March 12, 2019
Miguel Larsen and collaborators recently published a paper in Nature Communications titled, “Major upwelling and overturning in the mid-latitude F region ionosphere“. The sensitivity of the large antenna and high transmitter power of the Arecibo Observatory radar allows them to observe dynamical structure in the upper ionosphere with unparalleled temporal and spatial resolution. The observations […]
March 7, 2019
The annual meeting of the Physics Teacher Education Coalition or PhysTEC was held March 2-3, 2019 in Boston, Massachusetts and Clemson University had a seat at the table for the first time. Attending the PhysTEC 2019 meeting were Profs. Sean Brittain and Chad Sosolik, who gave a presentation on their 3-year project with the Laurens County school […]
March 7, 2019
Since 2001, every year astronomers of South Carolina get together in what is known as the MASC (meeting of the astronomers of South Carolina) meeting. This year’s edition was hosted at Clemson on March 2nd and had more than 40 participants.
March 7, 2019
Hugo has been honored with the 2019 Young Fluorescence Investigator award. This award recognizes the excellent work our colleague has done and is well deserved!
March 7, 2019
Livability.com has ranked Greenville, SC #10 in their annual report of the 100 best places to live. According to their website, We always start with data: this year, we examined more than 1,000 cities based on thousands of data points measuring economics, housing, amenities, infrastructure, demographics, social and civic capital, education and health care. They polled […]
March 7, 2019
Professor Takacs and his students have formed a chapter of Newton’s Apple Club. Led by Bishwambhar Sengupta, this group worked with faculty and staff across campus to get a direct descendent of Newton’s Apple tree planted on campus. Read more about that here.
February 20, 2019
Third year graduate student Meenakshi Rajagopal is spending 6 months at the Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY) institute near Berlin (Germany). She will work with scientists in the DESY gamma-ray group to perform a new measurement of the extragalactic gamma-ray background. This background represents one of most important observables in multi-messenger astrophysics.
January 14, 2019
Planet 9 From Outer Space Mike Brown, Rosenberg Professor of Planetary Astronomy, California Institute of Technology Watt Family Innovation Center Auditorium 7:30-8:45 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019 Dr. Brown will also give the Physics & Astronomy Department Colloquium, Watt Family Innovation Center Auditorium. 4:00-5:00 p.m, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019
