Maureen McNamara

Nobel winner sparks senior’s love of space medicine

March 31, 2020

‘I fell in love with space that day. I didn’t even know I liked space,’ student Maureen McNamara notes

Carolina Chickadee

Understanding evolution, one chickadee at a time

March 25, 2020

A Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê researcher has received a $1.75 million NSF grant to study chickadee hybrids

COVID19 live stream

Baptism by Zoom, now taking off, has deep historical roots

March 24, 2020

Faith leaders are coming up with new ways to reach their communities, with many turning to online platforms to perform rituals.

Screen shot of colorful dancing crystals

Parading crystals could usher in new generation of electronics

March 11, 2020

Researchers at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê found that when electricity is applied to ‘torons,’ they celebrate like they’re at carnival

Soil and mountains

New grant crumbles mysteries of the soil

Feb. 27, 2020

Two Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê projects are this year’s winners of the Signals in the Soil grants.

Dennis V. Perepelitsa Assistant Professor, Physics Department

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê physicist wins top science award

Feb. 13, 2020

Cottrell Awards recognize young scholars who integrate scientific teaching and research.

Noel ClarkÌýof physics,ÌýStephen Graham JonesÌýof English,ÌýRobert PasnauÌýof philosophy, andÌýKenneth P. Wright Jr.Ìýof integrative physiology.Ìý

Newly minted professors of distinction to be celebrated

Jan. 24, 2020

In Feb. 3 event, professors of physics, English, philosophy and integrative physiology to be officially recognized

Stock image of a photon

Researcher breaks light in half, cracking pillar of physics

Dec. 12, 2019

New physics research from Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê keeps the theory of light and matter fractious

Photograph of a barn swallow

Bird evolution in Asia shaped in part by giant plateau, study finds

Nov. 20, 2019

A new large-scale study from Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê and colleagues provides first evidence that a gargantuan, inhospitable plateau in Asia maintains the species barriers of some birds

A type of mint plant in bloom

Hawaii’s mysterious mints, discovered then ignored, get a fresh look

Nov. 16, 2019

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê grad student’s work deepens understanding of evolution and extinction, and augments work of iconic but once dismissed botanist.

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