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Learn how atomic “sandwich” structures provide unprecedented opportunities for designing new materials
KC Walsh brings a playful touch to science
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.
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Oksana Ostroverkhova, Professor of Physics at Oregon State University, and a leading expert on organic electronics, is the editor of the second edition of Elsevier Publishing Company’s “Handbook of Organic Materials for Electronic and Photonic Devices”. This 911-page handbook provides an overview of the materials, mechanisms, characterization techniques, and structure property relationships of organic electronic… Continue reading
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Reposted from impact.science.oregonstate.edu A seniors gut decision in high school to major in physics holds steady four years later Looking back on his gut decision in high school to major in physics after taking a class in it, graduating senior Abe Teklu remains somewhat mystified. I guess I was just really confident, he laughs. Abe… Continue reading
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The Ostroverkhova group’s work on bee vision had attracted a lot of attention! KATU has an interview with Oksana Ostroverkhova at: https://katu.com/news/local/wild-bees-are-attracted-to-blue-fluorescent-light-oregon-state-university-research-finds Sci-news has an article http://www.sci-news.com/biology/bees-blue-fluorescent-light-06121.html and there is a press release to go with their recent paper in Journal of Comparative Physiology A. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00359-018-1269-x CORVALLIS, Ore. Researchers at Oregon State University have… Continue reading
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Jim Ketter, who served as lab guru and instructor for many years, passed away on June 6th 2018. Jim joined our department in 2005 after a varied career as a geophysicist, high school teacher, graduate student and physics instructor at LBCC and Oregon State. He was a warm and sensitive instructor and the go-to gadget… Continue reading
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See the IMPACT article (link below) for a long writeup on the Gilfillan Lecture that Prof. Manogue gave on April 5th. But here is the video https://youtu.be/U23SnDlqOHQ. Gilfillan Lecture: Catalyzing the transformation of science learning
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