Tag: Department of Physics and Astronomy
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UGA’s first African-American female physics doctoral graduate urges girls to pursue sciences
Whitney Ingram’s interest in science started as a girl. This month, she becomes the first…
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Franklin College researchers reveal that magnetic ‘rust’ performs as gold at nanoscale
Researchers from UGA are giving new meaning to the phrase “turning rust into gold” and…
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Researchers reveal that magnetic ‘rust’ performs as gold at the nanoscale
Researchers from the University of Georgia are giving new meaning to the phrase “turning rust…
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UGA researchers use single molecule of DNA to create world’s smallest diode
Researchers at the University of Georgia and at Ben-Gurion University in Israel have demonstrated for…
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Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist to lecture at UGA
John C. Mather, senior astrophysicist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, and…
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Astronomers discover ‘young Jupiter’ exoplanet
A team of astronomers that includes University of Georgia professor Inseok Song has discovered a…
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UGA observatory open house Oct. 17 to feature Mars, Ring Nebula
The University of Georgia department of physics and astronomy in the Franklin College of Arts…
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Magnetically controlled nanoparticles enhance stroke treatment
Researchers at the University of Georgia and their collaborators have developed a new technique to…
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NSF grant will support scholarships in engineering and physics at UGA
The University of Georgia recently received a $638,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to…
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UGA researchers develop scalable methods for manufacturing metamaterials
Metamaterials, or materials that have had their matter rearranged so they interact with light in…
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Professors take innovative approach to tough subject
The SCALE-UP teaching method brings a small-class feeling to larger-sized classrooms.
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‘UP’ping their game
Two physics professors have taken Isaac Newton’s first law of motion—an object at rest will…
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New Zealander to demonstrate art, science of fire walking at UGA
To some, fire walking is an act of faith, belief or mind-over-matter, but for condensed…
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Planets in Kepler-37 star system designated ‘UGA-1785’ by NASA
The nation’s first state-chartered university recently became the world’s first to have a star system…
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Out of the blue
Light emitting diodes, more commonly called LEDs, are known for their energy efficiency and durability,…
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Research lights the way for future of LEDs
UGA team makes breakthrough that could dramatically boost indoor use of LED lights.
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UGA researchers invent new material for warm-white LEDs
Light emitting diodes, more commonly called LEDs, are known for their energy efficiency and durability,…
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UGA to host series of public lectures on the science of origins
The University of Georgia will host a series of public lectures focused on scientific findings…
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UGA observatory open house Dec. 7 to feature Jupiter, Orion nebula
The University of Georgia department of physics and astronomy in the Franklin College of Arts…
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UGA observatory open house Nov. 9 to feature Jupiter, ‘Seven Sisters’
The University of Georgia department of physics and astronomy in the Franklin College of Arts…
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UGA observatory open house Oct. 19 to feature Perseus, Uranus, Jupiter
The University of Georgia department of physics and astronomy in the Franklin College of Arts…
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Physicist, adventurer Francis Slakey to speak at UGA on Oct. 11
Georgetown University physicist Francis Slakey will describe the decade-long journey that led him to become…
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UGA observatory open house Sept. 7 to feature Uranus, Neptune and Andromeda Galaxy
The University of Georgia department of physics and astronomy in the Franklin College of Arts…
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UGA researchers develop new method to detect, analyze DNA and RNA
University of Georgia researchers have employed specially designed nanomaterials to develop a new, label-free DNA…
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