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Polariton Condensates
Prof. David Snoke argues that a carefully engineered coupling between matter and light could pave the way to a room temperature Bose-Einstein condensate. read more
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Colliding Galaxies
Pitt astrophysicists say that the Milky Way's spiral arms could have arisen from a collision with the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy. Read More
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Nanoelectronic Devices on Demand
Prof. Jeremy Levy has demonstrated the use of atomic force microscopy to create nanoelectronic devices. learn more
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Early Universe Survey
New Hubble Survey: A team including Prof. Jeffrey Newman will survey the first third of cosmic time. read more
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Higgs Particle Discovered
CMS and ATLAS teams at CERN have announced the discovery of the Higgs boson. learn more

Congratulations 2013 Physics and Astronomy Graduates!

[posted: April 29th, 2013]

Physics and Astronomy Alumnus Named 2013 Commencement Speaker

[posted: April 19th, 2013]
Patrick Gallagher, Physics and Astronomy alumnus and current director of NIST, has been named the 2013 Pitt Commencement Speaker. More Info

PhD Defense

[posted: April 16th, 2013]

Mr. Xiaopeng Li

Research Advisor: Dr. W. Vincent Liu

"Theory of ultra-cold matter"

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Room 103 OEH at 4:00 pm

PhD Defense

[posted: April 16th, 2013]

Mr. Weiyi Zhang

Research co-advisors: Dr. Xiao-lun Wu (Physics) & Dr. Carlos Camacho (Comp.Biol.)

"Screening and Interactions between Protein and Disordered Peptides by a Novel Computational Method"

Wednesday, April 24, 2013 Room 103 OEH at 10:00 am

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