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- IN THE MEDIA: Could faster-than-light particles send messages into the past?
Scientists have long used the hypothetical concept of faster-than-light particles to explore the limits of physics, causality, and time. Robert Ehrlich, professor emeritus in the […] - George Mason partners with Oxford-based TreQ to bring the first open-architecture quantum computing system to Virginia
Located on one of George Mason’s Northern Virginia campuses, the system will be the first U.S. deployment of a computing system based on TreQ’s proprietary […] - IN THE MEDIA: George Mason astronomer explains the Perseid meteor shower
The annual Perseid meteor shower is giving stargazers across Northern Virginia a chance to catch one of the year’s most anticipated celestial displays. In a […] - Science focus on Five of Seven Grand Challenge Initiative First Round Projects Selected
As the university’s Grand Challenge Initiative (GCI) enters its second year, George Mason University recently announced funding for seven catalyst research projects and the launch of the […] - George Mason University Scientist Part of NASA EDGE Mission to Track Earth’s Changing Ice and Forests
By Laura Powers A George Mason University scientist is helping NASA measure changing ice and forests with a newly selected satellite mission. Konrad Wessels, associate professor […] - George Mason University named lead academic partner for Connected DMV’s spaceNEXT
Connected DMV has announced that George Mason University, one of the nation’s most innovative and fastest-growing public research universities, will serve as the Lead Academic Partner for spaceNEXT, […] - NASA-funded wildfire digital twin could save assets and lives with pollution prediction, burn forecasting
By Sarah Holland One year ago, the Palisades and Eaton Fires ravaged the coast of Southern California. Combined, the fires killed 28 people, destroyed more […] - College launches new Space Forward Frontiers Seminar with Northrop Grumman
By Tracy Mason This spring 2026, George Mason University College of Science launches the new Space Foward Frontiers Seminar Series in partnership with Northrop Grumman […] - Announcing George Mason Space Day Speaker Captain Hoot Gibson, USN, Retired Astronaut
Join us Saturday, September 20 for George Mason Space Day 2025 and hear from experts in the field of astronomy and astrophysics, including retired astronaut […] - George Mason Materials Science Collaboration Reports First Thermopower Detection of Fractional quantum Hall Effect in Bilayer Graphene
By Tracy Mason Novel thermopower measurement capabilities open new avenues for probing the topological properties of exotic quasiparticles, with potential implications in future quantum computers. […]