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Two microscopic pictures of the movement of nanomachines.

The World's Smallest Robots: Rise of the Nanomachines

October 14, 2015

Dan Claes

Daniel Claes named American Physical Society Fellow

October 12, 2015

$Ultrafast electron diffraction image of CS2 molecule, similar to that of the molecule's ground state.$

Martin Centurion Explains Unprecedented Imaging Resolutions

October 5, 2015

The end of the lunar eclipse on Oct. 8, 2014, the second eclipse in the current tetrad of lunar eclipses.

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Behlen Observatory public night is Sept. 27

September 21, 2015

Jean Marcel Ngoko Djiokap (left) and Anthony Starace.

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Physicists discover spiral vortex patterns from electron waves

September 18, 2015

David Sellmyer

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UNL wins $3.5M NSF grant for nanoscience center

September 16, 2015

(From left) Haidong Lu, postdoctoral researcher; Alexei Gruverman, professor of physics and astronomy; Evgeny Tsymbal, professor of physics and astronomy; and Tula R. Paudel, research assistant professor. The scientists are affiliated with the Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience. Tsymbal is director of the NSF-supported Materials Research Science and Engineering Center at UNL.

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Physicists defy conventional wisdom to identify ferroelectric nanomaterial

September 15, 2015

Xiaoshan Xu, assistant professor of physics, has earned a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation. The award will further Xu's research into a nanomaterial that could make electronics smaller, faster and more energy efficient.

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NSF award boosts Xu's nanomaterials research

September 15, 2015

From left, doctoral students Joshua Beck and Jie Yang with Martin Centurion and Cornelis "Kees" Uiterwaal, associate professors of physics and astronomy.

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New study points way to 'filming' molecule-light interactions

September 8, 2015

Kathleen Johnson, a junior music major, finished third in a national audition organized by the National Association of Teachers of Singing. Six UNL students were semifinalists in the contest.

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Achievements | Honors, awards, publications for Aug. 28 to Sept. 3

September 4, 2015

Fellowship recipients and mentors pose in front of scientific instruments display case.

Physics Students Earn Over $20,000 in NASA Nebraska Space Grant Fellowships

August 28, 2015

Professor Claes explaining radiation.

Dan Claes weighs in on 'The Radioactive Origins of the Fantastic Four'

August 4, 2015