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Yong-Zhang Qian

Neutrino oscillations

"My laboratory is a supernova," Yong Qian states matter-of-factly with a smile. Qian is a theoretical physicist studying neutrino oscillations, the change from one "flavor" to another as a neutrino moves through matter and space. This phenomenon occurs because a neutrino is created in one of three flavor states (or simply “flavors”), with three distinct mass states. More »

Vuk Mandic

Gravitational waves

Professor Vuk Mandic is an observational cosmologist involved in the search for gravitational waves with LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory.) Gravitational Waves were predicted by Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity, but have yet to be observed in the natural world. More »

Claire Hypolite

Parents And Children Experiencing Science

Claire Hypolite is an Institute of Technology alumni who is involved in a new program, PACES (Parents And Children Experiencing Science) designed to get families doing science and thinking critically together. More »


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