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“Recently, an extraordinary effort has been directed toward group II–VI semiconductors such as zinc oxide (ZnO) material … because of its potential applications in the fields of electronic and optoelectronics,” including solar cells and renewable energy storage, write an Ohio University alum and Physics & Astronomy professor who co-authored an […]

“Is there a connection between cloud formation and cosmic rays coming from galactic sources? This question has an impact on weather modeling, and new experiments are just starting to yield answers,” writes Dr. Kenneth Hicks, Ohio University Professor of Physics, in the June 29 Columbus Dispatch. “We know that clouds […]

By Jean Andrews Physics & Astronomy Dr. Tomoyasu Tanaka, age 94, Emeritus Professor of Physics at Ohio University, passed away in May in his native Japan. He was a highly respected theoretical physicist, loving parent to five children, husband, and son. “Professor Tanaka was a wonderful colleague. He was interesting […]

  Is it time to rethink manned space travel? Dr. writes Dr. Kenneth Hicks, Ohio University Professor of Physics,  in his May 25 Columbus Dispatch column. “Transporting astronauts to the International Space Station has always been a problem,” Hicks writes. “Now, in response to recent economic sanctions from the United […]

A young researcher who worked on software development and data analysis for a major physics experiment conducted at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility has received an award for the thesis he wrote about his efforts. Ohio University alum Rakitha Beminiwattha ’13PhD was awarded the 2014 Jefferson Science Associates Thesis […]

Dr. Daniel Phillips, Professor of Physics & Astronomy at Ohio University, organized a five-day workshop at the national Institute for Nuclear Theory on “Few-body Universality in Atomic and Nuclear Physics: Recent Experimental and Theoretical Advances.” Phillips also chaired the May 12 morning session. Dr. Charlotte Elster, Professor of Physics & […]

As matter “cooks” to 4 trillion degrees Celsius—250,000 times hotter than the center of the sun—protons and neutrons melt into a liquid plasma of quarks and gluons. This liquid may have been present at the start of the universe for a few microseconds. See how Dr. Justin Frantz Catches a […]