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Invasive Species Are Destroying New England Forests
Across New England, trees are being decimated and killed on a daily basis. The source of the damage comes from insect pests and other diseases, the newest perpetrators of a continues invasive species cycle. For WNPR Radio, Arts and Sciences…
American Physical Society to Honor Professor Lisa Manning
A professor in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) is receiving a major early-career award from the American Physical Society (APS). Lisa Manning, associate professor of physics, is the 2018 recipient of the APS’ Maria Goeppert Mayer Award. This…
The Verification of Misinformation
Where does misinformation stem from? For the American Scientist, Maxwell Assistant Professor Emily Thorson co-authored a piece in American Scientist answering just this question, relating it to how our brains verify truths, and how falsehoods spread. “Misinformation—both deliberately promoted and…
Sport Management Professor Receives Grants to Study 2018 Winter Olympics Youth Viewership
With final preparations underway for the 2018 Winter Olympics, scheduled to begin Feb. 9 in PyeongChang, South Korea, Falk College Assistant Professor of Sport Management Jamie Jeeyoon Kim is researching the negotiation of motivation and constraints in young people’s decision making…
Falk Professor Receives Grant to Investigate Anaerobic Digestion
Despite a significant number of animals on smaller dairy farms in New York State and the northeastern United States, the vast majority of research on the benefits of anaerobic digester (AD) technologies only relates to larger livestock farms. That is…
Neutron Collision Discovery a “Textbook Changer” says PBS NewsHour
Duncan Brown, the Charles Brightman Endowed Professor of Physics at the College of Arts and Sciences, recently spoke with PBS NewsHour about the discoveries that came from the detection of two neutron stars colliding. The event gave researchers new information regarding…
Physicists at Forefront of Multinational Experiment
Physicists in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) continue to make inroads on the world stage. The High-Energy Physics (HEP) group in the Department of Physics recently hosted the 85th Large Hardon Collider beauty (LHCb) Week in Lake Placid,…
See What is ‘The Most Spectacular Fireworks in the Universe’
When two neutron stars collided, scientists called “the most spectacular fireworks in the universe.” This crash also answered many previously unknown questions, especially the birth of heavy metals such as gold and platinum. Duncan Brown, the Charles Brightman professor of…
Professor Duncan Brown on Clash of Neutron Stars
Duncan Brown, the Charles Brightman professor of physics, talks to The Wall Street Journal about the creation of heavy metals such as gold and platinum forged in the collision between two neutron stars which . “Gold is forged in the nuclear…
Cosmic Collision Leads to New Breakthroughs
Peter Saulson, the Martin A. Pomerantz ’37 Professor of Physics talks to NPR about the groundbreaking discovery of the collision of two neutron stars, revealing that these strange smash-ups are the source of heavy elements such as gold and platinum….