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                |   | Grace Longbons successfully defended her thesis on small-angle neutron scattering studies of vortices and skyrmions, including the development of a scanning-SANS technique. Congratulations Dr. Longbons! June 19, 2025
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                |   | Nathan Chalus successfully defended his thesis on small-angle neutron scattering studies focusing on operando studies of skyrmion under the influence of electrical and thermal currents. Congratulations Dr. Chalus! April 1, 2025
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                |   | Morten Eskildsen presented a talk at the 2025 APS Global Physics Summit in Anaheim (CA) on our SANS studies of the skyrmion lattice in Cu2OSeO3 under the influence of a magnon current. March 17-21, 2025
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                |   | Our studies of the skyrmion lattice (SkL) in MnSi under the influence of radial electrical currents and thermal gradients were published in PRB, showing a nonmonotonic response that indicates the presence of two competing effects on the SkL.
                  This was a combination of SANS measurements, and molecular dynamics simulations carried out in collaboration with Prof. Milorad Milošević from the University of Antwerp. February 7, 2025
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                |   | Nolan Powers graduated with a B.S. in Physics. Congratulations and best wishes for your future career! December, 2024
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                |   | Travis Burnard has joined the group. His research will focus on molecular dynamics simulations of magnetic skyrmions to complement the SANS experiment. Welcome! December, 2024
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                |   | Daniel Rascon Romo has joined our group and will be working on SANS studies of magnetic skyrmions and superconducting vortices. Welcome! November, 2024
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                |   | Morten Eskildsen will give an invited talk on our SANS studies of skyrmions under the influence of a radial thermal gradient at the conference From Solid State to Biophysics XI in Dubrovnik, Croatia. June 8-15, 2024
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                |   | Using atomic manipulation and scanning tunneling spectroscopy, we performed quantitative analogue simulations of planar molecules. Results were published in Nano Lett.
                  This was a veritable tour-de-force and involved multiple generations of graduate students. May 21, 2024
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                |   | Our molecular dynamics simulations of reversible, irreversible, and mixed regimes for periodically driven disks in random obstacle arrays were published in PRE.
                  The MD simulations were performed by Danny Minogue and the work was done in collaboration with Drs. Cynthia and Charles Reichhardt at Los Alamos Natl. Lab. April 19, 2024
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                |   | Grace Longbons, Nathan Chalus and Morten Eskildsen presented talks at the 2024 APS March meeting in Minneapolis (MN). March 4 - 8, 2024
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