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Danny Milisavljevic named Purdue University Faculty Scholar

Danny Milisavljevic, associate professor of Physics and Astronomy with the Purdue College of Science, has been selected as a University Faculty Scholar by the Office of the Provost.

‘This Is Purdue’ earns Webby Award nomination for live astronaut panel during total solar eclipse; voting runs through Thursday

Over 50,000 guests. Fifty states. Thirty-five countries. Five continents. Five Purdue astronauts. And now one Webby Award nomination for Best Live Podcast Recording for the “This Is Purdue” live astronaut panel recorded during the Total Solar Eclipse Event at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Vote here!

Levitating diamonds spin at 1.2 billion RPM to unlock quantum gravity

The Brighter Side of News — Physicists levitate and spin nanodiamonds in vacuum to explore quantum gravity and achieve new control over spin qubits. This article references work from a team of researchers at Purdue University that specializes in quantum science and engineering.

Uncovering cosmic patterns: New discovery sheds light on binary star formation and evolution

A discovery by Purdue researchers has provided a missing piece in our understanding of binary star systems, helping to resolve a difference between theoretical predictions and real-world astronomical observations. The findings, which focus on the orbital behavior of binary stars surrounded by circumbinary disks, offer new insight into the formation and evolution of these celestial systems.

Purdue CMS team named co-recipient of 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics

The Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) Collaboration at CERN, which includes significant contributions from Purdue University physicists, has been awarded the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for its groundbreaking work at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Geneva, Switzerland.

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