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May 29, 2018

Researchers Listen for Failure in Granular Materials

A new way to probe granular materials — like the ground beneath us — without disturbing them may enable researchers to forecast their failure.
Ross Shaft and Yates Shaft headframes that provide access to the Sanford Lab

Mar 27, 2018

Experiment Seeks to Determine Why Matter Outnumbers Anti-matter in the Universe

A new project is aimed at detecting a process called neutrinoless double-beta decay, which could be key to explaining why there is more matter than anti-matter in the universe.
NC State Belltower

Feb 5, 2018

New Approach Could Quickly Identify Best Organic Solar Cell Mixtures

Researchers aim to reduce the trial-and-error aspect of solar cell production by reducing the time spent on finding the most efficient mixtures.
Monolayer MoS2

Feb 1, 2018

Creating an Electron-Hole Liquid at Room Temperature

NC State physicists have built a blueprint for creating electron-hole liquids at room temperature.
NC State gateway

Dec 13, 2017

Physicist Ditto Named to National Academy of Inventors

William Ditto, professor of physics, has been named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.
NC State Belltower lit red at night

Nov 6, 2017

Researchers Explore Voltage-Driven Liquid Metal Fractals

NC State researchers find that low voltage makes high surface-tension liquid metal spread and form fractals.
Numerical tweezers

Jun 9, 2017

Physicists Use Numerical ‘Tweezers’ to Study Nuclear Interactions

An NC State physics researcher is using numerical tweezers to study how interactions between protons and neutrons produce forces between nuclei.
Late afternoon sun paints the NC State Belltower.

May 11, 2017

Tracking the Protein Patrollers

A nanoprobe developed by NC State biophysicists could allow researchers to trace the movements of different proteins along DNA – without the drawbacks of current methods.
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Apr 28, 2017

Hybrid Digital-Analog Circuits Can Increase Computational Power of Chaos-Based Systems

Combining digital and analog components in nonlinear, chaos-based integrated circuits can improve their computational power.

Apr 4, 2017

Nonequilibrium Physics Explained: 5 Questions With Lex Kemper

Lex Kemper uses a new method of probing poorly understood materials, like superconductors, to find out what makes them tick.