News Archive

Valerie Brogden poses next to the the Noble Dome, a transparent dome with gloves attached, connected directly to a microscope.
November 22, 2024
Invented at the University of Oregon, the Noble Dome enables air-free sample transfers into electron microscopes, limiting damage to materials and harm to people.
any small arrows form an image of a swirling vortex and lines along a flat plane. The arrows are colored in red and blue to represent the direction of travel.
September 26, 2024
A UO physicist is investigating unique magnetic field patterns and their possible connection to hurricanes and black holes.
Three computer stations with people sitting at them or walking past them seen through glass doors.
November 8, 2023
Technical expertise, hands-on training key features of materials analysis graduate program housed in UO core facility.
Transmission electron microscope image.
November 7, 2023
The UO’s transmission electron microscope serves multiple departments, is a teaching tool, and is widely used by other institutions.
A microscope image of shocked quartz, which shows a diagonal black line across the surface of a quartz crystal.
November 2, 2023
What a black line in a chunk of quartz can tell us about meteorite impact at historically important sites.