Physics

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. Read More

July 1, 2019

Discovery of a new planet

LAS professor Steve Kawaler and undergraduate student Miles Lucas contributed to the discovery of a Saturn-sized planet. Read More

March 28, 2019

Iowa State physicists contribute to hard-to-find observation of Higgs boson decay

Iowa State physicists contributed to the international collaboration that found a way to sift and sort data from the Large Hadron Collider to observe the Higgs boson decaying into a pair of bottom quarks. Read More

September 24, 2018

Scientists predict superelastic properties in a group of iron-based superconductors

Researchers predict a number of unique properties in a group of iron-based superconductors, including room-temperature super-elasticity. Read More

August 31, 2018

Faculty across LAS work with Science Bound students

Summer brings Science Bound students to campus for extra research and learning experiences in STEM fields. Read More

June 21, 2018

Physicists use terahertz flashes to uncover new state of matter hidden by superconductivity

Physicists use terahertz flashes to uncover new state of matter hidden by superconductivity. Read More

June 4, 2018

Iowa State students chosen to present at national undergraduate research conference

Twelve LAS students will present their research at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research, held April 4-7 at the University of Central Oklahoma. Read More

March 28, 2018

A new technique measures the smallest cellular forces yet

Xuefeng Wang developed a new technique to measure very small cellular forces which could lead to a new medical diagnostic tool. Read More

March 5, 2018