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Articles from October 2020
Congratulations to Physics & Astronomy’s Design Engineer Michael Miller who’s pending patent has enabled other UI researchers to advance their research in diabetes
Friday, October 23, 2020
Congratulations to Professor Jasper Halekas who has been appointed to serve on the Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032: Panel on Mars
Wednesday, October 21, 2020
The Milky Way galaxy has a clumpy halo
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Professor Philip Kaaret’s findings from observations made by HaloSat, which is primed to look at the X-rays emitted by the circumgalactic medium (CGM) are discussed in article titled “Astronomers say Milky Way has a clumpy halo”
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Fall 2020 Virtual Public Astronomy & Observing Nights
Monday, October 19, 2020
We invite you to join us for the University of Iowa Physics & Astronomy Department’s Fall 2020 Virtual Public Astronomy & Observing Nights!
Professor David Miles wins NASA funding to build special apparatus for magnetic field sensors
Thursday, October 15, 2020
Congratulations to Graduate Student Erik Gustafson on publishing as a single author in Phys. Rev. D.
Thursday, October 8, 2020