Research News Archive

Crash! Scientists explain what happens when nanoparticles collide
4/4/18

Study results could one day inform the design of new materials for protective gear, energy-harvesting devices and more.

Scientists use magnetic fields to remotely stimulate brain — and control body movements
8/16/17

The minimally invasive technique could lead to advances in mapping the brain and treating neurological disease.

Study Unravels Long-held Fermi Puzzle
6/12/17
Professor Surajit Sen's group unravels a Long-held Fermi Puzzle Tied to Nonlinear Systems. He discusses the implications in the ScienceNewsline. 
Anne Fortman Wins 2017 Goldwater Scholarship
6/12/17
Anne Fortman received an 2017 Goldwater Scholarship. Congratulations, Anne! 
Professor Sen gives Steel lecture at IIT
8/28/17
Professor Surajit Sen gave Steel Colloquium at the IndianInstitute of Technology. The lecture was recorded.
Professor Williams receives NSF CAREER award
7/13/17
Ciaran Williams, Assistant Professor of Physics, has been awarded a prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER award to continue his theoretical work for the CERN Large Hadron Collider. See the coverage in UBNow for more information.
When Proteins Dance
6/12/17
Professor Andrea Markelz and collaborators measured how proteins vibrations matter to their function. 
Faculty Featured in Recent Issue of "Nature"
6/12/17
Professor Hao Zeng and collaborators were featured in the February 2017 issue of Nature for their work on deciphering chemical order/disorder and material properties at the single-atom level. 
Welcome Priya Banerjee
6/12/17
We welcome Priya Banerjee from the Scripps Institute as new faculty in Biological Physics. He will join us in August. 
Om and Saraswati Bahethi Fellowships awarded
10/17/17
Thanks to a generous donation from Dr. Om Bahethi and Mrs. Saraswati Bahethi, the Physics Department has given out three Om and Saraswati Bahethi Scholarship for PhD Students, two scholarship for Masters Students, and one Undergraduate Scholarship.