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Robert Streubel, assistant professor of physics and astronomy, transfers samples in an ultrahigh vacuum before co-evaporating amorphous magnetic films at cryogenic temperatures inside his lab in Jorgensen Hall.

Husker physicist studying how disordered materials may advance microelectronics

October 15, 2025

Christian Binek, professor of physics and astronomy, has been named interim director of the Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience.

Nebraska's EQUATE research connects to 2025 Nobel Prizes

October 10, 2025

Nirupam Aich.

Aich named associate editor of the Journal of Hazardous Materials: Organics

October 7, 2025

Arial view of campus bell tower and library.

Top Sponsored Awards, August 2025

October 7, 2025

Lucia Fernandez Ballester in her lab.

Husker engineer earns NSF award to study release of micro-, nanoplastics

October 7, 2025

Arial view of campus bell tower and library.

NCMN faculty, staff to earn service awards

September 29, 2025

A 3-D rendering of a Perfluorooctanesulfonic Acid molecule.

Team discovers potential bacterial solution to 'forever' chemicals

September 29, 2025

Using diamond quantum sensors based on nitrogen vacancy (NV) centers, Ilja Fescenko, Carlos A. Meriles, Abdelghani Laraoui, and co-workers visualize room-temperature stray magnetic fields localized at the edges of tungsten disulfide (WS2) flakes.

Cutting-Edge Research on 2D Magnets Featured on Journal Cover

September 26, 2025

Lucia Fernandez Ballester, Eric Markvicka, and Herman Batelaan.

Top Sponsored Awards, July 2025

September 8, 2025

Yanan (Laura) Wang

Wang named senior member of Optica

September 4, 2025

Christian Binek (second from right) is principal investigator of a new National Science Foundation-funded program exploring novel two-dimensional materials. Team members on the project are (from left) Xia Hong, professor of physics and astronomy; Abdelghani Laraoui, associate professor of mechanical and materials engineering; Peter Dowben, Charles Bessey Professor of physics and astronomy; and Kirill Belashchenko, professor of physics and astronomy.

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Grant provides critical support for university's materials science research

August 29, 2025

Photos of Bharat Giri and Prof.'s Xiaoshan Xu, Sy-Hwang Liou, Abdelghani Laraoui, and Peter Dowben.

Researchers Demonstrate Giant Topological Hall Effect Across Broad Temperature Range in Novel Magnetic Heterostructures

August 14, 2025