Find Out More about the Recent Findings into the Origins of Gold

Monday, October 16, 2017, By News Staff

Physicists Peter Saulson, Duncan Brown and Stefan Ballmer

Professor Duncan Brown Explains Latest Breakthrough Discovery

Watch Duncan Brown, the Charles Brightman Endowed Professor of Physics, discuss the latest findings.

Peter Saulson: ‘Astronomy Will Never Be the Same’

The Martin A. Pomerantz ’37 Professor of Physics, Peter Saulson reflects on the importance of the latest discovery of these so-called “ripples in spacetime,” and what it means for the future of gravitational-wave astronomy.

Questions for Stefan Ballmer on Discovery of Collision of Neutron Stars and the Origins of Gold

Stefan Ballmer, associate professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences, is one of the Syracuse physicists on the LIGO team that has made groundbreaking discoveries on gravitational waves. He talks about his work and what this latest discovery means for the future study of the universe.

SU Geologist is Co-Editor of New Major Book on Fission-Track Thermochronology

Geologist Paul Fitzgerald, professor of Earth sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, is co-editor of a new book, “Fission-Track Thermochronology and Its Application to Geology” (Springer, 2018), the first major book on the subject in 20 years. The…

You Say You Want a Revolution: Chemist Elsa Reichmanis ’72, G’75 Helped Spark PC Revolution With Trailblazing Work in Microlithography

“Syracuse always was my top choice,” says Elsa Reichmanis ’72, G’75, reflecting on her decision to study chemistry. “Even though I was born and raised in Melbourne [Australia], my family and I moved to Central New York when I was eight….

Mechanical Engineering Freshmen Test Mini-Racecar Designs

Many cars are defined by their horsepower but that is only one aspect of the engineering and design process. Freshmen mechanical engineering students in Professor Michelle Blum’s ECS 101 class designed mini-cars that were more precise than powerful. “We were…

Forensic Science Professors Awarded $431,917 for DNA Simulation and Sequencing Tool

Forensics and National Security Sciences Institute (FNSSI) faculty members Michael Marciano and Jonathan Adelman have been awarded a two-year $431,917 grant from the National Institute of Justice to develop a fully continuous machine learning approach to predict the number of contributors in…

With the Innovation Law Center’s Help, an Engineer Innovates an Old Technology for a Life-Saving Purpose

Think back to your last time at a bank drive-thru. You likely deposited or received money through a tube that travels from your window to the bank and back in a minute or so. These systems—known as pneumatic tubes—have been…

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Find Out More about the Recent Findings into the Origins of Gold

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More In STEM

SU Geologist is Co-Editor of New Major Book on Fission-Track Thermochronology

You Say You Want a Revolution: Chemist Elsa Reichmanis ’72, G’75 Helped Spark PC Revolution With Trailblazing Work in Microlithography

Mechanical Engineering Freshmen Test Mini-Racecar Designs

Forensic Science Professors Awarded $431,917 for DNA Simulation and Sequencing Tool

With the Innovation Law Center’s Help, an Engineer Innovates an Old Technology for a Life-Saving Purpose

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