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NIU scientists, Ph.D. students find fast, easy, inexpensive way to make...
A team of NIU scientists, with a major role played by NIU Ph.D. students, has discovered a new, convenient and inexpensive way to make high performance hydrogen sensors using palladium nanowires....
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High school physics students glimpse careers
A student catches sunlight with a scintillator. Do you know what a scintillator is? Can you use scintillate in a sentence? Thanks to scientists and technologists at NIU, 70 students from Libertyville’s...
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Simmons’ gift supports Research Rookies
Jaymie and Harry Simmon When they were theater students at NIU, Jaymie and Harry Simmon were more concerned with hitting their marks and memorizing their lines than they were with participating in...
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Physics freshman names research experience, social connections as keys to her...
Gabriela Arriaga stands with an ultra-high vacuum thin film deposition system. Affordability and convenient location were not the primary reasons that freshman physics major Gabriela Arriaga chose NIU....
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Zhili Xiao: A force in physics
Zhili Xiao Throughout his career, professor Zhili Xiao has been a force in physics, pioneering uncharted territory in the research fields of superconductivity and nanoscience. And, since he arrived at...
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NIU honors Dan Gebo, Paul Kelter, Zhili Xiao with Board of Trustees...
Dan Gebo, Paul Kelter and Zhili Xiao NIU has named Dan Gebo in anthropology, Paul Kelter in literacy education and Zhili Xiao in physics as its 2013 Board of Trustees Professors – a top university...
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Xiao named interim associate dean for research
Zhili Xiao Zhili Xiao, an NIU Board of Trustees Professor of physics, has accepted an appointment as interim associate dean for research and graduate studies. Xiao is stepping into a role that was...
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Need super technology for your research?
An aerial view of the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory. Do you have a great scientific research concept in mind but lack the high-powered tech facilities to get it done? If so,...
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Paula Meyer named to coordinate CLAS communication efforts
Paula Meyer Christopher McCord, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, recently announced several administrative changes in the college, including a new director of communications. That post...
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NIU professors earn major research grants—NIU students stand to benefit
Rangaswamy “Nathan” Meganathan works with biology grad student Debarati Ghose. First, the good news: Five NIU professors this summer snagged three prestigious grants that total nearly $1 million. Now...
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NIU Ph.D. student publishes discoveries in top physics journal
Laxman Thoutam An NIU Ph.D. student in physics is the first author of recently published research in the prestigious journal, Physical Review Letters. The research, by Laxman Thoutam with co-authors...
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