Turkish Physicists from all around the world will be sharing their latest research with their colleagues at 2022 APS March Meeting. You can find the details below. This is, obviously, not a complete list. Please let us know if you have additions… Read More ›
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Google Commemorates Dilhan Eryurt
Google Doodle is celebrating the life of Dilhan Eryurt with a cartoon of the late Turkish astrophysicist. The picture sees Eryurt, who died in 2012, staring at stars and planets, the origins of which she helped uncover for Nasa in the 1960s. Born… Read More ›
Turkish Physicists at 2020 APS March Meeting
Turkish Physicists from all around the world will be sharing their latest research with their colleagues at 2020 APS March Meeting. You can find the details below. This is, obviously, not a complete list. Please let us know if you have additions to… Read More ›
Controlling buckling in a nanoscale beam using electrostatic effects
A team of researchers from Bilkent University and Sabanci University SUNUM Nanotechnology Research Center has developed a way to control buckling in a nanoscale beam using electrostatic effects. In their paper published in the journal Physical Review Letters, the group describes… Read More ›
Using ionic liquid capsules to capture carbon dioxide from air
If humans are going to successfully make longer-distance space trips, it will depend on discovering and engineering new materials for continuous fresh air supply—and doing it in microgravity, without creating dust or emitting volatile substances. Burcu Gurkan, an assistant professor… Read More ›
New heat model may help electronic devices last longer
A University of Illinois-based team of engineers has found that the model currently used to predict heat loss in a common semiconductor material does not apply in all situations. By testing the thermal properties of gallium nitride semiconductors fabricated using… Read More ›
Ayşe Erzan Receives 2020 Sakharov Award
2020 Andrei Sakharov Award Recipient Ayşe Erzan Istanbul Technical University Citation: “For her lifelong commitment to human rights, especially for her steadfast defense of the rights of citizens to criticize those in power, even at great personal cost.” Background:… Read More ›
Industrial Physicist Selects APS as Sole Beneficiary of Generous Estate Gift
After obtaining his degree and carrying out postdoctoral research on amorphous semiconductors, Suha Oguz worked as a scientist at the corporate research lab of a defense contractor. His career followed a path into technical management, and he eventually retired after… Read More ›
Elementary mathematics brings Star Trek’s Holodeck closer to reality
For many years we have been hearing that holographic technology is one step closer to realizing Star Trek’s famous Holodeck, a virtual reality stage that simulates any object in 3D as if they are real. Sadly, 3D holographic projection has… Read More ›
Faculty Position at Izmir Institute of Technology
Department of Physics of İzmir Institute of Technology (IZTECH) has an open faculty position at the assistant professor (doktor öğretim üyesi) level. The position is in Experimental Condensed Matter Physics. However, exceptional applications in related fields may also be considered…. Read More ›