly articles on missile defense, space weapons, nuclear weapons and cooperative security.
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Energy center receives $12.6 million in renewed funding
The award allows the center to continue its work developing advanced fuel cell technologies in alkaline media.
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A&S opens application portal for Klarman postdoc fellowships
Klarman Fellows pursue research in any discipline in the College, including natural sciences, social sciences, humanities and the creative arts as well as cross-disciplinary fields. The application deadline is October 14.
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Physics alum Helen Edwards acknowledged for contributions to particle physics
An article from Physics World remembered Cornell Physics alum, Helen Edwards, for her many contributions to the field of particle physics.
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Academic boot camp boosts veterans’ higher ed mission
Professors in physics and classics contributed to the Warrior-Scholar Project (WSP) hosted at Cornell for military veterans July 23 to Aug. 6.
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$3.8M NSF grant begins a new era of early universe research
The grant from the National Science Foundation will support a team of Cornell physicists who smash matter into its component parts to learn about elementary particles and their interactions.
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Research Spotlight
Research in the department is organized in two laboratories, the Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics (LASSP) and the Laboratory for Elementary Particle Physics (LEPP). Explore the links below to learn more about the major research areas of the department and the facilities available to researchers.
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