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Herman Batelaan (left) stands with student researchers, (starting second from left) Marie Rioux, Ryan O’Donnell, Wyatt Balters, Raul Puente, Arjun Mohanan, Sajid Raihan Akash and Marlon Weiss. Batelaan’s quantum optics research has been honored by the American Physical Society.

Batelaan's quantum curiosity draws national recognition to Nebraska

November 3, 2025

Science & Technology

Society & Culture

Naafis Shahed (left), graduate student in physics and astonomy, stands alongside Evgeny Tsymbal, George Holmes University Distinguished Professor in physics and astronomy, in the server room of the Holland Computing Center.

Advanced materials research is first Nebraska-led project to earn prestigious NSF award

October 15, 2025

Science & Technology

Robert Streubel, assistant professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, wears gloves and a hairnet as he uses a large metal machine in his lab.

Husker physicist studying how disordered materials may advance microelectronics

October 13, 2025

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Christian Binek

Nebraska's EQUATE research connects to 2025 Nobel Prizes

October 10, 2025

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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.

Grant provides critical support for university's materials science research

August 29, 2025

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Kevin Lee died April 14, 2025.

Obituary | Kevin M. Lee

May 2, 2025

Observatory

Student Observatory open house is April 23

April 18, 2025

Nebraska physicists (from left) Ken Bloom, Dan Claes and Ilya Kravchenko are members of an international team that earned the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics.

Husker physicists part of international team awarded Breakthrough Prize

April 9, 2025

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Nine faculty earn named professorships

March 31, 2025

Agriculture & Environment

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Society & Culture

Husker researchers (from left) are Md. Ibrahim Kholil and Rashmeet Khurana, both graduate students in chemistry; Saman Bagheri, postdoctoral research associate in chemistry; and Alexander Sinitskii, professor of chemistry. The researchers stand in a lab.

Husker team explores potential of MXenes for nanotech applications

October 28, 2024

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Physicist Martin Centurion poses in a lab.

Husker physicist part of team that captures groundbreaking ‘molecular movie’

June 11, 2024

Science & Technology

Michael Sibbernsen (right) and Hannah Paxton use the observatory atop the Stadium Parking Garage at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. The university will use the observatory to record the Aug. 21 total solar eclipse.

Student Observatory open house is March 22

March 20, 2024