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The National Society of Black Physicists is pleased to announce the 2015 Annual Conference

The National Society of Black Physicists is pleased to announce the 2015 Annual Conference

The conference is to be held at the Hilton Baltimore in Baltimore, Maryland on Wednesday, February 25–Saturday, February 28, 2015. The Annual Conference brings together a broad range of experts in multiple fields of physics (astronomy, astrophysics, biophysics, condensed matter and materials, physics, high energy....and more).  NSBP conference is...

Improved Saturn Positions Help Spacecraft Navigation, Planet Studies, Fundamental Physics

Improved Saturn Positions Help Spacecraft Navigation, Planet Studies, Fundamental Physics

Scientists have used the National Science Foundation's Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) radio-telescope system and NASA's Cassini spacecraft to measure the position of Saturn and its family of moons to within about a mile -- at a range of nearly a billion miles. This feat improves astronomers' knowledge of the dynamics of our Solar System and also...

AUI’s Tim Spuck, co-editor of Einstein Fellows

AUI’s Tim Spuck, co-editor of Einstein Fellows

Tim Spuck is the AUI STEM Education Development Officer for the National Radio Astronomy Observatory. He earned his master’s degree in science education from Clarion University of Pennsylvania and is nearing completion of a D.Ed. in curriculum and instruction at West Virginia University. Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)...