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Greg Pawloski is an expert on antimatter. As such he works on one of the great unsolved mysteries of physics: what is the cause of the great asymmetry in matter and antimatter? Physicists have long theorized that there are antiparticles for every particle in the Universe and that these annihilate one another in pairs. Yet, if there were an equal number of anti-matter particles, there would be no matter in the Universe. |
NewsMN House Bill Recommends Full Funding for Tate Renovation
A proposal in the Minnesota House of Representatives recommends full funding to design, renovate, furnish, and equip the Tate Laboratory of Physics building on the Minneapolis campus. The bill sponsored by DFL Rep. Alice Hausman, Chair of the Capital Investment Committee, is expected to be voted on in this legislative session. The MN State Senate is expected to pass their bonding bill next week. More » When Gravity Rocked the Universe
Right after its birth in the Big Bang, the infant universe threw the mother of all tantrums. In an instant it ballooned from smaller than an atomic nucleus to something much larger than its currently observable size. (Yes, the universe is bigger than we can currently observe.) More » Dahlberg wins APS Nicholson Medal
Professor Dan Dahlberg won the 2013 Dwight Nicholson Medal for Outreach. Dahlberg received the award from the American Physical Society "For his unique activities in conveying to the general public the excitement and value of physics predominantly through the development and continued leadership of the program The Physics Force." The Last Block: NOvA far detector complete
The last piece of the NOvA far detector was put into place at 4:55 p.m. on Tuesday, February 25th. The far detector consists of thousands of modules filled with liquid scintillator. The NOvA far-detector is the world's largest free-standing PVC structure. More » Time Capsule of the Big Bang
Using one of the world's premier telescopes, University of Minnesota astrophysicists Evan Skillman and Kristen McQuinn have discovered a priceless relic of the Big Bang in the Milky Way's back yard. More » |
CalendarWednesday, April 23rd
3:35 pm: Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
in 131 Physics There will be no Colloquium this week due to the PAN Grand Opening 4:40 pm: Thesis Defense
in 236A Physics A Computational Method for Investigating Bifurcations in Oscillatory Biochemical Reaction Networks — Noah Trebesch, University of Minnesota Thursday, April 24th
11:00 am: Grand Opening Open House
in Physics and Nanotechnology Building Session I of the open house runs from 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Session II runs from 4-7 p.m. 12:15 pm: High Energy Theory Lunchtime Seminar
in 435 Physics "Standard Clock in Primordial Density Perturbations and Cosmic Microwave Background" — Xingang Chen (Cambridge, DAMTP) 1:25 pm: Condensed Matter Seminar - Special Sack Lunch Seminars
in 210 Physics Using Dissipation to Tune Superconductivity in Ultra Thin Films / Observation of Microwave Induced Resistance Oscillations in 2D Hole Ge/SiGe Heterostructures — Ilana Percher / Quentin Ebner (University of Minnesota) Friday, April 25th
2:30 pm: MN Institute for Astrophysics Colloquium
in 210 Physics Measuring Dark Energy to 1% Accuracy Using Cosmological Simulations — Dr. Aline Kiessling, JPL 3:35 pm: History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 275 Nicholson Hall "Carnap and Logic in the 1920s and 1930s" — Richard Zach, Department of Philosophy, University of Calgary Refreshments served in Room 275 Nicholson Hall at 3:15 p.m. 3:35 pm: Physics Education Seminar
in 157 Physics PER Research Methods and Current Research Overview — Brita L. Nellermoe, University of Minnesota and University of St. Thomas 
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