New book by S&T professor examines small-town life
People who return to a small town after 20 years away may not find the local shops they expect to see, but they can easily identify the landmark buildings. A new book by a Missouri S&T professor...
View ArticleMissouri S&T physics students achieve nuclear fusion
A team of three undergraduate physics students from Missouri S&T have achieved nuclear fusion of deuterium into helium. The reaction was achieved as part of the students’ final project for their...
View ArticleMissouri S&T physics professor invited to NSF workshop in Japan
Dr. Julia Medvedeva, an associate professor of physics at Missouri University of Science and Technology, will join a panel of experts at the first “U.S.-Japan Materials Genome Workshop” to discuss the...
View ArticleVisitors’ Nights return this fall to the Missouri S&T Observatory
The public is invited to view the Saturn and its rings through Missouri University of Science and Technology’s 16-inch telescope on Thursday, Aug. 20.
View ArticleProfessor Michael Schulz featured in physics journal
Dr. Michael Schulz, Curators’ Professor of physics and director of Missouri S&T’s Laboratory for Atomic, Molecular and Optical Research, was recently featured on the Journal of Physics website for...
View ArticleMissouri S&T professor named American Physical Society Fellow
Dr. Thomas Vojta, professor of physics at Missouri University of Science and Technology, has recently been named a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS).
View ArticleS&T physicist earns NSF grant to study new states of matter
By studying how materials transform at ultra-low temperatures, a Missouri S&T theoretical physicist hopes to discover new states of matter. Funded by a $229,000 grant from the National Science...
View ArticleVisiting professor to discuss ‘baloney’ science Feb. 25
Dr. Charles Adler, professor of physics at St. Mary’s College in Maryland, will discuss the good and bad science presented in popular science fiction books, TV shows and movies as a guest lecturer at...
View ArticlePhysicist works to explain atom motion
By laser-cooling atoms and studying their movements, a Missouri University of Science and Technology researcher hopes to better understand how atoms and their components are affected and directed by...
View ArticleS&T physicist improves particle interaction modeling
Quantum electrodynamics is a lot like baking a cake, and then trying to take apart the individual ingredients. At least, that is what physicist Dr. Ulrich Jentschura equates to the process of creating...
View ArticleResearchers see unexplained phase shifts during atomic scattering
In an article published today (Thursday, Aug. 24) in the American Physical Society journal Physical Review Letters, researchers reported observing unexpected instantaneous phase shifts during atomic...
View Article$1.6 million NSF grant to advance understanding of ‘amorphous’ materials
A physics professor at Missouri University of Science and Technology will lead a four-year effort to spur research, development and commercial adoption of a new class of oxide semiconductors that...
View ArticleThomas Vojta named chair of physics at Missouri S&T
Dr. Thomas Vojta, Curators’ Distinguished Professor of physics at Missouri University of Science and Technology, has been named chair of the department of physics. His appointment becomes effective...
View ArticleS&T physics student awarded NSF graduate research fellowship
Cameron Lerch, a senior in physics at Missouri University of Science and Technology, has been awarded a place in the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF-GRFP). Lerch...
View ArticleS&T physics researcher works to control light energy
Light travels through opaque objects in random paths that are difficult to control but, thanks to new research by a team of physicists, light energy can be concentrated at a certain depth. This means...
View ArticleMissouri S&T undergraduates exhibit research to state legislators
Nine undergraduate students from Missouri University of Science and Technology traveled to Jefferson City, Missouri, on Monday, April 11, to participate in the annual Undergraduate Research Day at the...
View ArticleNew physics book covers atoms, lasers and gravity
Ever since quantum field theory was effectively invented in 1947 by Hans Albrecht Bethe, it has been a part of advanced physics studies. Quantum electrodynamics provides researchers with a framework to...
View ArticleMissouri S&T welcomes new faculty
At the start of the fall semester, Missouri S&T welcomed 15 faculty members to campus. Their expertise ranges from aerothermodynamics and advanced manufacturing to sports marketing and quantum...
View ArticleSeeing stars
Jordan Stevens was one of only 36 women students at this year’s recent FUTURE of Physics 2022 Conference. Not one of 36 from Missouri S&T, but one of 36 total women student attendees from across...
View ArticleThe year in research – stories worth revisiting
From using artificial intelligence to help match kidney transplant donors with those in need to designing more helpful assistive robots for people with disabilities, Missouri S&T researchers are...
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