The study, “Asymmetry underlies stability in power grids,” was published in the journal Nature Communications on March 5, 2021. This study, supported by Northwestern University’s Finite Earth Initiative, reveals that there are some benefits to diversity in …
Professor Wen-fai Fong of the Department of Physics and Astronomy has been awarded an Early CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation.
The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation’s …
The study “Mu-Tau Neutrinos: Influencing Fast Flavor Conversions in SupernovaeNorthwestern” conducted by a team of Northwestern researchers was published in the journal Physical Review Letters.
Senior author Manibrata Sen, discusses the study in the story, “Three flavors are better than …
André de Gouvêa, Professor of Physics, has been elected a 2021 fellow for the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS). Professor de Gouvêa was elected for his contributions to the understanding of the physics of …
Timothy Kovachy, professor of physics and astronomy in Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, has received a 2020 Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering, along with 19 other of the nation’s most innovative scientists and engineers.
This fellowship includes …
Mayda Velasco, (PhD, Northwestern University, 1995), professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy and Director of the international COFI Institute, has been elected to serve on the Governing Board of the University of Puerto Rico by the …
Brian Odom, professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, has been elected a 2020 Fellow of the American Physical Society for his research on novel optical control and cooing of quantum states of trapped molecular ions that …
Dr. Adilson Motter, Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, has been elected a 2020 Fellow of the Network Science Society.
The Network Science Society acts as a truly interdisciplinary …
Seventeen Northwestern faculty members including faculty from the department of physics and astronomy in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences will be part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Superconducting Quantum Materials and Systems Center (SQMS) . This center, …
A Northwestern University-led team researching calcium-rich supernovas have created history. For the first time, researchers were able to examine a calcium-rich supernova with X-ray imaging. This provided a glimpse into the star during the last month of its life and …