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11.15.23

Teraelectronvolt Astrophysics of Relativistic Jets
Nitrogen-9
10.27.23

Strong evidence found for new light isotope of nitrogen

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
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

Student looking through a telescope in the Tyson Observatory
9.29.23

Tyson observatory is WashU’s dark sky site

Chandrayaan-3 and lunar rover on the moon's surface with Earth in the distance
9.22.23

Chandrayaan-3’s measurements of sulfur open the doors for lunar science and exploration

Yajie Yuan
9.13.23

Physicist Yuan joins Simons collaboration on extreme electrodynamics

8.30.23

Ogliore and Wang selected as members of the Mars Sample Return Measurement Definition Team
Erik Henriksen
8.29.23

Physicist Henriksen to build quantum-scale sensors

AI Designed Housing Cluster
8.8.23

AI + Design

Sohee Chun
7.24.23

Sohee Chun wins NASA FINESST grant

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