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Grand Slam winners (left to right) Priscilla Cushman – DPF Chair Guanying Zhu Vetri Velan Bei Zhou Young-Kee Kim – DPF Chair-elect

Bei Zhou and Guanying Zhu of Ohio State University Win Awards

Bei Zhou and Guanying Zhu of Ohio State University participated in the DPF Grand Slam at the APS meeting in Denver in April and were two of the three winners.    More Info: DPF Newsletter
Gamma radiation from the sun was thought to come from cosmic rays interacting with the sun’s magnetic field and then colliding with gas molecules near its surface. But this long-standing theory doesn’t account for the observed strength and other features

The Sun Is Stranger Than Astrophysicists Imagined

The sun radiates far more high-frequency light than expected, raising questions about unknown features of the sun’s magnetic field and the possibility of even more exotic physics.   Read More-…
Dr. Michael Stamatikos Next to TEDx Sign

TEDx: Confronting the STEM Syndrome

Michael Stamatikos speaks about the importance of science to society, the STEM Syndrome which plagues our nation and how places like the Scidome can be a solution to this epidemic. Dr. Michael…

DESI first light image of Messier 51

Dark Energy Instrument's Lenses See the Night Sky for the First Time

On April 1, the dome of the Mayall Telescope near Tucson, Arizona, opened to the night sky, and starlight poured through the assembly of six large lenses that were carefully packaged and aligned for…
The Dragonfly Telescope

A Victory for Dark Matter in a Galaxy Without Any

(Originally posted to http://quantamagazine.org)

Paradoxically, a small galaxy that seems to contain none of the invisible stuff known as “dark matter” may help prove that it exists.…

Electrons and their antimatter counterparts, positrons, interact around a neutron star in this visualization. Why is there so much more matter than antimatter in the universe we can see? (Image: © NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center)

The Universe's Dark Secret: Where Did All the Antimatter Go?

The universe ought to be swimming with antimatter, and scientists aren't quite sure where it all went. Paul Sutter, community outreach coordinator at the Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle…

(Photo: Sara C. Tobias, Sara C. Tobias/The Advocate)

Aces of Trades – Michael Stamatikos works with NASA in Newark

NEWARK – Michael Stamatikos loves science. And that may be a bit of an understatement. He teaches, for instance, physics and astronomy at OSU’s Newark campus.   “Mike is passionate,” assessed…
Newark Visit

President Drake visits SciDome, Newark campus

Inside a darkened theater in Newark, Ohio, is a chance to tour some of the most distant stars in the galaxy and inside the smallest parts of the human anatomy.

Ohio State University…

Steven Prohira

Dr. Steven Prohira named OSU President's Postdoctoral Scholar

The Ohio State University recently named 10 young researchers as the 2019 cohort of President's Postdoctoral Scholars.  Physics is fortunate to have Steven Prohira among their number.

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