⚡Ultrafast biology at NC State: Elting’s lab and collaborators reveal how the giant ciliate Spirostomum uses a “fishnet” network for calcium-triggered contraction — 200x faster than the blink of an eye! Insights could lead to faster artificial muscles. tinyurl.com/2s3ptrjk

Congratulations to graduate student Tiyasa Kar on receiving the prestigious 2026–27 #STEM Chateaubriand Fellowship to conduct theoretical Electron-Ion Collider research at Université Paris-Saclay, further advancing vital scientific collaboration between US & France 🇺🇸🇫🇷 #GraduateResearch

Congratulations to @xingchenglin.bsky.social on receiving an #NSF CAREER Award! 🎉 Using #AI and physics-based simulations, this project will uncover how epigenetic changes shape DNA organization and gene regulation—advancing our understanding of genome function and human disease.

Congratulations to Charles Henderson for being nominated an #AAAS Fellow!! He was recognized for his distinguished contributions to discipline-based education research in physics, and on understanding processes leading to institution-wide instructional change in science education.

Don’t miss out on the colloquium today from 4-5pm in Riddick 301!! Dr. Daphne Klotsa, from UNC Chapel Hill, will discuss “Making a Splash and Mixing It Up in Active Matter”. | More info: physics.sciences.ncsu.edu/event/physic...

Join us today for our annual celebration of undergraduate excellence in Physics! Poster session starts at 3pm in the Hearth, followed by formal presentations in 301 at 4pm. Graduating Senior Awards for - Scholarly Achievement (Doggett) - Leadership (Patty) - Research (McCormick)

Congratulations to alumnus Robbie Leske (2025) for being selected as a recipient of the #NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)!! Rob received his B.S. in Physics in 2025 and is now a Ph.D. student in Materials Science at the University of Southern California.

How much do we love Christina Koch? ♥️ 3-times NC State Alumna – BS+MS Electrical Engineering + BS Physics – marks history as the first woman to fly all the way to the moon ...and back! Congratulations to all Artemis II crew and NASA for a successful mission! 🚀🌙 🌎

Don’t miss out on the colloquium today from 4-5pm in Riddick 301!! Dr. Kenan Gundogdu, from NC State University, will discuss “Rethinking Superfluorescence: A Window into Macroscopic Quantum Order”. | More info: physics.sciences.ncsu.edu/event/physic...

⚾Ever watched a baseball play and thought - how did that just happen? From bizarre plays to non-intuitive moments, baseball is full of hidden physics. Join us at the next Science on Tap 🍻, where Prof. Kasey Wagoner will unpack the science behind what you see on the field!

Come join us at the Riddick Hearth at 1 PM to watch the Artemis II lunar flyby together! 🚀🌙 You can also watch it on youtube through the link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-j1...

Join the colloquium today from 4-5pm in Riddick 301! Dr. Zhiyue Lu, from UNC Chapel Hill will discuss “Mathematical Foundation and Extension of Statistical Mechanics”! | More info: physics.sciences.ncsu.edu/event/physic...

Don’t miss out on the colloquium next Monday from 4-5pm in Riddick 301!! Dr. Brad Barlow, from UNC Chapel Hill, will discuss “Gaia in Technicolor: Mapping Stellar Variability Through H-R Diagram Motions”. | More info: physics.sciences.ncsu.edu/event/brad-b...

Today is NC State Day of Giving!! #GivingPack Your donation to the Physics Department Enhancement Fund will go towards supporting our faculty and students as we offer extraordinary opportunities in physics education and research. Make a donation at: go.ncsu.edu/dayofgiving.physics

Don’t miss out on the colloquium today from 4-5pm in Riddick 301!! Dr. Patrick Charbonneau, from Duke University, will discuss “The Gendered History of Quantum Physics”. | More info: physics.sciences.ncsu.edu/event/patric...

New work in nuclear astrophysics from Dr. Longland and colleagues at TUNL! ⭐️ A new evaluation of thermonuclear reaction rates (ETR25) improves the nuclear data used to model how stars evolve and produce the elements. ⚛️ Read more: tinyurl.com/5xmjtau4 #Astrophysics

Join the colloquium today from 4-5pm in Riddick 301! Dr. Scott Franklin, from Rochester Institute of Technology will discuss “Empathy in Physics Classrooms and other Academic Spaces”! | More info: physics.sciences.ncsu.edu/event/physic...

