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The Qiu biophysics group discovered a biological motor that travels in different directions depending on context. Click to watch the animation. Their discovery is reported in Nature Communications.
The Lazzati astrophysics group uses computational modeling to predict the signatures of powerful astronomical explosions
Take a tour of the Micro-Femto Energetics Lab. Professor Matt Graham and graduate students Kyle Vogt and Hiral Patel discuss the research performed in their lab.
Biophyiscs experiments by Professors Bo Sun and David McIntyre are featured in the journal PNAS
creating thin films of exotic new materials
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OSU’s August 19-21 eclipse event, OSU150 Space Grant Festival: A Total Eclipse Experience, was featured on KMTR on August 19th. Department of Physics graduate student Dr. Atul Chhotray was interviewed for the story. You can see the full piece here. The OSU Astronomy Club was very active in the educational outreach stations at this event.… Continue reading
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Department of Physics Associate Professor and Outreach Coordinator Ethan Minot was one of two OSU researchers who shared demos at OMSI’s “Meet a Scientist” event at the OMSI Science Festival at the Benton County Fair. The Aug. 4 article from the Gazette-Times article can be found here.
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Oregon NASA Space Grant Consortium Astronomer- in-Residence and Oregon State University Physics and Honors College Instructor Randy Milstein has had a busy month speaking about the 2017 Great American Eclipse. The links below highlight some of his presentations and interviews. Follow this link to his interview with Al JazeeraEnglish(The first independent news channel in the… Continue reading
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Classes will not be held on Monday, Aug. 21, and most OSU operations and campus buildings will be closed. Weniger Hall and the Department of Physics main office will be closed. OSU will be hosting OSU150: A Total Eclipse Experience August 19-21. From Mike Green Interim Vice President OSU Finance and Administration As you likely… Continue reading
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This year’s winner of the WIC Culture of Writing Award in Physics is Jeremy Meinke, for his thesis entitled, “Single-Molecule Analysis of a Novel Kinesin Motor Protein.” Jeremy worked under the direction of Prof. Weihong Qiu. He was with the Qiu research group for two years and in 2016, he received URISC and SURE awards… Continue reading
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