Maureen Elinzano
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Exciting Stars, Exciting Times, Exciting Research
David neilsen and eric hirschmann have spent years studying binary partnerships that are millions, even billions, of light years away in the universe—and those binary partnerships echo their personal partnership, both as friends and as research colleagues.
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Point of the Mountain: Unstable Ground?
Traverse Mountain, also known as Point of the Mountain, marks the border between the Salt Lake Valley and Utah Valley. Many buildings and houses stand on this well-known piece of Utah geology.
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A Master, A Teacher, A Leader
Teaching has always had a huge impact on BYU physics professor Duane Merrell—an impact that has both affected his life and guided his career and passion for teaching physics.
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CPMS Alum Cui Tao Wins Presidential Award
Cui Tao’s love for both biology and computer science has led to more than an accomplished research and teaching career—it has earned her one of Barack Obama’s final awards before the former president left office in January.
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Studying Planets Without Looking Through a Telescope
Darin Ragozzine has always been fascinated with space, planets, and stars—but he rarely looks through a telescope.
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The Science That Enables Other Sciences
Lithography, computer chips, and electron microscopes all need particle accelerators. Accelerators are scientific tools that use beams of charged particles to investigate particle physics. But there is a need for accelerators to be cheaper and brighter, and BYU is exploring how.
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Honor Week 2017: Honor Runs Deep
What does honor mean to you? At BYU, honor is more than not cheating on a test, more than not lying about how many hours you worked, and even more than the Honor Code.
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New BYU Math Professor Pays It Forward to His Students
Dr. Blake Barker loves math and research, which is why he loves mathematical research.
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