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Active PRL

Posted on May 8, 2025 by Patrick Charbonneau — No Comments ↓

Congratulations, Dr. Mingyuan Zheng, for her work on the not-so-glass-like behavior of active matter being accepted in PRL! It’s a nice bow in our recent gathering in Suzhou. Updated June 4, 2025: Published!

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PRE News

Posted on December 8, 2024 by Patrick Charbonneau — No Comments ↓

Professor Charbonneau is the next Lead Editor of PRE, starting this coming January. Stay tuned for more on this theme…

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Hard spheres in focus

Posted on November 13, 2024 by Patrick Charbonneau — No Comments ↓

Our long-thermalizing review on colloidal hard spheres is now out! In the (authors-revised) words or the publisher: “Hard spheres—simple particles that cannot overlap, like billiard balls—may at first glance seem to be a rather abstract model of matter. However, the Continue reading Hard spheres in focus→

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Library Exhibit

Posted on November 4, 2024 by Patrick Charbonneau — No Comments ↓

The Scientific Vision of Women, an exhibit currently presented in the Mary Duke Biddle Room (until February 15, 2025) features an entry about Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier by Prof. Charbonneau and Prof. Hepler-Smith. The entry is derived from material presented in Continue reading Library Exhibit→

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History of grained confections

Posted on October 18, 2024 by Patrick Charbonneau — No Comments ↓

Last year, Prof. Charbonneau was interviewed about his project of tracing back the history of sucre à la crème, a confection he regularly uses in courses at Duke as well as in public (or conference) demonstrations to illustrate the importance Continue reading History of grained confections→

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Lars Onsager Prize and Leo P. Kadanoff Prize 2025

Posted on October 15, 2024 by Patrick Charbonneau — No Comments ↓

It’s a pleasure to celebrate the research achievements of Jean-Philippe Bouchaud, Leticia Cugliandolo, and Jorge Kurchan with the 2025 Lars Onsager Prize and those of Andrea Liu with the 2025 Leo P. Kadanoff Prize.

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Nobel Prize for Prof. John Hopfield

Posted on October 14, 2024 by Patrick Charbonneau — No Comments ↓

The first oral history interview I recorded for the History of RSB project was with this year’s Nobel Prize winner, John J. Hopfield. As a result, this prize feels more special than usual. To find out more, note that a Continue reading Nobel Prize for Prof. John Hopfield→

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WiHQP Book

Posted on July 1, 2024 by Patrick Charbonneau — No Comments ↓

The book manuscript Women in the History of Quantum Physics: Beyond Knabenphysik is now with the editor. To learn more about WiHQP, see the group’s webpage. Update (January 9, 2025): In an editorial, the journal Nature has called the upcoming Continue reading WiHQP Book→

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Prof. Charbonneau at La Sapienza

Posted on September 14, 2023 by Patrick Charbonneau — No Comments ↓

Prof. Charbonneau will spend the whole 2023-2024 academic year as visiting professor at Sapienza Università di Roma. To cross paths, stop by la cittadella universitaria.

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Congratulations Dr. Mingyuan Zheng

Posted on July 19, 2023 by Patrick Charbonneau — No Comments ↓

Congratulations to Mingyuan for successfully defending her PhD thesis today. It is a wonderful work! All the best with your next projects. 

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