Physics and Astronomy News Archive
How do sunlike stars explode?
November 14, 2017 —
U of M astrophysicist part of international team announcing discovery of cosmic ‘recipe’ for nearby universe
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CINS: Neutrons aid the development of cancer-killing nanoparticles
November 6, 2017 —
Physicist, Dr. Johan van Lierop, is part of an international research team developing a cancer treatment method that uses magnetic nanoparticles to kill tumours with heat.
Phys.Org: Scientists find a new way to transform ambient heat into motion in nanoscale devices
October 26, 2017 —
We suspected from the beginning that the boundaries would strongly affect the magnetic ordering and the dynamics."
Alumnus contributes to major discovery in physics that won Nobel Prize
October 4, 2017 —
Michael Landry, PhD in Physics from the UofM, is Detection Lead Scientist at LIGO's Hanford facility
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Nothing But Blue Sky: How Research for Its’ Own Sake Can Change the World
September 6, 2017 —
Barrie Reece, CPhys, FinstP, was a post graduate student in the 60s who invented a superconducting solenoid/magnet, that unbeknownst to him, would later become the basis of the design for the first MRI machines.
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Women in Science
September 5, 2017 —
The Faculty of Science Homecoming event on September 12 will showcase breakthroughs in Science, but gender inequality for Women in STEM still exists.
‘Don’t look or you’ll go blind!’: The total solar eclipse of 1979
August 10, 2017 —
'Everyone was completely in awe of the spectacle'
Destination in the stars
August 8, 2017 —
Judy Anderson is going to space. She is absolutely certain of it.
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Going with her gut: Dr. Emma Allen-Vercoe explains why microbes aren’t the enemy
July 14, 2017 —
Normal human gut microbiota are currently one of the least understood parts of the human body, having been previously virtually ignored by the research community.
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Video: New research provides a detailed method for “An all-on-chip method for rapid neutrophil chemotaxis analysis directly from a drop of blood”
June 29, 2017 —
A new research video produced by JoVE explains the work of the U of M’s Immunotrafficking Lab, led by Francis Lin of the University’s Department of Physics and Astronomy.