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Nitrogen-9
10.27.23

Strong evidence found for new light isotope of nitrogen

10.20.23

Asteroid analyses by WashU researchers featured on journal cover
10.20.23

Graduate students recognized for research excellence
Mikhail Tikhonov
10.13.23

When predicting the function of microbial communities, simpler may be better

10.12.23

Exploring stellar hydrogen burning via muons and nuclei
Conceptual art connects the atomic underpinnings of the neutron-rich calcium-48 nucleus with the Crab Nebula, which has a neutron star at its heart. Zeros and ones depict the computational power needed to explore objects that differ in size by 18 orders o
10.4.23

Postdoctoral Quantum Monte Carlo Group Fellowship Opening

10.3.23

2023 Walker Distinguished Lectures will discuss bringing Mars samples back to Earth
NASA’s Galileo spacecraft caught Jupiter’s moon Io, the planet’s third-largest moon, undergoing a volcanic eruption. NASA/JPL/DLR
10.2.23

Io is a Volcanic hellscape of fire and ice: Let's go explore it

10.2.23

Entanglement research by WashU scientists makes cover of top physics journal
Student looking through a telescope in the Tyson Observatory
9.29.23

Tyson observatory is WashU’s dark sky site

9.27.23

From Missouri to Mars: WashU alum engineers career in space research
9.27.23

Flawed diamonds: Physicists gain quantum insights from imperfect crystals

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