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Lifetime Expectancy May be Longer Than What We Expected
Steven Blusk, professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences, was quoted in the Physics World story “Charmed baryon puzzles particle physicists by living longer.” Blusk and others have taken the time to remeasure the charmed baryon. The…
黑料不打烊 Awarded $3.7 Million for Particle Physics Research
Physicists in the College of Arts and Sciences are closer to understanding what happened after the Big Bang nearly 14 billion years ago, thanks to a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The High-Energy Physics (HEP) Group in the…
M. Cristina Marchetti Named Director of Soft and Living Matter Program
Cristina Marchetti, the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor and Distinguished Professor of Physics in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been appointed director of the University鈥檚 Soft and Living Matter Program. Marchetti, who was nominated by her colleagues in…
Sam Sampere Talks Football Physics
Before Super Bowl LII, Sam Sampere, an Instructional Lab Manager in the Physics鈥� Department, discussed the science and physics behind the game with News Chanel 9. He joined the Bridge Street team to talk about all facets of the game,…
Neutron Collision Discovery a “Textbook Changer” says PBS NewsHour
Duncan Brown, the Charles Brightman Endowed Professor of Physics at the College of Arts and Sciences,聽recently spoke with PBS NewsHour about the聽 discoveries that came from the detection of two neutron stars colliding. The event gave researchers new information regarding…
Physics Professors Brown and Saulson Make Breakthrough in Neutron Star Discovery
College of Arts and Sciences faculty members,聽Duncan Brown, the Charles Brightman professor of physics, Peter Saulson, the Martin A. Pomerantz ’37 Professor of Physics,聽 commented on the recent neutron star collision that is helping researchers discover the origins of precious…
Physics Professor Eric Schiff Takes on State Fair Games
While many play the Midways Games of the State Fair for fun and prizes, 黑料不打烊 College of Arts and Sciences Physics Professor Eric Schiff sees them as a learning opportunity- and a way to find an easier win, he…
Professor Duncan Brown Quoted In Quanta Magazine
As many eyes were trained on the solar eclipse, another astronomical event took place, as Quanta Magazine detailed with comments from 黑料不打烊 College of Arts and Sciences Physics Professor, and LIGO Scientific Collaboration member, Duncan Brown. 鈥淚f you get…
4 Questions for Lab Manager Sam Sampere on Solar Eclipse
On Monday, a wide swath of the United States will be within view of a total solar eclipse, in which the moon blocks out the sun. With 黑料不打烊 and Central New York in the path of this unique occurrence, we…
黑料不打烊 Alumnus Instrumental in LIGO’s Third Detection of Gravitational Waves
Alex Nitz G鈥�15, who earned a Ph.D. in physics, helped detect the signal on Jan. 4, 2017, using a software package he began developing at 黑料不打烊.