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20 news releases are tagged with the topic physics
November 2014
Physics leader
The Texas Section of the American Physical Society honored Suresh Sharma for his contributions to the organization's success.
October 2014
Local inventors
Dozens of UT Arlington patent holders converge on National Academy of Inventors symposium.
Exploring a physics oddity
UT Arlington Ph.D. student Sarah Hernandez is working to understand the behavior of plutonium with support from Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Going with the flow
A new paper from UT Arlington's Biophysics and Physiology Lab explores how fluid flow affects neurons connecting as they do in the body.
September 2014
Detecting dangers
A UT Arlington research team has developed a new radiation detection method that could lead to advances in medical safety and homeland security.
School of rock
The National Science Foundation has chosen UT Arlington geophysicist W. Ashley Griffith for its Faculty Early Career Development Program.
August 2014
Beyond the solar system
A UT Arlington physics team say they've made a breakthrough in the difficult task of finding moons outside our solar system.
May 2014
Funding boost for particle physics
The University of Texas at Arlington's Center of Excellence in High Energy Physics was awarded a three-year, $2.5 million grant from the Department of Energy, which represents a 25 percent increase over their previous base funding.
Academy member appointed
National Academy of Sciences member David Nygren will join UT Arlington's Physics Department this fall. He is widely known for inventing the “Time Projection Chamber” and current work investigating neutrinos.
March 2014
Bright futures
UT Arlington undergraduate Jessica Dawn Stevens was among less than 300 U.S. students awarded the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship.
Searching the universe
A team of UT Arlington physicists says scientists searching for habitable planets shouldn't overlook F-type stars.
February 2014
Measuring space weather
Yue Deng's work will help predict what effect space weather has on power distribution systems and near-earth satellites.
December 2013
Peers honor physicist
J. Ping Liu, a UT Arlington physicist recently awarded federal funding for his work with magnets, has been named a fellow of the American Physical Society.
November 2013
NIH funds may fuel new treatment
A UTA physicist is exploring ways to use light to control and monitor neural activity. His work could help those with sight deterioration.
May 2013
Physicist's tool has potential for brain mapping
The new tool could help scientists map and track the interactions between neurons inside different areas of the brain.
April 2013
Kepler's supernova came from young, metal-rich star
The research was published by The Astrophysical Journal Letters and co-authored by a UT Arlington assistant professor.
March 2013
Physicist gains NASA funding for space weather research
More than $400,000 has been awarded to develop a 3D look at how electrodynamic energy from solar winds enters and moves throughout the Earth's upper atmosphere.
January 2013
Center to focus on homeland security enhancement
A new center at The University of Texas at Arlington will focus on using nanotechnology to strengthen and enhance U.S. security through collaborative research across disciplines.
New observations help astrophysicist understand Sun's dynamics
UT Arlington physics professor Zdzislaw E. Musielak has been awarded a three-year, $301,339 National Science Foundation grant to investigate Alfvén waves in the Sun, a phenomenon vital to understanding Earth’s nearest star.
Researchers try new approach for simulating supernovas
Two University of Texas at Arlington researchers want to bridge the gap between what is known about exploding stars and the remnants left behind thousands of years later. So they’re trying something new – using SNSPH, a complex computer code developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
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