Physicist identifies how electron crystals melt
Eun-Ah Kim and Michael Matty, M.S. ’19, Ph.D. ’22, describe a phase in between the liquid and the solid for electron structures.
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Physics News
Senior wins award from SETI Institute for planetary research
Ze-Wen Koh plans to pursue a doctorate in planetary science after graduation.
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Over 50 Students Receive NSF Graduate Fellowships
The National Science Foundation offers approximately 2,000 fellowships per year to research-based master’s and doctoral students pursuing STEM studies.
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$1.25M grant to advance control of 2D materials
The research will help give unprecedented insight into electron behavior and quantum phenomena.
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Electrons in a Strange Metal World
Why do electrons in high-temperature superconductors behave the way they do? A quantum explanation could have planetary payoffs.
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Staff changes will support interdisciplinary research
Julia Thom-Levy, professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named associate vice provost for physical sciences.
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Prestigious Buckley Prize awarded to physicist J.C. Séamus Davis
Quantum microscopes based on Davis designs have galvanized quantum materials visualization studies globally.
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Active Learning Initiative, at 10, elevates teaching and belonging
The initiative has supported classes in the humanities, the social and natural sciences, mathematics, information science and engineering.
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