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Husker physicists (from left) Xiaoshan Xu, Xia Hong, Peter Dowben, Zuocheng Zhang and Evgeny Tsymba

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Husker physicists (from left) Xiaoshan Xu, Peter Dowben, Evgeny Tsymbal, Xia Hong and Zuocheng Zhang

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Herman Batelaan (left to right), Marie Rioux, Ryan O’Donnell, Wyatt Balters, Raul Puente, Arjun Mo

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Herman Batelaan (left) stands with student researchers, (starting second from left) Marie Rioux, Rya

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Arjun Mohanan (left), a graduate physics and astronomy student and the lead for the machine he is wo

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Raul Puente (left to right), Marie Rioux, Ryan O’Donnell, Marlon Weiss, Herman Batelaan, Wyatt Bal

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Raul Puente (front), a graduate Physics and Astronomy student, operates a machine he is the lead on

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Naafis Shahed (left), graduate student in Physics and Astronomy, stands alongside Evgeny Tsymbal, Ge

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Herman Batelaan, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, poses for a portrait inside his lab in Jorgense

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Herman Batelaan, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, poses for a portrait inside his lab in Jorgense

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Robert Streubel, Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy, transfers samples in an ultrahigh vac

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Alexander Sinitskii (right), professor of chemistry, leads a team exploring the physical properties

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Alex Sinitskii is studying MXenes, to improve advanced electronics. Sinitskii is pictured in his Ham

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Alex Sinitskii is studying MXenes, to improve advanced electronics. Sinitskii is pictured in his Ham

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Xia Hong, right, and Yifei Hao look into a pressure vessel in Hong’s Jorgensen Hall lab. Hong’s

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Xia Hong, left, and Yifei Hao work with a pressure vessel in Hong’s Jorgensen Hall lab. Hong’s t

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Nebraska’s Cornelis “Kees” Uiterwaal removes the Microsoft HoloLens 2, a headset that allows i

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Nebraska’s Cornelis “Kees” Uiterwaal removes the Microsoft HoloLens 2, a headset that allows i

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Nebraska’s Cornelis “Kees” Uiterwaal removes the Microsoft HoloLens 2, a headset that allows i

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M. Ashiq Fareed, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy. August 11, 2022.

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Studio portrait of Dan Claes, Professor and Acting Chairperson in the Department of Physics and Astr

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Christian Binek (second from right) is principal investigator of a new National Science Foundation-f

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Christian Binek (center) is principal investigator of a new National Science Foundation-funded progr

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Professor Ken Bloom and his Physics and Astronomy team which is being awarded a NSF grant. November

Ilya Kravchenko, Dan Claes, Frank Golf and Ken Bloom are members of Nebraska’s Department of Physi

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Ilya Kravchenko, Dan Claes, Frank Golf and Ken Bloom are members of Nebraska’s Department of Physi

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Studio portrait of Stephen Ducharme, Professor, Physics and Astronomy, College of Arts and Sciences.

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Nebraska's Martin Centurion has earned a $2 million U.S. Department of Energy grant to capture movin

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Evgeny Tsymbal, George Holmes University Distinguished Professor, Department of Physics and Astronom

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Jocelyn Bosley MCs the Science Slam held at Wick Alumni Center. April 9 2019.

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Science Slam performer Dan Haden describes his work with the Extreme Light Laboratory. Nebraska’s

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Agustín Olivo, a native of Argentina and graduate student in biological systems engineering, discus

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Xiaoshan Xu, assistant professor of physics and astronomy, has received a 2018 Early Career Award fr

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Liz Neeley, science communicator and the Executive Director of The Story Collider, introduces the sl

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The crowd lobs tokens of its appreciation at the stage at the 2019 Science Slam held at Wick Alumni

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Recent graduate Nicole Benker holds a teddy bear thrown onto the stage in appreciation of her perfor

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Evgeny Tsymbal, George Holmes University Distinguished Professor, Department of Physics and Astronom

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Allice Miller MacPhee, graduate student in sociology, talks about misconceptions of sociologists to

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Dan Haden acknowledges a shout out during his extreme laser presentation. Nebraska's fourth annual S

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Andrew Conner, graduate student in mathematics, discusses his passion of his math genre even when ot

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Xiaoshan Xu, assistant professor of physics and astronomy, has received a 2018 Early Career Award fr

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David Sellmyer, Director of the Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience and Professor of Physi

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David Sellmyer, Director of the Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience and Professor of Physi

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Ilya Kravchenko, Dan Claes, Frank Golf and Ken Bloom are members of Nebraska’s Department of Physi

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