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For the first time, scientists have directly detected gravitational waves. They accomplished this using an extremely sensitive device called the Laser Interferometry Gravitational ¬wave Detector, or LIGO, which can measure tiny ripples in the fabric of space¬time, writes Dr. Kenneth Hicks, Professor of Physics & Astronomy at Ohio University, in […]

By Jean Andrews Physics & Astronomy Dr. David Drabold, Ohio University Distinguished Professor of Physics & Astronomy, and two researchers with ties to OHIO have been awarded a three-year $520,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to study and develop new approaches for jointly using experimental and theoretical information for […]

 By Jean Andrews Physics & Astronomy This past week, physicists from the University of Oslo (Norway), Michigan State University, Central Michigan University, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory met with OHIO research personnel and graduate students at the Edwards Accelerator Lab to conduct experiments to observe nuclear reaction pathways for making […]

Dr. Kenneth Hicks, Professor of Physics & Astronomy, was quoted in a Science magazine feature on “The social life of quarks.” The article discusses particle physics observations of pentaquarks, “bizarre new cousins of the protons and neutrons that make up the atomic nucleus,” at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in […]

Five teams from around the world—including one from Ohio University—rolled out their prototypes in France as the world awaits the first-ever international molecular nanocar race. Over the next year, the OHIO Bobcat Nano-Wagon Team—along with competitors from France, Germany, Japan and USA/Austria—will get ready to race their nanocars along a […]

Ohio University alum Venkatraman “Venki” Ramakrishnan started his five-year term as President of the Royal Society in London on Dec. 1. He earned a Ph.D. in Physics from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. The Guardian’s science editor, Robin McKie, says Ramakrishnan “takes over the Royal Society […]

Dr. Arthur Smith’s article on “Native Gallium Adatoms Discovered on Atomically-Smooth Gallium Nitride Surfaces at Low Temperature” was named an ACS Editors’ Choice and provided as part of the open access initiative. A limited number of peer-reviewed research articles from ACS journals are selected as Editors’ Choice. The selection of […]