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The department of physics will host FOE Fifty One Erg 2017, an international conference to study the astrophysics of cosmic transients
Dr. Nigel Lockyer, Director of Fermilab
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
Inspiring undergraduate women physicists
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Atul Chhotray was awarded the 2017 Physics Department Graduate Research Award. A native of India, Atul joined OSU in 2014 as a transfer student from North Carolina State University. Atul has since performed his research in the computational astrophysics group of Dr. Davide Lazzati. Atul’s thesis research is an effort to better understand the radiation… Continue reading
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Oksana Ostroverkhova has been chosen by the American Physical Society as their Woman Physicist of the Month for May 2017. The Woman Physicist of the Month is a program of the APSs Committee on the Status of Women in Physics (CSWP). It highlights exceptional female physicists, recognizing their positive impact other individuals lives and careers.… Continue reading
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Randy Milstein spoke at the Eugene Register Guard on June 6. The article from the newspaper, as well as a five minute video on how to safely view the eclipse, is available here. http://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/35649238-75/eclipse-expert-tells-eugene-audience-dont-miss-the-moment-of-totality-on-aug.-21.csp
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Davide Lazzati is featured in the latest issue of Terra magazine. Waiting for Starlight
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Randy Milstein gave a talk on May 10 about the solar eclipse at an OMSI Science Pub at OSU. The full talk is now available online at: https://media.oregonstate.edu/media/t/0_iyvgv4g8
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