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A&S in the News: July 10-16, 2022
Read local, national, and world news that feature faculty, students, and alumni from the College of Arts & Sciences. Most recently, the College is trending in the news for commentary on the Webb Telescope images, local performances, and more.
UA Researchers Contribute to Startup of Dark Matter Detector
Three researchers from the UA Department of Physics and Astronomy are part of 250 scientists and engineers from 39 institutions collaborating on the LUX-ZEPLIN, or LZ, experiment to detect dark matter particles.
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A&S in the News: January 30 – February 5, 2022
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Scientists Show Viable Path to Finding Long-Sought Particle
Using the Large Hadron Collider in the European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN, an international group of scientists are searching for magnetic monopoles, which would transform the field of physics.
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Astronomy Professor Sharing Space with the Public Online, at Public Observations
From the November 2021 Desktop News | Dr. William Keel loves to share his view of the sky with the world. When he’s not conducting research on far-away galaxies or teaching classes, the astronomy professor seeks out ways to gain a larger audience both online and in-person so that he can show people the universe around them. “There’s all this amazing stuff out there that most people have never had the opportunity to find out about,” Keel said. “There is […]
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A&S in the News: October 3-9, 2021
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A&S in the News: September 26 – October 2, 2021
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A&S in the News: August 15-21, 2021
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UA Contributes to Unprecedented Observations of Black Hole
Astrophysics researchers at The University of Alabama contributed to a global effort to give unparalleled insight into a black hole and the system it powers, and to improve tests of Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity.
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