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NCSU Physics Reaserch blog
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Ray Fornes wins Holladay Medal
Ray Fornes, Professor of Physics and Associate Dean for Research in the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, has won the 2008 Alexander Quarles Holladay Medal for Excellence... [More]

Former Physics Graduate Student's work featured as Physical Review "Editors' Suggestion" Paper
The dissertation work of former physics graduate student Eric Adles led to a paper published in Physical Review B entitled "Application of the anisotropic bond model to second-harmonic generation from amorphous media." The paper was selected to be included as an "Editors' Suggestion" paper... [More]

NC State Physics Senior awarded prestigious fellowship
Senior Kasey Phillips has been awarded a prestigious NSF Graduate Fellowship... [More]

NC State Nuclear Physics team gets cover story
In an experimental program in collaboration with colleagues at Harvard, Yale, and NIST, a team of NC State nuclear physicists have their work featured on the cover of "The Review of Scientific Instruments." The work highlights an invited article that describes their work on a specific kind of high-field superconducting magnetic traps... [More]

Graduate Student's work featured in "Physical Review Focus"
NC State Physics graduate student Josh Beun's research has been featured on the Physical Review website dedicated to highlighting recent important discoveries... [More]

Physics Department Professor Emerita passes away
Members of the physics department family were shocked to hear of the passing of recent retiree and Professor Emerita Marjorie Klenin on January 19th... [More]

NCSU Physics Faculty win INCITE Award
Four NC State Physicists were included in DOE's 2008 Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment (INCITE) Awards for access to some of the world’s most powerful supercomputers at DOE national laboratories... [More]

The 2008 Thomas Lecture to feature 1996 Chemistry Laureate Sir Harold Kroto
This year's L. H. Thomas Lecture will be held on February 26th, in the Dale E. Sayers Auditorium (Riddick 301) at 4:00pm, tea begins at 3:30 in the Riddick Hearth... [Abstract]

The Physics Department loses a Colleague.
Friends and colleagues of the physics department family were saddened to hear of the passing of Professor Emeritus David Martin on December 12th... [More]

Professor Robert Golub Named APS Fellow
Physics Professor Robert Golub has been elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society... [More]

Invited Talk: Stefan Baessler, University of Virginia
Abstract: "The study of gravitionally bound neutron states".
Location: Cox 400 conference room
When: December 14 from 3:30-5:00
Host: Professor Robert Golub

NCSU Physics Major named Marshall Scholar
Brian Clark '08, Physics major, Caldwell Fellow and University Scholar, has been named a Marshall Scholar... [More]

Second Annual Sayers Lecture a success!
Professor Arthur Bienenstock of Standford University delivered the second annual Dale E. Sayers Lecture on October 15th... [More]

Second Annual Sayers Lecture - 10/25/2007
The Second Annual Dale E. Sayers Lecture will take place October 25^th 2007 in Riddick Hall, room 301...
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SCOPE Academy and Riddick Dedication Draws Alumni and Friends
The College of Physical and Mathematical Science and the Physics Department hosted a weekend of activities that included the official opening of Riddick Hall... [More]

Official Riddick Opening Ceremonies Scheduled
Activities surrounding the official opening of Riddick Hall will take place on October 12th and 13th... [More]

Astrophysicists Receive Major Grant
Professors Stephen Reynolds, John Blondin, and Kazimierz Borkowski have have received a $600k grant from the National Science Foundation to investigate Type Ia supernovae... [More]

CHiPS Announces New NSF Grant
The NC State Center for High Performance Simulations - or CHiPS - has received a new 5-year NSF grant that will provide $1.7M for petascale quantum simulations in nano science and technology.... [More]

Professor David Haase quoted in Sports Illustrated cover story.
In The Big Hit, a cover story in Sports Illustrated, NC State Physics Professor David Haase is quoted in a discussion of the intensity of collisions players experience in playing American football... [More]

A Deeper Understanding of Fermions
In a pair of Physical Review Letters,* Professor Lubos Mitas and his group have provided insight into fundamental properties of fermions... [More]

NC State Scientist Discovers New Explanation for Pulsar's Spin
John Blondin, along with Anthony Mezzacappa at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, used the CRAY X1E supercomputer to develop a three-dimensional model of a pulsar's creation, and in the process... [More]

New Class of Supernovas
Steve Reynolds and Kazik Borkowski, who along with a team from NASA, Rutgers, and Naval Research Labs discovered a new class of supernova... [More]