News
MSU nuclear theorists Witold Nazarewicz and Bastian Schuetrumpf join Massey University physicists in calculating the distributions of sub-atomic particles in oganesson (element 118), finding them highly unusual.
February 13, 2018
2018 William J. Beal Outstanding Faculty Award made to Alexandra Gade
Professor Alexandra Gade receives one of ten 2018 William J. Beal Outstanding Faculty Awards.
Adjunct P-A Professor Piotr Piecuch (and University Distinguished Professor in the Chemistry Department) and his research group have proposed a novel computational approach to solving the complex many-particle Schrödinger equation.
The article “Atomic age began 75 years ago with the first controlled nuclear chain reaction”, by Artemis Spyrou and Wolfgang Mittig, was published in The Conversation web journal.
January 2, 2018
MSU Physics & Astronomy loses long-time faculty member
Professor Emeritus Tom Kaplan passed away at the age of 91 on December 30th, 2017.
January 2, 2018
Huey-Wen Lin receives prestigious awards
Huey-Wen Lin has received NSF Early CAREER and DOE Leadership Computing Challenge awards.
January 2, 2018
Brian O'Shea research-related video wins scientific visualization award
Scientific video based on and narrated by Brian O'Shea wins award at SC17 Conference.
Professor Chris Adami is working on new "artificial brain" technology for use in small spacecraft used for proposed NASA missions.
December 11, 2017
Vashti Sawtelle's BLiSS course highlighted
Assistant Professor Vashti Sawtelle's Briggs Life Science Studio (BLiSS) physics course is featured in a Dec. 5th, 2017 MSU Today article.
November 30, 2017
Danny Caballero receives President's Distinguished Teaching Award
On Wednesday, 29 November 2017, MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon presented the President's Distinguished Teaching Award to Asst. Professor Danny Caballero.