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(Sept. 4, 2024)

The Building Blocks of Future Smart Materials

Understanding the physics behind cell interiors is an important step in the quest for new biotechnologies.

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(Aug. 28, 2024)

Leading Thinkers Join A&S Faculty in Fall 2024

Meet the new professors teaching in the College of Arts and Sciences.

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(Aug. 16, 2024)

Creating STEM Career Pathways for Local High Schoolers

Thanks to a new National Science Foundation grant, Syracuse University’s physics department doubles the number of Syracuse-area high school participants in their paid summer internship program.

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(Aug. 15, 2024)

Right on Schedule: Physicists Use Modeling to Forecast a Black Hole's Feeding Patterns with Precision

The dramatic dimming of a light source ~ 860 million light-years away from Earth confirms the accuracy of a detailed model developed by a team of astrophysicists, including Syracuse University Professor Eric Coughlin.

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(July 11, 2024)

Physics Professor Craig Cahillane Wins 2024 ARPA-E IGNIITE Award

The prize, given to early-career innovators seeking to convert ideas into new technologies in energy applications, will support his research to improve the efficiency of fusion reactors.

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(June 3, 2024)

A&S Physicist Awarded NASA Grant to Model One of the Cosmos’ Most Extreme Events

Physics professor Eric Coughlin received his second NASA grant as a faculty member at SU to develop accurate models to probe the inner workings of supermassive black holes.

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(May 22, 2024)

Scientists Spin Up a New Way to Unlock Black Hole Mysteries

Syracuse University astrophysicist co-authors a study in Nature that details how observations of a wobbling disk following a tidal disruption event can be used to estimate black hole spin.

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(May 7, 2024)

A&S Physicist Awarded NSF Research Grant for Two Projects That Will Increase Our Understanding of Gravitational Waves

Collin Capano ’05, ’11 Ph.D., research associate professor in the Department of Physics, will use the grant to test Einstein’s theory of relativity and create a computer network that could detect gravitational waves faster and cheaper.