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  • NAU chemical physicist to collaborate with Lowell scientist on NASA-funded study of Saturn’s moon Titan

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NAU chemical physicist to collaborate with Lowell scientist on NASA-funded study of Saturn’s moon Titan

Posted by Heather Tate on November 19, 2020

Gerrick Lindberg writing on a whiteboardScientists say Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, is the only body in our solar system besides Earth with liquid on its surface. However, chemical elements behave very differently there in the extremely cold and dense atmosphere, with a temperature of minus 300 degrees Fahrenheit. For example, water, or H2O, forms Titan’s bedrock while methane acts… Read more

Filed Under: College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences, Department of Applied Physics and Materials Science

NAU physicists, materials scientists join ASU in $4 million Nanotechnology Collaborative Infrastructure Southwest

Posted by Heather Tate on August 24, 2020

Researchers in Northern Arizona University’s Center for Materials Interfaces in Research and Applications (¡MIRA!) and the Department of Applied Physics and Materials Science (APMS) will collaborate in a regional partnership with ASU to solve challenging convergent research problems through nanotechnology-based innovations

MIRA logoFunded through a National Science Foundation grant of more than $4 million, researchers at Northern… Read more

Filed Under: Center for Materials Interfaces in Research and Applications - ¡MIRA!, College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences, Department of Applied Physics and Materials Science

NAU scientists partner in $26 million NSF initiative to establish new Center for Quantum Networks

Posted by Heather Tate on August 4, 2020

Ines Montano writingNorthern Arizona University is a partner institution in a major new initiative to establish and lead the Center for Quantum Networks, or CQN. NAU will collaborate with The University of Arizona, the lead institution on this five-year project. The new center is funded through an initial $26 million grant awarded to UA by the National Science Foundation (NSF), and includes an additional five-year $24.6 million renewal option. The project, which… Read more

Filed Under: Center for Materials Interfaces in Research and Applications - ¡MIRA!, College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences, College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Department of Applied Physics and Materials Science, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Scientists collaborate across NAU’s research centers to create new physics-based technology for COVID-19 detection

Posted by Heather Tate on May 14, 2020

Miguel José Yacamán sitting at a computerOne of the most challenging aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the lack of testing needed to detect and trace infections—and without adequate testing, government officials do not have the data they need to make the best possible decisions in the interest of public health.

In addition to being in short supply, most… Read more

Filed Under: Center for Materials Interfaces in Research and Applications - ¡MIRA!, College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences, College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, COVID-19, Department of Applied Physics and Materials Science, Department of Biological Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Pathogen and Microbiome Institute

¡MIRA!: NAU establishes new interdisciplinary, inclusive center as transformative model for high-impact materials research and workforce development

Posted by Heather Tate on June 18, 2019

Group photo of Jen Martinez, Cindy Browder, Gabriel MontanoOne of the biggest and most complex challenges facing Arizona’s institutions of higher education is the need to produce a more interdisciplinary workforce for STEM fields that is inclusive and representative of the state’s diverse populations. A new multicultural research center at Northern Arizona University built on the field of materials science promises… Read more

Filed Under: Center for Materials Interfaces in Research and Applications - ¡MIRA!, College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences, College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Department of Applied Physics and Materials Science, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, STEM

NAU physicist awarded prestigious $502,000 NSF grant to harness active matter for nanoscale applications

Posted by Heather Tate on March 13, 2019

Flock of birds with collective behavior of synchronizing in flight
The collective behavior of a flock of birds synchronizing in flight to form patterns is an example of active matter.

In the field of physics, everything that has mass and takes up space is matter. Active matter consists of many self-propelled entities uniting to create large-scale structures and movements, such… Read more

Filed Under: College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences, Department of Applied Physics and Materials Science

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