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2020 News

Researchers map electrons to move one step closer to better quantum computers

12/1/2020

New Purdue master’s degree in graduate studies provides framework for interdisciplinary majors

11/30/2020

Do you know where your cancer drugs come from?

11/30/2020

Dr. Laura Pyrak-Nolte named AAAS 2020 Fellow

11/25/2020

Dr. Laura Pyrak-Nolte elected 2020 AGU Fellow

11/18/2020

Yulia Pushkar has been appointed Showalter University Faculty Scholar

11/18/2020

Professor Michael J. Manfra named Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy

11/13/2020

Study reveals 60% cancer patients do not respond effectively to chemotherapy treatments

10/28/2020

Efficiently coupled microring circuit for on-chip cavity QED with trapped atoms

10/27/2020

Molecular Mechanisms of SARS Coronavirus Binding to hACE2

10/27/2020

Technology shines the light on ovarian cancer treatments

10/22/2020

K-12 teachers: teaching climate change

10/21/2020

Chattering dust allows scientists to see how fluids flow through rock

10/19/2020

Herbert Newby McCoy Distinguished Lecture: Dr. Chris Greene

9/24/2020

Using engineering to strengthen human bones

9/24/2020

K-12 Outreach presents "Lazy Days"

9/23/2020

For the answers to the universal questions, Dan Milisavljevic looks to the sky

9/10/2020

New evidence that the quantum world is even stranger than we thought

9/7/2020

Purdue to participate in national quantum science research push

9/1/2020

NASA Missions Explore a ‘TIE Fighter’ Active Galaxy

8/26/2020

Dr. Jukka Vayrynen joins the faculty of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Purdue University

8/14/2020

Dr. Chris Greene is awarded the 2020 Herbert Newby McCoy Award

8/14/2020

Dr. Mia Liu joins the faculty of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Purdue University

8/13/2020

CMS sees evidence for the Higgs boson decaying into muons. Purdue physicists contributed to the discovery.

8/4/2020

Purdue graduate rolls dice on an unexpected career move

7/31/2020

COVID-19, Spring 2020: How a newly discovered virus changed the entire teaching process within two weeks

7/29/2020

Welcome anyons! Physicists find best evidence yet for long-sought 2D structures

7/10/2020

Physicists have ‘braided’ strange quasiparticles called anyons

7/9/2020

Can a billion-sensor array detect dark matter through its gravity?

7/6/2020

Physics grad student Abigail Kopec awarded fellowship from the Indiana Space Grant Consortium

6/23/2020

Is teleportation possible? Yes, in the quantum world

6/22/2020

Raphael Lang's work with XENON1T featured on CNET

6/19/2020

Dark matter hunters’ inconclusive signal grabs headlines

6/19/2020

Puzzling 'excess events' may be pointing to dark matter, scientists say

6/17/2020

Students of Physics award outstanding faculty

5/12/2020

Physics and Astronomy student receives Fulbright grant

5/12/2020

2019 - 2020 Student Awards

5/12/2020

Laura Pyrak-Nolte selected to receive award from the Society of Exploration Geophysicists

5/12/2020

CERN: Scientists ‘at the bleeding edge’ with upgrade to CMS detector

5/6/2020

Purdue quantum research receives Department of Defense funding

5/5/2020

Enhancing the muon in compact muon solenoid

5/4/2020

Purdue researcher used 3D printers to develop a new way of understanding structural fractures

4/22/2020

Faculty promotions at Purdue approved by board

4/10/2020

Purdue Physics student earns Goldwater Scholarship.

4/9/2020

Purdue researchers 3D-print minerals in order to better predict fracture formation

4/9/2020

Prof. Manfra named Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy

2/7/2020

Li research group creates world's fastest spinning object

1/17/2020
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