Summer insights from LAS undergraduate researchers
From tracking superflares to studying NBA activism, LAS Dean’s Undergraduate Research Award recipients share how they spent their summer.
Tag: Physics
Astronomers model, determine how disk galaxies evolve so smoothly
Researchers develop better computer simulations to explain stellar scattering.
Using light waves to accelerate supercurrents to access properties of the quantum world
Physicist Jigang Wang’s research will benefit electronics with high speeds and low energy consumption.
Paul Canfield elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Canfield designs and discovers new materials and properties in the Department of Physics and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory.
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Fei receives NSF CAREER award
Zhe Fei, assistant professor of physics, received an NSF CAREER grant for a proposal titled “Exploring chiral edge plasmons in novel two-dimensional materials.” The estimated total award amount is $588,818. Abstract at Time of Award Nontechnical Description: The capability of controlling the flow of light in the nanoscale is extremely important for realizing functioning optical … Continue reading Fei receives NSF CAREER award
Quantum materials measurement gets a boost
Paul Canfield, Ames Lab physicist, Distinguished Professor and the Robert Allen Wright Professor of Physics and Astronomy, is conducting innovative research with collaborators in the field.
Kawaler helps lead international team analyzing data from NASA mission
LAS astronomers and an international team detail an interesting case of planetary evolution and demonstrate how star studies can be an important part of the search for planets beyond our solar system.
Physicists use light flashes to discover, control new quantum states of matter
New tools and techniques could access new states of matter hidden within superconducting and other complex materials.
Supercurrent acceleration discovery could boost ultrafast computing
Terahertz light — light at trillions of cycles per second — can act as a control knob to accelerate supercurrents.