Professors Marzia Rosati and Cameron Dean have been awarded a grant to study foundation models for nuclear and particle physics experiments as part of the Department of Energy’s Genesis Mission Phase I in collaboration with the Massachusetts Insti
Understanding how cells sense and respond to mechanical stress while dividing. Investigating the material inefficiencies that significantly reduce the performance of quantum computing systems.
After a hiatus of 39 years, ISU is re-instituting its chapter of the Society of Physics Students (SPS) which includes its associated honor society Sigma Pi Sigma (ΣΠΣ).
Congratulations to Professors Chunhui Chen, Jim Cochran, and Soeren Prell on receiving a new five-year U.S. Department of Energy grant totaling $3.035 million.
The Professional and Scientific Research Award recognizes a professional and scientific staff member who has been employed at Iowa State University for at least three years and has demonstrated notable independent research accomplishments and mean
We are proud to announce that Pieter Maris has been elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) “for pioneering work in fundamental theory spanning hadronic physics, as described by quantum chromod
Congratulations to Distinguished Professor Steve Kawaler, who has been awarded a National Science Foundation Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Grant for his group's project, "Convection, Oscillations, Outbursts, and Limit Cycle Behavior of t
Alex Travesset, Professor specializing in soft condensed matter, nanoscience, and all things nanoparticles had the honor of being selected to give the 2025 Rosemary Schnell Distinguished Lecture in Nanotechnology on May 21 at Northwestern Internat
We are thrilled to announce that Professor Emeritus David Johnston has successfully authored a new textbook titled Introductory Solid State Physics: An Emphasis on Magnetism.
Congratulations to Prof. Charles Kerton, Associate Professor of Astronomy, for receiving the Cassling Family Faculty Award for the 2024-25 academic year.
Congratulations to Adam Kaminski who has been named the Harmon-Ye Professor in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Named faculty positions are among the highest recognitions for scholarly excellence at U.S.
Jake Simon has won a NASA Emerging Worlds grant (~$563,000 over 3 years) to study the formation of the distant, icy bodies beyond the orbit of Pluto (the Kuiper Belt).
