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Claudio Chamon will join the Purdue University College of Science beginning fall 2025. Photo by Frank Curran. Quantum science is the next frontier in scientific achievement and Purdue University is ...

A survey of Scientific American’s century of quantum coverage helps explain the enduring popularity of strange physics ...

Graphene is stronger than steel and a better conductor that copper, making the two-dimensional material of particular ...

College professors these days face an ever-higher bar to grab the attention of their students, forced to compete with the stimuli of smartphones and laptops in large lecture halls. But when your ...

Matthew King loves it when the wheels start turning for a kid – both the metaphoric mental wheels and the very literal one ...

Prepare to pursue graduate studies or launch successful careers in national laboratories, research and industry. The Master of Science in Physics program at UMass Lowell provides a strong foundation ...

Ask physicist Sekazi Mtingwa how he ended up where he is today, and he’ll start with his grandmother’s deeply religious home. Growing up there in Atlanta, young Mtingwa somehow got the idea that he ...

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Three new majors were announced the first week of September in an open house on BYU campus. The new majors include data ...