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Husker physicists part of international team awarded Breakthrough Prize

Nebraska physicists (from left) Ken Bloom, Dan Claes and Ilya Kravchenko

Husker physicists part of international team awarded Breakthrough Prize

Martin Centurion in his lab

Husker physicist part of team that captures groundbreaking ‘molecular movie’

New material design for transistors could downsize next-gen tech

Nanoscience/Physics/

Caleb Fangmeier in lab

Husker’s career shaped by the Large Hadron Collider

Physics/Physics and Astronomy/Student Research/

nanoscale rendering of graphene and chromium oxide

New transistor could cut 5% from world’s digital energy budget

Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience/Physics/

Evgeny Tsymbal with atomic structure

New data-decoding approach could lead to faster, smaller digital tech

researcher working in Extreme Light Laboratory

The light fantastic: Findings could inform interpretation of Big Bang remnants

Extreme Light Laboratory/Physics/

Ken Bloom with image from Large Hadron Collider

Bloom talks stewardship of $51M grant, future of particle physics

Holland Computing Center/Physics/

Ilya Kravchenko, Dan Claes, Frank Golf and Ken Bloom with image of Large Hadron Collider

Husker team takes leading role at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider

Holland Computing Center/Physics/

John Woollam and David Sellmyer

Longtime physics professor honored with endowed chair

Honors/Physics/

rendering of opposing magnetic poles in an antiferromagnet

Magnetic breakthrough could lower power use, up speed of digital memory

Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience/Nebraska Nanoscale Facility/Physics/

Extreme Light Laboratory research advancing despite pandemic

Extreme Light Laboratory/Physics/

Nebraska part of $18M national laser network grant

Extreme Light Laboratory/Physics/

Tipping point: After 20 years, Gay solves conundrum of football physics

Physicist proposes way to record shutter speeds of molecule-glimpsing ‘cameras’

Extreme Light Laboratory/Physics/

Study details final breakthroughs of late Nebraska physicist

Images of molecular reactions are focus of Centurion’s $2M grant

Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience/Physics/

Talk to examine roots of Nebraska physics, link to Einstein

History/Nebraska Lectures/Physics/

Bell, Dawes, Scalora, Tsymbal earn top NU honors

Agriculture/English/Physics/Psychology/Public Policy/

Nebraska is founding member of laser-science network

Smallest-ever magnetic vortexes mark step toward new digital memory

Materials Science/Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience/Physics/

Summer Research Program paves students’ way to Nebraska

Physics/Research Events/Sociology/Student Research/

Physicists observe long-sought nanoscale phenomenon

Engineering/Materials Science/Physics/

Wristen co-authors guide to aid small-handed pianists

Education/Fine and Performing Arts/Humanities/Physics/

Study confirms cosmic rays have extragalactic origins

Education/International Engagement/Physics/

Nebraska-led website shows wonders of ‘Funsize Physics’

Education/Materials Science/Physics/

Husker physicist points way to controlling elasticity with magnetism

Materials Science/Mathematics/Physics/

1 billion suns: World’s brightest laser sparks new behavior in light

Laser Research/Physics/

Electric avenue: New approach could transform semiconductor tech

Engineering/Materials Science/Physics/

Heart of the matter: Physicists record movement of atomic nuclei

Laser Research/Physics/

Hong earns Early Career Award

Honors/Nanoscience/Physics/

Study shines new light on electrons

Extreme Light Laboratory/Laser Research/Physics/

Physicists use electrons to record more ‘frames’ of atomic motion

Chemistry/Physics/Physics and Astronomy/

Physicists get surprising results from electron-molecule collisions

Team finds unexpected magnetism in nanoscale compound

Nanomaterials/Nanoscience/Physics/

Cover illustration features Fuchs’ research

Physicists discover spiral vortex patterns from electron waves

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