Tag: Missouri S&T physics department

Missouri S&T grad helps capture first-ever image of a black hole

Posted by on April 11, 2019

For the first time ever, scientists have captured an image of a black hole, and a Missouri S&T graduate played an important role. Dr. Frederick K. Baganoff, a research scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, is among the collaborators on the international Event Horizon Telescope project to produce the first direct images of a black hole. Baganoff earned a bachelor of science degree in physics from Missouri S&T in 1985.

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Physics researchers discover new approach to control the spread of light

Posted by on March 4, 2019

Physics researchers have discovered a new way to control light — one that produces a concentrated, optically energetic laser beam when transmitted through diffuse media such as fog, biological tissue or white paint — rather than the typical weaker light with a lateral spread.

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Dr. Barbara Hale, Missouri S&T physics professor, retires after 46 years of service

Posted by on March 15, 2018

After 46 years of teaching and research in the physics department at Missouri S&T, Dr. Barbara N. Hale has retired.

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