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Dr. Lau Goes to Washington

Graphene specialist Jeanie Lau of UC Riverside received high national honor on Jan. 13

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San Jacinto High School physics students compete in international exercise

UCR professor leads a masterclass for San Jacinto High School physics students

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Surprising New Evidence for Asymmetry Between Matter and Antimatter

UC Riverside physicists involved in the international research; new result brings us closer to understanding the universe and its origins

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New Research by UC Riverside Physicists Could Help Develop Gamma Ray Lasers...

Researchers isolate collection of "pure" or spin polarized positronium atoms for the first time

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UC Riverside Summer Physics Academy Reaches Out to Local High School Students...

Two-week workshop aims at preparing region's next generation of physicists

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The Irish 'research lady' who helped win the Nobel

UCR Professor Emeritus Anne Kernan is featured in the Irish Times. Prof. Kernan, a high energy experimentalist, served as President of the APS Division of particles and fields and Dean of the Office of...

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UC Riverside Physicists Pave the Way for Graphene-based Spin Computer

Roland Kawakami's lab is first to achieve "tunneling spin injection" into graphene

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Two UCR physicists have been named 2010 AAAS fellows

Two physicists are among 10 UCR Researchers Recognized by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

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Paper co-authored by UCR physicists is featured in Physics Viewpont

Laser spectroscopy of positronium confined to nanoscale pores is a tool to probe the size of buried cavities and a step toward the long-term goal of a positronium BEC.

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Astronomers Identify Most Distant Galaxy Cluster

Professor Mobasher is a member of an international team of astronomers that has uncovered a burgeoning galactic metropolis, the most distant known in the early universe.

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Double discovery: Astronomers observe most distant galaxy cluster... and it's...

The discovery by UCR Professor Bahram Mobasher and his team is featured in the Daily Mail article.

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RIVERSIDE: UCR on Top 10 research list of graphene

A recent study conducted by the researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology placed UC Riverside No. 8 among the Top 50 U.S. universities that conduct graphene-related research.

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Japan's radioactivity won't jump Pacific, expert says

Jetstream winds blow from Japan to North America at speeds that can approach 200 mph, but even a worst-case disaster at the stricken Japanese nuclear plant is highly unlikely to send any harmful...

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Could Radiation from Japan Reach The West?

The disaster at a Japan nuclear power plant has many people on the West Coast looking nervously toward the Pacific, wondering if any releases of radioactivity could come here. Ken Barish is one who...

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The SciCom Interview: Allen Mills

An atomic manipulator dreams of harnessing antimatter to probe the properties of materials and create powerful new gamma ray lasers Interview by Catherine Meyers Allen Mills's career trajectory took a...

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CNAS STEM Pathway Transfer Friday Talk

STEM Transfer Friday visit of community college students on April 1, 2011. Professor Shan-Wen Tsai and her students made a presentation to college students, toured the visiting students through their...

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Tevatron Experiment Could Send Particle Physicists Back to the Drawing Board

If the existence of a previously unknown particle is confirmed, it would be the first particle that does not fit into the standard model of particle physics, said UC Riverside physics and astronomy...

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Why Graphene Holds the Key to the Future

In public lecture at UC Riverside on May 19, graphene expert Jeanie Lau will discuss wonders of the new exciting material

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UC Riverside Physicists Discover New Way to Produce Antimatter-containing Atom

New method allows positronium to be produced for the first time at a wide range of temperatures and in a controllable way RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Physicists at the University of California, Riverside...

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NASA Telescopes Help Find Rare Galaxy at Dawn of Time

Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes have discovered that one of the most distant galaxies known is churning out stars at a shockingly high rate. The blob-shaped galaxy, called...

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