This article originally appeared in @TheU. At the start of the year, the European Commission established the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO) as a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC), furthering its mission to become the world’s largest and most powerful observatory for gamma-ray astronomy. The creation of the CTAO-ERIC will enable the observatory’s construction to […]
Read MoreThis article was originally posted by the University of Utah’s College of Engineering. For centuries, lenses have worked the same way: curved glass or plastic bending light to bring images into focus. But traditional lenses have a major drawback—the more powerful they need to be, the bulkier and heavier they become. Scientists have long searched […]
Read MoreThis article was originally posted by the University of Utah’s College of Science. University of Utah astronomer Tanmoy Laskar and his team have been awarded $60,000 in direct costs to support research through the first year of the Scialog: Early Science with LSST. The three-year initiative aims to advance the foundational science needed to realize […]
Read MoreThis article by Lisa Potterwas originally published in @TheU and was adapted from a release by Josie Fenske at NSF NOIRLab. Using early data from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), a team of scientists, led by University of Utah postdoctoral researcher Ragadeepika Pucha, have compiled the largest sample ever of dwarf galaxies that host an […]
Read MoreThis article by Michael Jacobsen was originally published by the U’s College of Science. This includes the meticulous organization that goes into every project, the countless sleepless nights seeking their completion and the individual lives supporting every major breakthrough. Teams are valued within scientific communities, but when it comes to broader public recognition it’s rare […]
Read MoreThis article originally appeared on kcpw. Please visit their site to listen to Dr. Matthews’s full discussion on Cool Science Radio. You know you’ve detected something big when you name it the “Oh My God Particle.” In 1991, the most powerful cosmic ray ever was detected at the University of Utah’s Fly’s Eye observatory at the U.S. […]
Read MoreTino Nyawelo, Physics and Astronomy, is one of five faculty members named by University of Utah President Taylor Randall as 2025-26 Presidential Societal Impact Scholars for exemplary public engagement, from eliminating health inequities to helping communities plan and prepare for disasters and mentoring STEM education students. Nyawelo is a professor (lecturer) in the Department of […]
Read MoreThis article by David Pace originally appeared in @TheU. Is our home galaxy, the Milky Way Galaxy, a special place? A team of scientists started a journey to answer this question more than a decade ago. Commenced in 2013, the Satellites Around Galactic Analogs (SAGA) Survey studies galaxy systems like the Milky Way. Now, the SAGA […]
Read MoreThis article by Lisa Potter originally appeared in @TheU. Our data-driven world demands more—more capacity, more efficiency, more computing power. To meet society’s insatiable need for electronic speed, physicists have been pushing the burgeoning field of spintronics. Traditional electronics use the charge of electrons to encode, store and transmit information. Spintronic devices utilize both the […]
Read MoreAt the University of Utah, Adam Beehler shrink-wrapped a student and levitated another with a leaf blower. It was all part of a day’s work for the university’s physics demonstrator. Adam is a Lecture Demonstration Specialist with the department of Physics and Astronomy, where he manages the school’s large collection of demonstration equipment, runs demonstrations […]
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