News: Department of Physics and Astronomy
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Newly published research builds on team’s landmark 2020 discovery of a room-temperature superconductor by replicating results with even greater efficiency.
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Qiang Zhu receives NSF CAREER Award for his work to guide the development of organic materials important to energy and memory storage.
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UNLV astrophysicist Zhaohuan Zhu among featured speakers at international conference at M Resort May 1-6; more than a dozen UNLV faculty and students participating.
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Findings could have implications for our understanding of distant, water-rich planets.
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New study by international team of scientists identifies polarization as key trait that may reveal the origin of the powerful millisecond-long cosmic radio explosions.