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According to research led by planetary scientist Christopher Fowler, data beamed back from Mars by the NASA spacecraft MAVEN provides the first evidence that a phenomenon protecting planets from solar winds can occur in the atmospheres of worlds that lack strong magnetic fields.

American Physical Society Congressional Science Fellow smiling  

Danielle Maldonado, a doctoral student in physics, will use her scientific expertise to inform federal policymaking during a yearlong fellowship on Capitol Hill as a 2026-27 American Physical Society Congressional Science Fellow.

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Daniel Campa, Colin Krisulevicz, Rebecca Ozbolt and Samuel Stalnaker have joined the nation’s top emerging researchers after earning the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, a program that supports graduate education in STEM-based fields.