October 4, 2024
This artist’s impression of a planet-forming disk surrounding a young star shows a swirling “pancake” of hot gas and dust from which planets form. Using the James Webb Space Telescope, a team of researchers obtained detailed images showing the layered, conical structure of disk winds – streams of gas blowing out into space. National Astronomical […]
October 1, 2024
Clemson University researchers, led by Laura Finzi, have uncovered the role of mechanical forces in gene transcription, specifically in RNA polymerase (RNAP) activity during termination. While the traditional view holds that RNAP dissociates from DNA after releasing mRNA, the team demonstrated that force can cause RNAP to slide forward or backward on the DNA template. […]
September 4, 2024
Above: a YouTube video related to Dr. Lehmacher’s NASA VortEx rocket launched on 23 March 2023 from Andøya Space Center, Norway. The video shows a very detailed simulation of the winds and waves over northern Scandinavia based on the actual weather conditions and including the time when we launched two sounding rockets. The high-resolution (1.2 […]
August 19, 2024
“Ramakrishna Podila, a materials physicist in the Clemson University Department of Physics and Astronomy, has been named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. The Royal Society of Chemistry is a professional society based in the United Kingdom with over 50,000 members worldwide. The designation of Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) […]
June 12, 2024
“Two athletes square off for an intense dance battle. The DJ starts spinning tunes, and the athletes begin twisting, spinning and seemingly defying gravity, respectfully watching each other and taking turns showing off their skill. The athletes converse through their movements, speaking through a dance that celebrates both athleticism and creativity. While the athletes probably […]
June 10, 2024
A little over three decades ago, the only planets we could confirm were the ones in our solar system. But with the advent of more powerful telescopes on the ground and new observatories in space, scientists have since discovered the existence of thousands of exoplanets orbiting stars other than our sun. According to Janus Kozdon, […]
May 20, 2024
Three Clemson University astrophysicists, Pablo Penil del Campo and Nuria Torres-Alba, postdoctoral fellows, and Stefano Marchesi, an adjunct professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, have been awarded more than $1 million combined in highly competitive grants through the NASA Astrophysics Data Analysis Program to study active galactic nuclei, their obscuring material, and variability […]
May 15, 2024
In our universe, only about 15% of matter is known or seen, while the remaining 85% is known as dark matter, a substance that remains largely unexplained by scientists. Circiello, a graduate research assistant in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Clemson University, recently presented his research at the American Physical Society’s April meeting, […]
April 23, 2024
Clemson Department of Physics and Astronomy Professor, Feng Ding, and his international collaborators “have discovered a cause of blood vessel damage in the brain that plays a role in Alzheimer’s disease-related dementia.” Clemson University researcher Feng Ding and his collaborators have identified a mechanism behind blood vessel damage in the brain that contributes to Alzheimer’s-related dementia. […]
April 16, 2024
Three members of Rao’s lab- Mihir Parekh, postdoctoral fellow, and graduate students Janak Basel and Nawraj Sapkota have discovered a way to optimize electrolytes to address the short circuiting and rapid capacity loss problems in sodium-ion batteries. These batteries are less expensive and more readily available than lithium-ion batteries. Read more here: Electrolyte research by […]
