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Celebrating the 2019 Physics Nobel Prize: COSMOLOGY and EXOPLANETS
Celebrating the 2019 Physics Nobel Prize: COSMOLOGY and EXOPLANETS Thursday, November 14 | 6:00 pm Morehead Planetarium Full Dome Theater The Nobel Prize in Physics 2019 was awarded “for contributions to our understanding of the evolution of the universe and … Continued
Virginia Kilborn: Unveiling the Unseen Universe Public Lecture
On October 15th at 5:30 in Chapman Hall at UNC, Prof. Virginia Kilborn, Dean of Science at Swinburne University of Technology, will take us on a journey of the unseen parts of our galaxy and others like it. Abstract: … Continued
CANCELLED -Rainer Weiss Public Lecture
Due to unforeseen circumstances, this lecture has been cancelled. We hope to reschedule Dr. Weiss’ visit to Spring 2019. Dr. Rainer Weiss, Professor of Physics Emeritus at MIT and 2017 Nobel Laureate, will discuss “Probing the Universe with Gravitational … Continued
Clifford Johnson Colloquium
Holographic Heat Engines For Fun and Profit Abstract: New work has shown how to complete the correspondence between the physics of black holes and the laws of thermodynamics by incorporating volume and pressure into the formalism. This results in a change … Continued
The CoSMS Institute unites scientists to advance our understanding of the universe. Find out about how institute scientists are studying neutrinos nearly a mile below the earth’s surface.
Institute for Cosmology, Subatomic Matter & Symmetries
Raw Science features the Majorana Demonstrator