What if sound-like vibrations could make electric current without magnets? That’s what chiral phonons do in new research from NC State lead by Dali Sun (Physics) and collaborator Jun Liu (Mech & Aerospace Eng). Read how this could reshape energy-efficient electronics. ➡️: ncst.at/6mGP50Yhmi0

Don’t miss out on the colloquium today at 4pm in Riddick 301!! Dr. Claudia Fracchiolla, from American Physical Society, will discuss “Public Engagement as a Physics Practice: Identity, Community, and Building the Infrastructure for Impact”. | More info: physics.sciences.ncsu.edu/event/physic...

🎉 Congrats to Kasey Wagoner (Physics & Astronomy) and Adrian Smith (Biological Sciences) on being selected for the inaugural Digital Science Communication Fellowship with the Museum of Science! Learn how they’re helping to make research more accessible to the public: tinyurl.com/57s7x2kx

Join the colloquium today from 4-5pm in Riddick 301! Dr. Gregory Gbur, from UNC Charlotte will discuss “Invisibility: The History and Science of How Not To Be Seen”! | More info: physics.sciences.ncsu.edu/event/physic...

🚀 Research in action at #NCState! Students from the labs of Harald Ade, Kenan Gundogdu, and Dali Sun in the carbon electronics cluster are publishing in top journals like Science and Nature — boosting careers and advancing discovery.🔬 Read more: tinyurl.com/34jas9x6

Don’t miss out on the special colloquium today from 4-5pm in Riddick!! Drs. Shivani Shaw, Goksu Toga, and Reem Hakeem will present their postdoc projects on the topics of astrophysics, quantum computing and biophysics.

Did you know that trillions of “ghost particles” pass through your body every second? Prof Matthew Green will talk about how neutrinos can be detected and what they can tell us about our universe! Join us at Lywnnwood Brewing Concern, tomorrow on Jan 13 at 7pm for beer, food and great science!

Quantum Physics Gets Big! Join us tomorrow to learn about the 2025 Nobel Prize and how it’s paving the way for new tech—from quantum computers to cryptography and sensors. Grab a burger & drinks at @DailyPlanetCafe and enjoy great science conversation! +info: tinyurl.com/5yxh72v3

Congratulations to Paschalis Gkoupidenis on winning the inaugural Sherwin I. Seligson Innovation Award for his work in developing organic, brain-inspired electronic. Learn how his organic neuromorphic systems earned him the inaugural Sherwin I. Seligsohn Innovation Award. ➡️: ncst.at/ZVc550Xyq4C

📢 SAVE THE DATE: On Dec 18 @ 7pm we will have our annual Nobel Prize talk at the NC Natural Sciences Museum! Drs. Weijian Chen and Xiang Li will talk about macroscopic quantum effects and how this leads to new technology, including quantum cryptography, computers and sensors. tinyurl.com/5yxh72v3

📢 It is now official: The Department of Physics will now be the – Department of Physics and Astronomy – ! The change reflects the wide range of research topics covered in the department, from the very small to astronomical scales. ⚛️ ↔️ 🔭

Join the colloquium today from 4-5pm in Riddick 325! Dr. Michael Rubinstein from Duke University will discuss “The Loops of Life”! | More info: physics.sciences.ncsu.edu/event/physic...

Assistant professors Nate Ennist (left) and Xingcheng Lin (right) presented their work at the recent Carolina Biophysics Symposium.

Tuesday next week we will have our second Science on Tap presentation! Prof Kurt Marsden will be talking about how zebrafish is helping us learn more about our own brains! Join us at Lywnnwood Brewing Concern, Nov 11 at 7pm for beer, food and great science!

Don’t miss out on the colloquium next Monday from 4-5pm in 2010 Biltmore Hall!! Dr. Vashan Wright, from University of California San Diego and Scripps Institute will discuss “Searching for Evidence of Water in the Martian Crust”. | More info: physics.sciences.ncsu.edu/event/physic...

Join the colloquium next Monday from 4-5pm in Riddick 325! Dr. Danielle Speller, from Johns Hopkins University will discuss “Making the Invisible Visible: Searching for New Physics at the Laboratory Scale.”! | More info: physics.sciences.ncsu.edu/event/physic...

