February 2017 News

February 28, 2017
Professor Reina Maruyama is exploring new physics in nuclear and particle astrophysics, in particular, in dark matter and neutrinos.   Her group is carrying out direct...
February 28, 2017
David Poland’s research is focused on quantum field theory and its connection to particle physics, condensed matter physics, and quantum gravity. He has recently been at the...
February 28, 2017
One of the outstanding questions of modern science is what is the character and composition of dark matter, which apparently makes up 80% of the universe’s matter. The...
February 27, 2017
Sarah Demers (Horace D. Taft Associate Professor of Physics) along with Valerie Horsley (Maxine F Singer Associate Professor Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology)...
February 21, 2017
Jonathon Howard (Eugene Higgins Professor of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry) is one of eleven elected to the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering. The...