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Pitt’s symposium two weeks ago featured various speakers, including Tom Lubensky (shown), who spoke about the accomplishments of de Gennes.

Symposium commemorates physics Nobel laureate

A leading researcher in the field of soft-matter physics and recipient of the 1991 Nobel Prize, Pierre-Gilles de Gennes was honored by colleagues and...

The Richard King Mellon Foundation has offered financial support to graduate students in the life sciences.

Grant goes to sciences

The Richard King Mellon Foundation has awarded $25 million to support life sciences research and education at Carnegie Mellon through the creation of...

Scientists have measured an alternating magnetic field around Europa, which suggests the presence of water.

How Things Work: Europa

Jupiter’s moon Europa has been an object of fascination since 1610, when it was first discovered by Galileo. Despite its icy appearance, Europa has...

Sci-Tech Briefs

Discovery to build on space station NASA launched the space shuttle Discovery last Tuesday on a mission to install a new module, Harmony, at the International...

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