Dr. Do-Yong Park recipient of second Fulbright

skyline ofHo Chi Minh City, Vietnam

The U.S. Department of State has named Illinois State University Professor of Science Education Dr. Do-Yong Park as a recipient of the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to support his work in Vietnam.

Can uranium snowflakes explode a star?

Rendering of a supernova explosion.

Dr. Matt Caplan co-authored a new paper for Physical Review Letters that theorizes uranium snowflakes forming the core of white dwarfs could ignite a supernova explosion.