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Dr. Sergio Ulloa, Professor of Physics & Astronomy at Ohio University, and graduate student Oscar Avalos co-authored an article in Physical Review B titled “Thermoelectric transport through Majorana bound states and violation of Wiedemann-Franz law.” Their co-authors, J.P. Ramos-Andrade and P.A. Orellana,  are from the Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María in Chile. […]

Fans of the British science-fiction television program “Doctor Who” may wonder how time travel could possibly work. Dr. Zach Meisel, Assistant Professor of Physics & Astronomy, provides a physicist’s perspective on what would be necessary if the stuff of science fiction were possible. What conditions would be necessary to travel […]

The Athens Messenger reported that Ohio University Associate Professors Dr. Eric Stinaff and Dr. Mark Lucas of Physics & Astronomy provided demonstrations on lasers and infrared cameras, along with other activities for the whole family at an event hosted by the Ohio Valley Museum of Discovery. The Athens Messenger story […]

“One of the many things we can be thankful for this weekend is the perfect environment that Earth has provided for life, and the hope that humanity will have the vision to keep it safe,” writes Dr. Kenneth Hicks, Professor of Physics & Astronomy at Ohio University, in the Columbus […]

Mike Myers, a Mechanical System Technician from Physics & Astronomy  visited the Ohio University Observatory construction site recently to take measurements to position Ohio University’s refurbished 10-inch Fecker telescope during installation and use. The axis of the telescope will be in line with the polar axis of the Earth in […]

Ohio University has initiated construction on a new campus observatory that will augment capabilities for undergraduate instruction and public outreach. A formal opening is scheduled for May 2017. “This is the first time in the history of Ohio University that we have a permanent domed structure on campus to shield the […]

The Ohio Valley Museum of Discovery has been awarded $51,809 from theState Farm Youth Advisory Board for a project on Service Learning With STEAM Technologies in Rural Communities. The new project will encourage high school and college students to develop a variety of service-learning projects with themes in science, technology, engineering, […]