Physics

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  • Professor_Shawna_Hollen
    - Quantum Leap
    Shawna Hollen, an associate professor in the department of physics and astronomy, was recently awarded a $350,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to create and... Read More
  • Woman with dark curly hair looks at the camera, painting of Black astronomers behind her
    - Particle Physics Progress
    UNH physics professor Chanda Prescod-Weinstein will serve on the National Academies' Committee on Elementary Particle Physics. Read More
  • Brightly colored graphic representing theoretical simulations of magnetic fields.
    - Magnetism in Three Dimensions
    New research from associate professor of physics Jiadong Zang has mapped magnetic fields in three dimensions for the first time. Read More
  • Glaciers in Arctic ocean
    - From the Sea to the Stars
    Researchers Atsushi Matsuoka and Fabian Kislet will explore carbon cycling in the ocean and X-rays in space with two National Science Foundation grants. Read More
  • Neutron Star merger
    - Origins of Heavy Metals
    Research published in part by UNH’s Francois Foucart, associate professor of physics, shed more light on where heavy elements such as gold, platinum and silver found on Earth may... Read More
  • Trailblazer
    - Trailblazer
    Steven Arias ‘16, a doctoral candidate in the department of physics and astronomy, has become the first UNH student to receive an award from the Department of Energy’s Office of... Read More
  • Opportunities Abound
    - Opportunities Abound
    Mechanical engineering student Cornelius Plomp '22 and engineering physics student Trevor Cox '22 each participated in a competitive internship experience at DEKA, working on an... Read More
  • All blue room with acoustic pyramid-shaped foam
    - Research Snapshot: Eerie Quiet
    Stanley Ellis, a research engineer with UNH’s Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, tests a detector inside Morse Hall’s anechoic chamber, a room lined with pyramid... Read More
  • Kingsbury_Hall
    - Three Students Awarded SMART Scholarship
    Three UNH students were recently awarded Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) scholarships through the Department of Defense (DoD), cementing the... Read More
  • A Simple Instrument for Outer Space
    - A Simple Instrument for Outer Space
    UNH researchers have been awarded $50,000 to design a compact, relatively simple space instrument to measure protons in the solar wind. Read More