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8.27.21

Neurons in visual cortex of the brain ‘drift’ over time

8.16.21

Physicist Mukherji awarded $1.97 million to study cellular design

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7.16.21

2021 Newsletter

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7.9.21

NSF grant awarded to Li Yang to study two-dimensional quantum materials

Carina nebula where newborn stars are irradiated by intense ultraviolet light
7.7.21

Sculpted by starlight: A meteorite witness to the solar system’s birth

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6.28.21

Chong Zu joins the Department of Physics

6.25.21

Rauch’s cosmic ray research probes origins of matter in the Milky Way

Installation at Johnson Space Center. From left – Ryan Zeigler, Apollo Sample Curator, NASA (PhD Washington University, 2005); Juliane Gross, Deputy Curator of Apollo samples; Olga Pravdivtseva, WashU Physics.
6.25.21

Analysis of pristine samples of the Moon

James Buckley working in the lab
6.21.21

Buckley awarded $4.9 million to develop gamma ray astronomy mission

6.1.21

Israel retiring

5.27.21

Piarulli receives early-career research award

Students in caps and gowns walking through archway
5.24.21

Department of Physics 2021 awards & honors

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