Stories tagged with: Nanoscale and Quantum Phenomena Institute
OHIO scientist Saw Wai Hla named 2024 Falling Walls Physical Sciences Laureate for groundbreaking work in physics
September 12, 2024 Saw Wai Hla's remarkable achievements in the field of physics are being recognized by being awarded the 2024 Falling Walls Science Breakthrough of the Year Award in the Physical Sciences category.
OHIO researchers discover way to make essential biotesting more accessible using less expensive materials
June 27, 2024 Researchers from several fields at Ohio University recently collaborated to make lateral flow assay biotests less expensive and more accessible allowing more people to take potentially life-saving tests.
Biotesting with much less expensive materials and technologies at OHIO: Replacing colloidal gold
May 24, 2024 A group of Ohio University researchers have developed a new kind of biotesting kit using novel nanotechnological inexpensive materials.
Unraveling big mysteries with tiny particles: PhD student takes award-winning approach to quantum research
February 28, 2024 Imagine being a detective, but instead of solving mysteries on the bustling streets of a metropolis, you're unraveling the secrets of the universe in a laboratory, one atom at a time. Sneha Upadhyay, an award-winning Ph.D. student at Ohio University in physics and astronomy, pulls out her quantum magnifying glass—or in this case, microscope—every day.
Scientists report world’s first X-ray of a single atom in Nature
May 31, 2023 A team of scientists from Ohio University, Argonne National Laboratory, and others, led by OHIO professor Saw Wai Hla, have taken the world’s first X-ray SIGNAL of just one atom.
New chemistry professor brings expertise in nanomaterials for energy and sustainability
May 11, 2023 Dr. Wenyang Gao joins OHIO in the fall, bringing expertise in the synthetic innovation of advanced nanomaterials that can be leveraged to address critical issues in energy and sustainability.
OHIO recognizes faculty, student and alumni inventors, including 11 patent recipients
April 20, 2023 Ohio University recognized dozens of faculty, student, staff and alumni researchers who submitted intellectual property disclosures and 11 projects that received patents in 2022.
Ohio Innovation Tour webinar to feature 'Intel + Higher Education in Southeast Ohio' on March 29
March 24, 2023 The Ohio Innovation Tour will host a webinar featuring recent awardees of the Intel Semiconductor Education and Research Program for Ohio on March 29.
Physics students and alumnus win 5 awards, present their research at American Physical Society meeting
March 23, 2023 College of Arts and Sciences physics students and an alumnus took five major awards as they traveled with faculty to the American Physical Society March meeting this month in Las Vegas.
Eight graduate students win cash awards in Three Minute Thesis competition
March 14, 2023 Eight graduate students won cash awards at the Ohio University Three Minute Thesis Competition finals hosted by the Graduate College on Feb. 23.
Ohio University joins the Midwest Semiconductor Network
January 19, 2023 Ohio University joins universities in Ohio, Michigan, Illinois and Indiana to form a coalition to address national needs in semiconductor and microelectronics.
Ohio University simulations on PSC supercomputer transform coal-like material to amorphous graphite and nanotubes
January 6, 2023 An OHIO physics team used the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center to simulate how coal might eventually be converted to valuable — and carbon-neutral — materials like graphite and carbon nanotubes.
Jixin Chen discovers new reaction rate in solution, with implications for industrial, biological processes
December 8, 2022 While the world watches the soccer world cup, chemist Jixin Chen is studying another kind of "ball" and discovering that a 100-year-old collision theory doesn't stand up to 21st century calculations.
Shiyong Wu lab showcases student, alumna researchers at American Society for Photobiology meeting
November 16, 2022 Shiyong Wu took students to the American Society for Photobiology meeting this fall to showcase their research on ultraviolet exposure and basal cell skin cancer.
Team of physicists, chemists demonstrates atomic-level control of rare earth molecule
October 24, 2022 Scientists at OHIO and partner institutions have, for the first time, formed a charged rare earth molecule on a metal surface and rotated it using scanning tunneling microscopy.
