ICYMI: Kate Scholberg (Duke Physics) chases nutrinos. Stephen Asher (@DukePsychNeuro) studies development from childhood through young adulthood. Both have been elected as @AAAS fellows this year! More about this honor: duke.is/n/hb9e

Seeking a quantum advantage with trapped-ion quantum simulations of condensed-phase chemical dynamics

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A review by Mingyu Kang H. Noumin Sutirtha Chowdhury J. Yuly Ke Sun J. Witlow Jesús Valdiviezo 🇲🇽 Z. Zhang, P. Zhang David Beratan Group, Kenneth Brown

Congratulations to Professor Kate Scholberg, newly elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science! ➡️duke.is/8/ajxj

A Century of Scholars: For #Duke100 , Haiyan Gao reflects on the impact Henry Newson had in the field of nuclear physics and on the creation of Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory .
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This year's International Soft Matter Conference will take place right around the corner, in Raleigh, July 29 - Aug 2! It'll be preceded by Duke Soft Matter Day. Registrations close soon! More info ➡️ soft-matter.com/ismc2024/

This was a big week for future Duke students!
Our faculty approved a new undergraduate curriculum for Trinity that will take effect in Fall 2025. Learn how it will enable us to continue providing an exceptional liberal arts education to a new generation: duke.is/z/uzvm

Congratulations to PhD candidate Matthew Ennis on his Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching!
'Matt shows all the signs of an excellent teacher by already focusing on best practices.' ➡️bit.ly/3Tu8LDc

Hear from Ph.D and postdoc alumni in STEM who found fulfilling careers in higher education. They will discuss how they moved into these jobs from their Ph.D/postdoc training, locating job opportunities, and applying for them. Find more info and register at bit.ly/3Pt5jYr

One of Germany's first female PhDs, but seeing no future in the country once Nazis rose to power, Hertha Sponer crossed the Atlantic and became our first female faculty, pioneering the field of physical chemistry. Learn more ➡️ 100.duke.edu/story/hertha-s… #Duke100

For years, scientists worldwide have been trying to pinpoint the mass of one of the tiniest building blocks of the universe. Here's the story as told by one of the researchers shepherding the effort: nature.com/articles/s4225… Ashutosh Vijay Kotwal Duke Physics Trinity College at Duke

Perspective: The precision measurement of the W boson mass and its impact on physics

by Ashutosh Vijay Kotwal

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1/3 Interviewed Yun Wang, Maria Vincenzi, & Tamara Davis for an exciting dark energy story! scientificamerican.com/article/unprec…

When it comes to work, Professor Chris Monroe is only half-joking when he says he needs an “almost unattainable goal.” Learn more about this Duke University #Duke100 #Trailblazer
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✨Congratulations to PhD student Matthew Ennis, whose teaching was recognized with a 2024 Dean's Award! bit.ly/3S8GIbO✨

🚨 Deadline approaching! 🚨 Duke University faculty: Proposals for the Emerging Pedagogies Seed Grants & Faculty Fellowships are due Jan 22. Awards up to $10k are available to faculty who are reimagining how, where, when, and with whom learning happens. Learn more: learninginnovation.duke.edu/emerging-pedag…

✨Congratulations to all faculty who were awarded tenure in 2023, and in particular to our very own Associate Professors Divine Kumah [Kumahlab] , Michael Troxel [Michael A. Troxel] and Dan Scolnic [Dan Scolnic]!✨
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Calling all Duke Students interested in summer research: Next Thursday, Jan. 18 from 1-3pm, learn about summer research programs in data science, coding, programming and more. Gross Hall 100, Energy Hub lobby iss.duke.edu/events/plus-pr…

Calling all faculty & staff Duke University: you can play a role in guiding Duke's strategic investments in AI. Tell them about your AI-related and computing needs in this short survey, open now until Feb. 2: duke.kualibuild.com/action/65a6c63…

Check out this Spring's Climate and Sustainability courses, including 'PHYSICS 137S - Energy in the 21st Century and Beyond'!
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The result of a decade's worth of effort, an analysis of more than 1,500 exploding stars offers the latest clues in scientists' attempts to understand our ever-expanding universe: symmetrymagazine.org/article/final-… Duke Physics