Physics News
8 November 2023Countdown to the Total Solar Eclipse T-minus 5 months: Solar Magnetic Fields
Today is exactly 5 months until the total solar eclipse in Geneva! Let’s talk about how the Sun is a giant magnet.
Read More10 October 2023HWS Awarded NSF Innovation Grant
Supported by a $400K grant, HWS faculty will lead a six-institution partnership to address the rapidly growing demand for a skilled STEM workforce.
Read More9 October 2023Partial Solar Eclipse Watch Party
Associate Professor of Physics Leslie Hebb will host a viewing party for the partial solar eclipse that will take place on Saturday, Oct. 14.
Read More20 September 2023Research Published in Scientific Journal Helps Shaw '22
As a student, JoAnna Shaw ’22 researched harmful algal blooms, work that has since been published in the science journal Water.
Read More20 September 2023HWS Awarded $1M in NFS Astrophysics Grants
Grants from the National Science Foundation support the astrophysics work of Associate Professor of Physics Steve Penn, who contributed to the Nobel-winning research that confirmed the existence of gravitational waves.
Read More14 September 2023How an Ancient Solar Flare Illuminated the Start of the Viking Age
Year of the Sun program welcomes science and history writer Martin J. Kernan.
Read More8 September 2023Countdown to the Total Solar Eclipse: T-minus 7 months: Ancient Solar Astronomy
Solar activity has been observed and studied dating back to prehistoric and ancient civilizations in the neolithic and bronze ages.
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