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“Scientists who study deep space and string theory usually don’t get that worked up over lunar eclipses,” writes Dean Narciso in the April 13 Columbus Dispatch. But at 2 a.m. on Tuesday, April 15, “Earth will block the sun’s light from reflecting off the moon, causing a total eclipse — […]

College of Arts & Sciences students received 11 of the 24 Ohio University Student Enhancement Awards program announced in March. A total of $115,945 in funding was awarded for original research, scholarship and creative work. The Student Enhancement Awards are funded by the Office of the Vice President for Research and Creative […]

Sometime this spring, a gas cloud called G2 will come perilously close to a black hole at the center of the Milky Way. Dr. Kenneth Hicks, Ohio University Professor of Physics, talks about the “Front-row Seat for a Black-Hole Feeding Frenzy” in his Columbus Dispatch column. “It is a well-established […]

By Jean Andrews Physics & Astronomy Analyzing the motion of electrons, Ohio University researchers have developed a process to discriminate among different impurities in graphene–the strong, light and conductive material only one atom thick being studied for a variety of nanoscale applications. Physics doctoral student Mahmoud Asmar and Dr. Sergio […]

Dr. Daniel Phillips, Professor of Physics & Astronomy, was honored as one of the 2014 Outstanding Referees by the American Physical Society. “Congratulations to Daniel. This is a great acknowledgement for your service to the profession by the editors of Physical Review and Physical Review Letters,” said Dr. David Ingram, […]

By Dr. Saw Wai Hla, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ohio University Viewpoint Published in Physics Guitar strings, pendulums in clocks, and quartz crystals in watches are all examples of resonators. As their name suggests, resonators oscillate most strongly at specific frequencies (resonant frequencies), which depend on properties such as […]

Dr. David A. Drabold, Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Ohio University, gives an invited review lecture at  the University of Cambridge Department of Chemistry in March. He will address “First principles simulations of phase-change materials” at the upcoming symposium, “Doped Amorphous Chalcogenides and Devices,” at Trinity College, University […]