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John Beacom
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Ohio State Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy. Into neutrinos. Fresh off the turnip truck.
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Deadline Dec 1!
Postdoc job! I expect to have an opening at Johns Hopkins for a postdoctoral researcher working somewhere in the broad realms of physics, philosophy, and complexity. Apply at Academic Jobs Online:

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Johns Hopkins University, Physics and Astronomy
Job #AJO30496, Postdoctoral Fellow in Foundations of Physics, Complexity, and Emergence, Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, US
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October 28, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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In a new Physical Review Letter, S. Meighen-Berger, J. Newstead, @johnbeacom.bsky.social, M. Dolan and I explain how the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) can make precision solar neutrino measurements.

PRL: doi.org/10.1103/htfm...

Popular science: pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/neu...
August 14, 2025 at 10:45 AM
A bodhisattva who was just hanging out at the library.
June 17, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Cool label on an old pallet jack, still in use decades after it was made.
June 17, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Elementary particle physics reflects the human quest to understand the basic building blocks of nature and the rules that govern the physical world.
June 15, 2025 at 11:43 PM
My most recent Ph.D. graduate wanted to go to graduation. Most don't bother, so I'm not too experienced at this. How did I do? Bad enough to become a meme. 🙄
December 17, 2024 at 6:24 PM
The next Ohio State Science Sundays event is on 8 December! Free public lecture with a nice reception afterwards where you can talk to the speaker. We welcome help sharing this. Details in the replies below.
December 1, 2024 at 6:26 PM
People complain about the crappiness of American food, but I got like 18,000 years left on this mfer.
November 24, 2024 at 1:30 AM