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Turning Student Research into Reality
Avinash “Avi” Thakur, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Physics in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), recently made headlines with his role in the development of a novel class of nanomaterials that could possibly improve cancer detection….
Stargazers Can Appreciate Astronomical Rarity Sunday
Look to the sky on the evening of Sunday, Jan. 20, and you’ll be in for a rare treat. A total lunar eclipse will be well visible to stargazers as the Earth’s shadow crosses in front of the moon. This…
Annual Wali Lecture to Address U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy Nov. 29
The growing dangers of the current arms race is the subject of the next Kameshwar C. Wali Lecture in the Sciences and Humanities, hosted by the Syracuse University Humanities Center in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S). Frank N….
Physicist to Probe ‘Deep Connections’ Between Life on Earth and Interstellar Space
Professor Carl Rosenzweig will present ‘Stars ‘R’ Us’ at Wells College, benefiting Friends of Southern Cayuga Planetarium The old cliché that humans are made of stardust underscores an upcoming program by an astrophysicist in the College of Arts and Sciences….
2018 Nobel Prize Sends Message That ‘Excellence in Physics Isn’t Gendered’
The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to three scientists from the U.S., France and Canada for their achievements in the field of laser physics. Physicist Donna Strickland of Canada is included in that group, and is the…
Physicist’s Discovery Recasts ‘Lifetime Hierarchy’ of Subatomic Particles
Researchers in the College of Arts and Sciences have determined that the lifetime of the so-called charmed omega—part of a family of subatomic particles called baryons—is nearly four times longer than previously thought. In an article in Physical Review Letters…
Syracuse Professor Named to Science News’ SN 10: Scientists to Watch
Lisa Manning, associate professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences, is included in Science News’ SN 10: Scientists to Watch. For the fourth year, Science News is spotlighting 10 early- and mid-career scientists on their way…
A New Way to Count Qubits
Researchers at Syracuse University, working with collaborators at the University of Wisconsin (UW)-Madison, have developed a new technique for measuring the state of quantum bits, or qubits, in a quantum computer.
Physicist Awarded $1.2 Million NIH Grant to Enhance Protein Detection
Professor Liviu Movileanu develops biosensors to identify proteins in leukemia, cancer A physicist in the College of Arts and Sciences is using a major grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support ongoing research into protein detection. Liviu…
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…