COLLEGE STATION — The George P. and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy at Texas A&M University recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of a major theoretical discovery in physics, the “ADM formalism,” with a conference in honor of the three scientists who invented the theory in 1959. “ADM-50: A Celebration of Current […]
COLLEGE STATION — The Astrophysics Group in the Texas A&M University Department of Physics and Astronomy will host its monthly Astronomy Open House Friday (Oct. 30) from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the campus observatory. The free event will feature telescope observing (weather permitting, hands-on demonstrations and a brief public talk by a Texas A&M […]
COLLEGE STATION — The Astrophysics Group in the Texas A&M University Department of Physics will host its first Astronomy Open House of the 2009-10 academic year Friday (Sept. 25) from 8 to 10 p.m. at the campus observatory. The free event will feature telescope observing, hands-on demonstrations and a brief public talk by a Texas […]
LUBBOCK — As part of a statewide celebration of astronomy in commemoration of 2009 as the official International Year of Astronomy, the Department of Physics at Texas Tech University will host an evening of astronomy Thursday (Sept. 24) featuring a free public lecture by Texas A&M University astronomer Dr. Nicholas B. Suntzeff. Suntzeff, director of […]
COLLEGE STATION — Materials researchers and engineers from the Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute of Mexico (CINVESTAV), Queretaro, will meet with Texas A&M University materials researchers July 13-15 to further academic exchanges between the two research universities. The goal of the workshop is to open mutually beneficial opportunities for […]
COLLEGE STATION — The Astrophysics Group in the Texas A&M University Department of Physics is hosting its final Astronomy Open House of the 2008-09 academic year Friday (May 29) from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. at the campus observatory. The free event will feature telescope observing, star gazing, and a public talk by a Texas A&M […]
COLLEGE STATION — The Astrophysics Group in the Texas A&M University Department of Physics is hosting its monthly Astronomy Open House Friday (April 24) from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. at the campus observatory. The free event will feature telescope observing, star gazing, and a public talk. Free parking is available in Lot No. 1 of […]
COLLEGE STATION — The Astrophysics Group in the Texas A&M University Department of Physics is hosting its second open house Friday (Mar. 27) from 8 to 10 p.m. at the campus observatory in conjunction with Physics & Engineering Festival 2009 . The free event will feature telescope observing, star gazing, and a public talk. Free […]
COLLEGE STATION — The Astrophysics Group in the Texas A&M University Department of Physics is hosting a free open house Friday (Feb. 27) from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the campus observatory to celebrate the International Year of Astronomy. The free event will feature telescope observing, star gazing, astronomy demonstrations and a public talk. Free […]
COLLEGE STATION — As the first beam of protons careened at near-light speed around Europe’s $9 billion, 17-mile Large Hadron Collider (LHC) near Geneva, Switzerland in the early-morning hours of September 10, so did the hard work and dreams of seven Texas A&M University physicists. Texas A&M experimental physicists Teruki Kamon, David Toback, Alexei Safonov […]
COLLEGE STATION — Local science enthusiasts and physics professionals throughout the Lone Star State are in for a Texas-sized treat this weekend as Texas A&M University plays host to the Texas sections of three major professional groups and a two-day showcase of international excellence in physics. Texas Physics 2007 is scheduled for Friday-Saturday, Oct. 19-20, […]
COLLEGE STATION — Two Nobel Prize-winning physicists will visit Texas A&M University next week to deliver public lectures on two of the hottest topics in science — particle physics and cosmology. Dr. George F. Smoot, an astrophysicist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and professor of physics at the University of California-Berkeley, shared in the 2006 […]
COLLEGE STATION — As Texas A&M University finalizes preparations for Parents’ Weekend, one of its biggest and busiest annual events, science is proving to be one hot ticket across the campus and beyond. Days after announcement of University of Cambridge physicist Stephen Hawking’s April 15 public lecture at Texas A&M — his second appearance in […]
COLLEGE STATION — The Department of Physics at Texas A&M University invites science enthusiasts across the Brazos Valley and beyond to participate later this month in Physics Festival 2007, an entertaining and informative scientific extravaganza for all ages featuring a hands-on science exhibition and two public lectures by renowned physicists. Public events will kick off […]
by JOSH BAUGH COLLEGE STATION — Texas A&M broke ground Wednesday for two “signature buildings” that will be the first structures built in the university’s $300 million campus construction plan. The $57 million George P. and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy and the George P. Mitchell ’40 Physics Building will help […]
COLLEGE STATION — For anyone who’s ever wondered what Albert Einstein was like in his youth, enlightenment is just around the theoretical corner, courtesy of one Nobel laureate analyzing another. On Wednesday, Mar. 30, Dr. Dudley R. Herschbach, 1986 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry and Professor of Physics at Texas A&M University, will present Einstein […]
As part of a campus-wide explosion in faculty numbers, the physics department at Texas A&M University in College Station aims to launch a top-notch astronomy program. Overall, the campus is increasing its faculty size by 450, or 25%, by 2008. Physics faculty will swell from 45 to 60, with at least four of the new […]
COLLEGE STATION — The Department of Physics at Texas A&M University will bring together six of the world’s leading authorities on astronomy, astrophysics, and cosmology at a conference on Friday, October 17. The objective of the panel is to help design a future role for Texas A&M in studies of phenomena at the far reaches […]
COLLEGE STATION — Faculty and staff members from Texas A&M University will join museum and media colleagues from across the nation on a trip to Japan designed to promote public understanding of research. The university’s Institute for Pacific Asia (IPA), in partnership with the Science Museum of Minnesota, received support from the National Science Foundation […]
COLLEGE STATION — Stephen Hawking, the Cambridge University physicist famous for his theories on black holes and his best-selling books about the universe, will present public lectures March 8 at Texas A&M University and March 14 in The Woodlands. Hawking is visiting Texas A&M as part of a month-long physics conference to inaugurate the university’s […]
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