Physics of cilia explain sperm’s successful swimming

Around the O January 18, 2022 – 5:00am Sperm can’t claim all the credit for their strong swimming. Carpets of tiny hairs lining the inside of the fallopian tubes give them an extra boost, propelling them upwards. Now, UO theoretical ...

Around the O  December 13, 2021 – 5:00am Three University of Oregon physicists are able to continue their mission to uncover the fundamental secrets of the universe, thanks to continued funding from the U.S. Department of Energy. The department’s high energy physics program awarded $1.28 ...

Around the O  December 1, 2021 – 5:00am While light can’t escape the monstrous gravity of a black hole, that hasn’t kept researchers on a team that includes UO scientists from taking a big step forward in the effort to reveal their secrets. UO researchers are a key part of LIGO, an ...

Addressing a Gap in Our Knowledge of Black Holes

By Tarini Konchady on 20 August 2021 One way for black holes to form is in supernovae, or the deaths of massive stars. However, our current knowledge of stellar evolution and supernovae suggests that black holes with masses between 55 and 120 ...

UO ranks second in the nation for Gilman Scholarships

June 2, 2021 – 1:42pm Thirty University of Oregon students have been named as recipients of the prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, shattering the school record for selections in one ...

Around the O   January 20, 2021 – 2:37pm Two UO mathematics professors, Jonathan Brundan and James Isenberg, have been named 2021 fellows of the American Mathematical Society. Brundan was selected for his contributions to the Lie theory and representation theory, while Isenberg, a ...

Around the O December 11, 2020 – 2:01 pm A pair of UO faculty members have received one of the most prestigious awards from the National Science Foundation to pursue research projects in their respective fields. Physicist Tien-Tien Yu and biochemist Scott Hansen were named ...

Around the O September 18, 2020 – 1:13pm Theoretical physicist Tien-Tien Yu has received the New Horizons in Physics award for her collaborative work with an international research team and their contributions to the field of “light dark matter.” Part of the prestigious Breakthrough ...

Around the O July 27, 2020 – 5:00am Next time there’s an argument about the age of the universe, just say it’s 12.6 billion years old and that University of Oregon physicist Jim Schombert has the equation to back it up. In a study published in the Astronomical ...

Around the O November 12, 2019 – 5:00am John Toner was frustrated during his final year with IBM in 1993. The industry giant, amid the internet-fueled technological explosion, was giving up fundamental research, his specialty, to pursue applied science to stay competitive. But a lecture by a ...