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Harald Ade, Goodnight Innovation Distinguished Professor in the Department of Physics, helps to coordinate the efforts of researchers in the Carbon Electronics cluster.

Dec 15, 2023

Carbon Electronics Cluster Co-directors Named to Highly Cited Researchers List

Harald Ade, Goodnight Innovation Distinguished Professor of Physics, and Aram Amassian, University Faculty Scholar and professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, have been named to an annual list of the world’s most highly cited researchers.
The milky way galaxy

Dec 7, 2023

Ancient Stars Made Extraordinarily Heavy Elements

How heavy can an element be? Ancient stars were capable of producing elements heavier than any element on the periodic table found naturally on Earth.
Graduate student Eric Yanchenko, Associate Professor Erin Schliep, Associate Professor of the Practice Emily Griffith and Goodnight Distinguished Professor Subhashis Ghoshal from the Department of Statistics

Nov 30, 2023

From the Departments

Catch up on the latest news from our academic departments.

NC State gateway at sunset

Nov 28, 2023

Understanding Charged Particles Helps Physicists Simulate Element Creation in Stars

Figuring out how nucleons interact at low energy can lead to understanding how elements form within stars.
Chancellor Randy Woodson interviews NC State alumna and NASA astronaut Christina Koch on stage in Stewart Theatre.

Oct 25, 2023

Do What Scares You, Says Astronaut Alumna

NASA astronaut and three-time NC State graduate Christina Koch was the featured guest at Chancellor Randy Woodson’s 14th annual fall address.
NC State gateway at sunset

Oct 24, 2023

Physicist McLaughlin Wins Feshbach Prize

Gail McLaughlin, Distinguished University Professor of Physics, won the 2024 Herman Feshbach Prize in Theoretical Nuclear Physics.
Memorial Belltower

Oct 23, 2023

Using AI to Solve Fundamental Issues in Nuclear Physics

A new collaboration aims to solve the nuclear many-body problem.
NC State University sign

Sep 28, 2023

NC State Researchers Awarded $3 Million from NSF to Design Revolutionary Materials

The research will drive the design, discovery and development of advanced materials needed to address major societal challenges.

Sep 12, 2023

Videos of ‘Earthquake Lights’ Above Morocco Are an Unexplained Mystery

The New York Times
“People have wondered about them forever,” said Karen Daniels, a physicist at North Carolina State University. “It’s one of those persistent mysteries that hang around and never quite get nailed.”

Sep 5, 2023

Diversity Isn’t Just Good for People; It’s Great for AI too

The Week
The study’s lead scientist, Professor William Ditto, and his team gave their AI a unique ability: the power to look inside itself and decide how to make its “brain” better.