Physicists Suggest Higgs May Be Hiding in Plain Sight

Chien-Peng Yuan, professor of physics and astronomy, is co-author of a paper in Physical Review Letters which suggests the elusive Higgs boson, the key to explaining the origins of mass, may already be lying unnoticed in data from previous experiments at Fermilab, new calculations suggest. Read more…

Study looks at evolution in the wild

Andrew McAdam, assistant professor of fisheries and wildlife and zoology, has co-authored a paper in the Jan. 23 Proceedings of the Royal Society which examines the elusive “invisible fraction” - organisms (in this case lizards) that die early in life, before scientists can even assess what they might bring to the reproduction game, and that have [...]

Physics Professor Berz Receives Honorary Award

Physics Professor Martin Berz has been recognized by the Academic Board of St. Petersburg State University in Russia and will receive an honorary degree in May. The award is in recognition of his many outstanding contributions to accelerator physics and mathematics.