Assistant Professor Tiffany Lewis joined the physics department faculty in fall 2023 and specializes in blazar theory. Blazars are galaxies in which the frenzied feeding of the supermassive black hole ...

After two decades of increases, the overall number of physics bachelor’s degrees awarded has declined for the fourth ...

September 8, 2023 (Friday) 4:00-5:00p.m. Speaker: Ibrahima Bah, Johns Hopkins Hosts: M. Sher Title: Topological Stars and Gravity Abstract: In this colloquium I will discuss aspects of microscopic ...

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STOCKHOLM — Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for giving us the first split-second glimpse into the super-fast world of spinning electrons, a field that could one day lead to ...

Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for giving us the first split-second glimpse into the superfast world of spinning electrons, a field that could one day lead to better ...

Modified wood Researchers at Linköping University, together with colleagues from the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, have developed the world’s first electrical transistor made of wood. (Courtesy: ...

Glimpses of the ultrafast world of electrons are changing scientists’ vision of the inner workings of atoms and molecules. The 2023 Nobel Prize in physics goes to three physicists who illuminated this ...

The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to three scientists for discovering a way to study the world at a level previously thought impossible. The Nobel Assembly announced that Pierre Agostini, ...

The 39th annual Theoretical Advanced Study Institute in Elementary Particle Physics (TASI) was held this summer on the CU Boulder campus. The summer institute is supported by the National Science ...

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Though a cornerstone of thermodynamics, entropy remains one of the most vexing concepts to teach budding physicists in the classroom. Physics teachers designed a hand-held model to demonstrate the ...