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CLASS ACT: 9-Year-Old Gets Jump-Start on Lifelong Learning at Texas A&M

COLLEGE STATION — When it comes to explaining cosmology and other dynamics of the Universe, Dr. David Toback can hold his own. As an associate professor of physics and Thaman Professor of Undergraduate Teaching Excellence at Texas A&M University who specializes in high energy physics, he rarely finds himself at a loss for words when […]
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Texas A&M Astronomer to Headline Evening of Astronomy in Dallas

DALLAS — As part of a statewide celebration of astronomy in commemoration of 2009 as the official International Year of Astronomy, the Dallas Museum of Nature & Science and members of the Texas Astronomical Society in Dallas will host an evening of astronomy Saturday (May 2) featuring a free public lecture by Texas A&M University […]
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Monthly Astronomy Open House Planned for Friday

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 […]
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Astronomy Open House Planned for Friday

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 […]
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Physics Outreach Effort Earns High Marks From Participants to Professors

COLLEGE STATION — In just its fourth year, the Saturday Morning Physics Program at Texas A&M University has already surpassed expectations, both for student and teacher attendance, thanks to the organization and leadership of Dr. Ralf Rapp, associate professor of physics, and his team of volunteers. What began in 2006 as a five-year research outreach […]
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Physics Festival Features Universal Fun, Experiments, Astronaut

COLLEGE STATION — The Departments of Physics and Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University invite the Brazos Valley community to get up-close and personal with science and technology later this month as part of Physics & Engineering Festival 2009, an entertaining and informative weekend scientific extravaganza for all ages. No fees or tickets are required […]
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Astronomy Open House Planned for Friday

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 […]
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Texas Legislature Honors Texas A&M, UT for Joint Efforts in Astronomy

AUSTIN — The 81st Legislature of the State of Texas today (Feb. 24) will honor the state’s two flagship universities with a joint resolution, recognizing their cutting-edge research and outreach efforts in astronomy in celebration of 2009 as the official International Year of Astronomy. The University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M University will […]
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Texas A&M Signs Giant Magellan Telescope Agreement

COLLEGE STATION — Texas A&M University, along with eight other astronomical research organizations from three continents, has signed the Founders’ Agreement to construct and operate the 25-meter Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) at Las Campanas Observatory in the Andes Mountains of Chile. “We are poised to enter the age of the greatest advances in astronomy — […]
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Former Physics Grad Student Wins Prestigious Thesis Award

COLLEGE STATION — Peter Wagner, a former physics graduate student at Texas A&M University, has been selected as a co-recipient of the 2008 Universities Research Association (URA) Thesis Award honoring the top doctoral thesis in particle physics. The prestigious prize, which includes a $3,500 monetary award and a certificate, is given annually in recognition of […]
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Texas A&M Honors Munnerlyns in Building Naming Ceremony

COLLEGE STATION — Texas A&M University and the Colleges of Science and Engineering will celebrate the official naming of the Charles R. ’62 and Judith G. Munnerlyn Astronomical Laboratory and Space Engineering Building Friday (Sept. 19) in a 4:30 p.m. ceremony on the Texas A&M campus. The event will be held on the second floor […]
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Texas A&M Physicists Celebrate Birth of Large Hadron Collider

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 […]
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Famous Supernovas Still Echo Across the Milky Way

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — While walking home on November 11, 1572, astronomer Tycho Brahe idly glanced at the sky. He was surprised to see a bright star in the constellation Cassiopeia that hadn’t been there before. The new star, which we now know to be the result of a stellar explosion or supernova, grew brighter than […]
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Scully Elected Fellow of American Academy of Arts and Sciences

COLLEGE STATION — Texas A&M University Distinguished Professor of Physics Dr. Marlan O. Scully has been elected as a 2008 Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one the country’s oldest honorary learned societies. Scully, a world-renowned pioneer in quantum and laser physics is one of eight physicists listed among the 190 new […]
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Toback Honored for Teaching Excellence

COLLEGE STATION — Texas A&M University Associate Professor of Physics Dr. David Toback is one of six university faculty members who have been appointed to University Professorships in Undergraduate Teaching Excellence (UPUTE), announced Interim Executive Vice President and Provost Jerry Strawser. Toback will hold the Thaman Professorship in Undergraduate Teaching Excellence, a three-year appointment that […]
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NASA Astronaut to Headline Physics Festival 2008

COLLEGE STATION — The Department of Physics at Texas A&M University invites the Brazos Valley community to get up-close and personal with science later this month as part of Physics Festival 2008, an entertaining and informative scientific extravaganza for all ages. The free annual event, scheduled for Sunday, April 20, from noon to 5 p.m. […]
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Research Could Lead to Smaller Computer Chips

COLLEGE STATION — High-tech devices seem to be constantly shrinking — from the tiny iPod nano to the latest laptop computers that are no larger than a notebook. Manufacturers, however, can only make devices as small as scientists can build computer chips, so Texas A&M University physics researcher M. Suhail Zubairy and two colleagues at […]
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Zubairy, Colleagues Make Advances in Dark Physics

EDUCATION CITY, DOHA, Qatar — Research being conducted by Dr. M. Suhail Zubairy, a professor of physics at Texas A&M University who currently is teaching at the university’s branch campus in Qatar, has been featured by the American Physical Society. Zubairy and colleagues at the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg, Germany, are […]
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Truong Nominated for Goldwater Scholarship

COLLEGE STATION — Phuongmai “Mai” Truong, a senior double-major in mathematics and physics from Kingwood, is one of four Texas A&M University institutional nominees for the 2008 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, to be awarded in April. Truong, who maintains a 3.752 cumulative grade point average and is on track to graduate in May 2009, also […]
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