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Apr 30, 2021

Using Machine Learning to Determine Sky Conditions Above Wheaton

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  • Academic Festival
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Using machine learning to classify images
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Apr 28, 2021

Studying the Extreme Environment Near the Black Hole or Neutron Star in SS433

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My research focuses on SS 433, which is a unique X-ray binary system and micro-quasar characterized by it’s high speed jets that radiate in opposite…
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Aug 22, 2018

International Student Highlight: Yusheng Wu

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  • Center for Global Education
  • Physics
Take a look at one of our international students here at Wheaton majoring in Physics and Bioinformatics.
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Feb 01, 2018

Small Telescope, Big Discovery

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With Wheaton’s rooftop telescope, hard work and good luck, Maitra and Scarpaci ’17 make a discovery that challenges prior assumptions about black holes. With this…
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Feb 09, 2014

Finding heavy metal

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Professor John Collins and his collaborator Ivan Karbovnyk from the Ukraine have been awarded a grant from CRDF Global to study nanomaterials that could help…
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May 06, 2013

Building a better laser

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Linzi Wu ’15 and Professor Xuesheng Chen work to make lasers cheaper, smaller, and more powerful.
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Oct 24, 2012

The Water Balloon Challenge

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  • Physics
Watch Wheaton College’s introductory physics class leave their lab and put theory to the test.
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Oct 09, 2012

Cold as ice

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A new study by Prof. Geoffrey Collins and colleagues in the Journal of Geophysical Research shows that water ice gets much harder at very cold…
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Nov 09, 2011

Goodman Captures Close Encounter with Asteroid

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  • Physics
Using Wheaton’s Observatory, Assistant Professor of Physics Jason Goodman tracked and imaged the asteroid… and created this video of it moving through the sky.
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Sep 22, 2011

Courtyard Boulders Reveal Meaning

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  • Physics
Geoff Collins, Associate Professor of Geology, told us about the boulders that are placed around the courtyard.
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Apr 01, 2009

Grant to study physics of ice-covered oceans

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Assistant Professor of Physics Jason Goodman has obtained a $200,000 grant as a member of a new NASA Astrobiology Institute team.
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