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Road & Track: Atom-Sized Race Cars Face Off in a Microscopic Racing Series

The Nonobobcat, designed by Dr. Eric Masson.

Road & Track’s Sam Eifling reports on Ohio University’s participation in “Atom-Sized Race Cars Face Off in a Microscopic Racing Series, For Science.” “The world’s smallest racing series takes place on an electrified track made of polished gold, but you’ll need a microscope to see the action,” says the report. […]

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May 13, 2016 at 7:12 pmFaculty in the News In the News

Detecting Neutrons with a HabaNERO (not the pepper)

Nuclear Physicists Tony Ahn and Zach Meisel stand on the dock at the Edwards Accelerator Lab and behind section of the polyethylene blocks used to slow down neutrons. The holes are where the detectors are placed.

By Jean Andrews Physics & Astronomy Nuclear physicists from the University of Notre Dame, Michigan State University, University of Tennessee, and Central Michigan University visited Ohio University’s Edwards Accelerator Laboratory recently to calibrate a neutron detector called the Heavy ion Accelerated Beam induced (Alpha, Neutron) Emission Ratio Observer, or “HabaNERO.” […]

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May 13, 2016 at 3:46 pmResearch

Physicists Discover Interaction Between Distant Magnetic Atoms

Dr. Sergio Ulloa, Dr. Diego Mastroguiseppe, and Doctoral Student Oscar Avalos

By Jean Andrews Physics & Astronomy Oscar Avalos, doctoral student in Physics & Astronomy,  Visiting Researcher Diego Mastrogiuseppe, and Dr. Sergio Ulloa, Professor of Physics at Ohio University, report discovering unusually long-reaching spintronic interactions at the atomic level in a newly published article. It is likely that future electronic devices and […]

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May 5, 2016 at 3:46 pmResearch

Physicists Awarded $520,000 for Collaborative Materials Research

Distinguished Professor of Physics David Drabold

By Jean Andrews Physics & Astronomy Dr. David Drabold, Ohio University Distinguished Professor of Physics & Astronomy, and two researchers with ties to OHIO have been awarded a three-year $520,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to study and develop new approaches for jointly using experimental and theoretical information for […]

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February 16, 2016 at 12:05 pmNews Research

International Collaborators Study Nuclear Level Density at Accelerator

Edwards Accelerator physicists and guests

 By Jean Andrews Physics & Astronomy This past week, physicists from the University of Oslo (Norway), Michigan State University, Central Michigan University, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory met with OHIO research personnel and graduate students at the Edwards Accelerator Lab to conduct experiments to observe nuclear reaction pathways for making […]

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February 2, 2016 at 4:37 pmNews Research

Masson, Hla Debut ‘Nanobobcat’ for World’s First Nanocar Race

The Nonobobcat, designed by Dr. Eric Masson.

Five teams from around the world—including one from Ohio University—rolled out their prototypes in France as the world awaits the first-ever international molecular nanocar race. Over the next year, the OHIO Bobcat Nano-Wagon Team—along with competitors from France, Germany, Japan and USA/Austria—will get ready to race their nanocars along a […]

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December 16, 2015 at 3:44 pmNews

Smith Article Named ACS Editors’ Choice

The schematic shows a STM tip scanning over a c(6x12) reconstructed GaN(0001) surface at liquid helium temperature (-451 degrees F).

Dr. Arthur Smith’s article on “Native Gallium Adatoms Discovered on Atomically-Smooth Gallium Nitride Surfaces at Low Temperature” was named an ACS Editors’ Choice and provided as part of the open access initiative. A limited number of peer-reviewed research articles from ACS journals are selected as Editors’ Choice. The selection of […]

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November 24, 2015 at 4:25 pmResearch