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An illustration of the magnetic vortex, known as a skyrmion, that could star in the next generation of digital memory. Each arrow indicates the direction of the magnetic axis in an individual atom.

Husker scientists fine-tuning skyrmions in bid to improve data storage, processing

July 21, 2020

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Obituary | Donald Taylor

June 2, 2020

Q&A: Getting to know the Science! with Friends podcast

May 12, 2020

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‘Strange effect’ raises possibility of smaller, smarter optical filters

April 29, 2020

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Dr. Dan Claes, professor and Chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy

Lecture to cover theories of time travel and comic book physics

March 4, 2020

The 2020 SciPop Talks series kicks off Feb. 12 with "Dr. Rachel Lloyd and the Avery Hall Chemistry Time Capsule," presented by Mark Griep, professor of chemistry at Nebraska.

2020 SciPop Talks series kicks off Feb. 12

January 30, 2020

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'Rise of the Machines' series continues with nanotech talk

January 27, 2020

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Jocelyn Bosley is among 150 AAAS IF/THEN Ambassadors. The inaugural cohort is tasked with serving as role models to inspire young women seeking careers in STEM fields.

AAAS honor expands Bosley's STEM-related mentoring

December 9, 2019

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Study details final breakthroughs of late Nebraska physicist

November 25, 2019

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Nebraska's Martin Centurion has earned a $2 million U.S. Department of Energy grant to capture moving images of single molecules in chemical transformations triggered by light.

Images of molecular reactions are focus of Centurion's $2M grant

October 21, 2019

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Christian Binek, professor of physics and astronomy, has been named interim director of the Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience.

Binek named interim center director for materials and nanoscience

October 11, 2019

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Obituary | Anthony Starace

September 17, 2019