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Article ItemBlind physicist Aziza Baccouche to give motivational talk tomorrow , article
Physicist and accomplished science television producer Aziza Baccouche will give a motivational speech Thursday, March 17 at 7:30 p.m. in 1670 Litton-Reaves Hall.
Date: Mar 16, 2011 -
Article ItemDeputy director of Fermilab to speak on frontier physics, cosmology , article
Young-Kee Kim, deputy director of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) will explore the frontiers of particle physics and cosmology during a public lecture Tuesday, April 12 at 7:30 p.m. in Latham Ballroom at The Inn at Virginia Tech.
Date: Apr 05, 2011 -
Article ItemDepartment of Physics awarded grant to establish unique physics program , article
The Department of Physics in the College of Science and the School of Education in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences have received a grant to establish a program of study that is designed to attract students to high school physics teaching as a career.
Date: Aug 23, 2011 -
Article ItemIn memoriam: Ramaswamy (Raju) Raghavan, professor of physics in the College of Science , article
Physics professor and neutrino pioneer Ramaswamy (Raju) Raghavan passed away Thursday, October 20, 2011.
Date: Oct 25, 2011 -
Article ItemPhysicist Vito Scarola named DARPA Young Faculty Award winner , article
Vito Scarola, assistant professor of physics, was recently named a Young Faculty Award winner by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
Date: Oct 26, 2011 -
Article ItemNobel laureate to speak on the mysteries of the flow of time , article
Nobel prize winner Sir Anthony Leggett will present on quantum physics and the flow of time.
Date: Feb 16, 2012 -
Article ItemA big discovery in the study of neutrinos, tiny particles that have a big role in the universe , article
Virginia Tech physicists are part of an international team of scientists who have discovered an important missing piece of information in the study of neutrinos, a tiny particle that is a building block of all things, from galaxies to tea cups.
Date: Mar 08, 2012 -
Article ItemAstrophysicist Evalyn Gates to present public lecture on dark matter and dark energy , article
A renowned astrophysicist will present her research on the mysteries of dark matter and energy.
Date: Mar 13, 2012 -
Article ItemParticle Scientist Leo Piilonen takes helm of Virginia Tech Department of Physics , article
Leo Piilonen, a Virginia Tech faculty member since 1987, has been named Department of Physics chair.
Date: Jul 02, 2012 -
Article ItemDepartment of Energy's Office of Science director to discuss science for sustainable energy at first-ever visit to Virginia Tech , article
William F. Brinkman, one of America's leading physicists and director of Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science, — will talk about challenges related to energy use and global warming during his first-ever visit to Virginia Tech on Wednesday, Oct. 17.
Date: Oct 15, 2012 -
Article ItemLargest recorded quasar outflow could be key to answering galaxy-sized questions , article
Virginia Tech researchers have discovered a quasar that may hold answers to modern cosmology questions.
Date: Nov 29, 2012 -
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Article ItemPolymer coating could be breakthrough in diagnostic technology , article Date: Mar 05, 2013
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Article ItemTop scientific breakthrough opens door to understanding universe , article Date: Mar 11, 2013
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Article ItemDiane Walker-Green receives 2013 President's Award for Excellence , article
Diane Walker-Green, undergraduate program coordinator for the Department of Physics in the College of Science at Virginia Tech, has received the university's 2013 President's Award for Excellence.
Date: Apr 26, 2013 -
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Article ItemGovernor's Award nominee Diane Walker-Green recognized for being a support structure in the physics department , article
Diane Walker-Green was nominated for the 2013 Governor's Star Award. She is known to all as the undergraduate mom for making the physics department not just a part of the college, but a home.
Date: Aug 19, 2013 -
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Article ItemPhysics team finds particle, updates accelerator , article
Virginia Tech physicists find four-quark particle and work to upgrade the Belle Experiment accelerator to provide more data.
Date: Sep 23, 2013 -
Article ItemCollege of Science enshrines first class to Hall of Distinction , article
College of Science selects 12 alumni for first class of Hall of Distinction
Date: Nov 26, 2013 -
Article ItemThree physicists elected American Physical Society Fellows , article Date: Jan 22, 2014
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Article ItemCamillo Mariani earns National Science Foundation CAREER Award , article Date: Jan 28, 2014
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Article ItemPhysics model helps biologist explain histone memory , article Date: Feb 10, 2014
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Article ItemDavid Mackanic wins Goldwater Scholarship; Mark Brown receives honorable mention , article
David Mackanic, a junior double majoring in engineering and chemistry and University Honors student, won a 2014-15 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. Mark Brown, a junior double majoring in physics and math and University Honors student, earned an honorable mention.
Date: Apr 15, 2014 -
Article ItemQueuing theory helps physicist understand protein recycling , article Date: Apr 21, 2014
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Article ItemAstronomers pierce galactic clouds to shed light on black hole development , article
An international team spent more than a year training their instruments on the brightest and most studied of the “local” black holes — the one situated at the core of Type I Seyfert Galaxy NGC 5548. What they discovered surprised them.
Date: Jun 20, 2014 -
Article ItemNew detector continues search for fourth neutrino , article Date: Jul 03, 2014
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Article ItemAntineutrino detectors could aid non-proliferation , article Date: Aug 12, 2014
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Article ItemShengfeng Cheng uses high-performance computing to design new materials , article
Shengfeng Cheng, an assistant professor in the Department of Physics, has developed a high-performance computing system to design molecules at the atomistic scale and create new materials with highly sought after properties.
Date: Sep 30, 2014 -
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Article ItemAmerican Physical Society honors College of Science’s Michel Pleimling with Fellowship , article
The American Physical Society has elected Michel Pleimling, a professor with the Department of Physics, as a Fellow.
Date: Oct 19, 2015 -
Article ItemCollege of Science welcomes new faculty to departments, Academy of Integrated Sciences, and School of Neuroscience , article
Roundup of new faculty members who have joined the College of Science
Date: Nov 13, 2015 -
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