Congratulations to alumni Bruce Sherwood and Ruth Chabay for earning the 2026 Hans Christian Oersted Medal from the American Association of Physics Teachers (@aapthq.bsky.social). More info: tinyurl.com/ynt2j3e2 #Physics #PER #AAPTAwards

Don’t miss out on the colloquium next Monday from 4-5pm in Riddick 325!! Dr. José Alvarado, from University of Texas in Austin (@utphysics.bsky.social) will discuss “Adaptability Through Control in Robotic and Active Systems”. | More info: physics.sciences.ncsu.edu/event/colloq...

Congratulations to Prof. Melissa Dancy, who has been honored as an 2025 APS Fellow!! #Physics #PER

Don't miss the first Science on Tap series at Lynnwood Brewing next week on Tuesday, Oct 14, from 7-9pm. Prof. Kasey Wagoner will be talking about how scientists are making measurements that give insights into how the universe started.

Join us for the colloquium this Today from 4-5pm in Riddick 325!! Dr. Carl Rodriguez (@carlrodriguez.bsky.social) from UNC Chapel Hill will discuss “Growing Big Black Holes in Dense Star Clusters”. | More info: physics.sciences.ncsu.edu/event/physic...

Congratulations to our trainees from the Belmonte and Elting (@mwelting.bsky.social) labs - Reem Hakeem - Abhisha Thayambath (@abhisha-thayambath.bsky.social) - Joe Lannan (@josephlannan.bsky.social) for receiving all 3 best poster prizes at the last Triangle Cytoskeletal Meeting!!

Don’t miss out on the colloquium Today from 4-5pm in Riddick 325!! Dr. Igor Andreoni, from UNC Chapel Hill will discuss “Discovery of Energetic and Multi-messenger Transients in the Era of Rubin Observatory”. | More info: physics.sciences.ncsu.edu/event/physic...

Don’t miss out on the colloquium Today from 4-5pm in Riddick 325!! Dr. Matthew Green, from North Carolina State University will discuss “COHERENT Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering at the SNS”. | More info: physics.sciences.ncsu.edu/event/physic...

Join us for an extra colloquium this Wednesday from 4-5pm in Riddick 325!! Dr. Andrey Tarasov from North Carolina State University will discuss “Factorization and perturbative QCD in the era of Electron-Ion Collider”. | More info: physics.sciences.ncsu.edu/event/physic...

Don’t miss out on the colloquium this Monday from 4-5pm in Riddick 325!! Dr. Julio Belmonte, from North Carolina State University will discuss “Mesoscale Computational Biophysics: From Cytoskeletal Percolation to Tissue Mechanics”. | More info: physics.sciences.ncsu.edu/event/colloq...

his Monday we recognized the excellent work of two of our students with the Russel Philbrick Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant or Teaching Assistant. -Christian Trasher for his dedication and leadership in PY131 -Mustafa Ture for his discovery of solitonic superfluorescence at room temperature

Happy #FDOC, #Wolfpack! We’re wishing all new and returning students the best of luck in their physics classes this semester!

🎉 Congratulations to Eduardo Castellanos — selected as a 2025–26 Graduate Research Fellow by NC Space Grant ! 🚀 His project explores the rheology of proton-rich astrophysical gas — pushing the frontiers of space science. 🌌🧪 🔗 ncspacegrant.ncsu.edu/2025/07/15/n...

🧊✨ Galactic mystery unlocked!! Astronomers have figured out how icy gas clouds—like cosmic "ice cubes"—survive the scorching outflows from the Milky Way’s center. Amazing work from the Bordoloi group!🔭 🔗 tinyurl.com/musam7dw #MilkyWay #GalacticCenter #Astrophysics

⚛️ 🧪 Major discovery from Gundogdu’s Lab! Postdoc Melike Biliroglu and PhD student Mustafa Türe, working with an international team, demonstrate solitonic superfluorescence in hybrid perovskites at room temp—paving the way for scalable, high-temp quantum tech. 🔗 tinyurl.com/5cxs6ypp

Join us today for our annual McCormick Symposium, which highlights the achievements of the undergraduate physics students. 3pm - Poster session at Riddick Hearth 4pm - Award ceremony at RD 325

Congratulations to undergraduate alumna Logan White for being awarded the #NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program!! The award supports outstanding graduate students who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees.