Tag: plasma astrophysics

Stas Boldyrev earns DOE funding to investigate turbulence in relativistic plasmas

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This post was adapted from a U.S. Department of Energy announcement  The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced August 23 that it is funding $9.96M to support research in basic plasma science and engineering as well as frontier plasma science experiments at several midscale DOE Collaborative Research Facilities (CRFs) across the nation. The funding will go to …

Zweibel receives Astronomical Society of the Pacific’s most prestigious award

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This post is adapted from an Astronomical Society of the Pacific press release The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) has awarded the 2022 Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal to Ellen Zweibel. It is the most prestigious award given by ASP. Zweibel, the William L. Kraushaar professor of astronomy and physics at UW–Madison, was recognized …