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4.14.26

Sheng Ran is reimagining quantum mechanics
4.13.26

Xi Wang wins NSF CAREER award
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4.13.26

Saori Pastore promoted to full professor of physics

Walter Massey
4.2.26

Walter Massey, PhD '66, awarded Dean's Medal at the 2026 Distinguished Alumni Awards

4.2.26

Ghostly particles: is dark radiation masquerading as neutrinos?
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3.27.26

Innovative research in programmable quantum materials earns top recognition

3.24.26

WashU researchers use quantum biosensors to peer into the inner workings of living cells
3.16.26

Earth made its own nuclear reactor—2 billion years ago
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3.12.26

Ye Jin Han wins 2nd place at the 31st Annual Graduate Research Symposium in the Science & Math division

GPSC
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3.9.26

Ran and Mukherji promoted with tenure

3.2.26

Nobel laureate Andrea Ghez to deliver the 2026 McDonnell Distinguished Lectures
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2.27.26

Fact or Fiction: Stranger Things Edition with Trevor GrandPre

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