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Women in Physics in Muslim-Majority Countries https://physics.aps.org/articles/v14/33 June 1, 2021 Reem Abouemera “Unfortunately, science as a field, to many, is associated with masculinity, and I wanted to challenge this myth,” said Heba EL-Deghaidy, chair of the Department of International and Comparative Education at AUC's School of Humanities and Social Sciences. A prevalent myth claims that women are “no good” at physics, but just taking EL-Deghaidy as an example, many female members of her family are professors in physics and chemistry, and her educati...

University of New Mexico Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs James Holloway announced today the appointment of Dr. Arash Mafi as interim dean of UNM’s College of Arts and Sciences. Mafi takes over for Mark Peceny, who has served as...

  On Sept. 22, 2017, a ghostly particle ejected from a far distant supermassive black hole zipped down from the sky and through the ice of Antarctica at just below the speed of light, with an energy of some 300 trillion electron volts, nearly 50 times the energy delivered by the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, the biggest particle accelerator on Earth.  IceCube Neutrino Observatory The cosmic invader –a messenger from the depths of extragalactic space, carrying secrets from some of the most extreme physics in the universe– triggered a cacophony of code-red detectors in the IceCube Neutri...

“The April 2021 issue of Physics World arrived this morning after the usual month in the post to Ireland. I don’t know why it takes so long. My copy of Private Eye usually takes just a couple of days. Anyway, there is an interview in the latest issue with Steve Hall, the former Managing Director of IOP Publishing who stepped down last month …” (more) [ Share this:

Date Time Cum Laude for light emitting silicon Chips based on light would revolutionize microelectronics. Elham Fadaly laid the basis for this ‘holy grail’. She managed to let silicon emit light, by forcing it into a new shape. Her work was proclaimed Breakthrough of the Year by Physics World and she received the Nanotechnology Young Researcher award. Fadaly obtained her PhD Cum Laude on April 16 th at the department of Applied Physics. Silicon is a powerful material pervading our everyday lives. Silicon-based microchips are the basis of nearly every electronic device used in our houses, ...