Physics News
Tino Nyawelo, Presidential Societal Impact Scholar
Tino Nyawelo, physics, is one of five who received the award for 2024-25
Read More‘Brand new physics’ for next gen spintronics
Spintronic devices utilize both the charge and spin-orientation of electrons
Read MoreThe hunt for the origins of the universe’s most energetic particles
A giant leap forward in our understanding of cosmic rays.
Read MoreTaking it to the Startup Slopes
A former Olympian skier turns his skis toward image signal processing equipment
Read MoreNavigating the Universe and Self
Ethan Hood is breaking down barriers and embracing his journey
Read MorePete Johnson: An Abundant Source of Energy
Energy from within and clean, sustainable energy without
Read MoreAPS Fellowship awarded to Tino Nyawelo
The diversity and inclusion committee of the APS nominated Nyawelo for the honor
Read MoreHow special is the Milky Way Galaxy?
A “saga” about 101 galaxies like the Milky Way and their companions
Read MoreThe Art and Science of Innovation: Catmull’s Story
Ed Catmull's journey from Utah to Pixar
Read MoreLEDs just got a whole lot smarter
Discover how a "miracle" filter is revolutionizing the Spintronics
Read MoreU Physics Alumna Heads to Paris Olympics
A physics Alumna heads to the Olympics, for the 2nd Time.
Read MoreThe Hidden Space Race and Vardeny’s Spintronic Revolution
Explore Valy's pivotal role in the evolution of spin-wave technology
Read MoreA once-in-a-career discovery: the black hole at Omega Centauri’s core
The finding in Omega Centauri helps bridge the gap in our understanding of black hole
Read MoreNeutrino Oscillation Research Advances
Revolutionizing Neutrino Physics with Machine Learning
Read MoreTony Hawk : The Intuitive Physicist of Vert Skating
Kevin Davenport explains the physics of vert skating at Vert Alert 2024.
Read MoreL.S. Skaggs Applied Science Building Named at the U
The Skaggs family gift supports the latest addition to the science campus at the U
Read MoreOutstanding Undergrad Research Awards 2024
Autumn Hartley and Dua Azhar recognized as Outstanding Undergrad Researchers for 2024.
Read More2024 Convocation Student Speaker: Dua Azhar
Physics graduate Dua Azhar (BS'24) is selected as U Convocation's student speaker.
Read MoreThe collapse and subsequent explosion of a massive star: B.O.A.T.
A gamma-ray burst so bright it “blinded” space telescopes and shook Earth’s atmosphere
Read MoreUtah Refugee Teens Build Cosmic Ray Detectors
Collaborative cosmic ray project connects refugee youth to science
Read MoreThe Beauty of Mathematics
Three good reasons to do mathematics. (One of them stems from beauty.)
Read MoreThe future of physics education
Premier journal Nature Physics spotlights future of physics education
Read MoreRhodes Scholar Finalist
Eliza Diggins is a dual major in Physics & Astronomy and Applied Mathematics.
Read MoreHow Career Services Put This Grad on the Right Data Path
Landing a research job in her “gap year” thru Career Services.
Read MoreThe ‘Barbenheimer Star’
Making great strides in adding to our understanding of how objects in the universe evolve.
Read MoreKevin Davenport-Physics Circle
Love to do puzzles? Kevin Davenport wants to bring us all together in the Physics Circle.
Read MoreLightning, camera, gamma ray!
First captured video footage of lightning-triggered downward terrestrial gamma-ray flashes
Read MoreCosmic Ray on SciFri
Ira Flatow on Sci Fri: Scientists Report Second Highest-Energy Cosmic Ray Ever Detected
Read MoreSecond highest-energy cosmic ray ever
The Array is in the middle of an expansion that will help crack the case of cosmic rays.
Read More1st detection of heavy element from star merger
NASA's Webb tracks an exceptionally bright gamma-ray burst
Read MoreRetroviral Symposium
A wide-variety of scientists from many disciplines along with a troupe of actors. Why not?
Read MoreRing-of-fire eclipse: How to see it
The eclipse event is sacred to local Indigenous tribes. Learn how to see it.
Read Moreoutstanding contribution to cosmology
Project with Utah leadership honored for outstanding contribution to cosmology
Read MoreWhy Scientists Haven’t Solved the Mystery of the OMG Particle
From Utah's west desert to the snow-covered peaks of the Andes Mountains: The OMG Particle
Read MoreGravitational Waves
Abuzz with anticipation, awaiting results from 15 years’ worth of data from NANOGrav
Read MoreCarsten Rott, New Chair of Physics & Astronomy
Carsten Rott is announced as new chair of Physics & Astronomy
Read MoreSky Survey Data Releases 2 Million Stellar Objects
The DESI project will map nearly 40 million galaxies, quasars and stars
Read MoreRamón Barthelemy Out to Innovate
The U of U Physicist Wins 2023 LGBTQ+ Educator of the Year
Read MoreSRI Stories
Mikhael Semaan, Ph.D. of the Science Research Initiative on his latest research
Read MoreTinker Toy Rises
After months of earth-moving, the Applied Science Project gets some serious hardware
Read MoreCelebrating Our Exceptional Faculty 2023
The College of Science congratulates four faculty members
Read More2023 Goldwater Scholars
4 College of Science Students receive the Goldwater Scholarship for 2023.
Read MoreGroundbreaking
Construction has begun on the University of Utah’s new Applied Sciences facility.
Read MoreSpace Sunscreen
Could dust launched from the moon’s surface mitigate the impacts of climate change?
Read MoreApplied Science Building
Construction has begun on the University of Utah’s new Applied Sciences facility.
Read MoreJamie Rankin
Researchers document a black hole giving off more light than 1,000 trillion suns.
Read MoreRelativistic Jet
Researchers document a black hole giving off more light than 1,000 trillion suns.
Read MoreConstruction Update
Construction is about to begin on the University of Utah’s new Applied Sciences facility.
Read MoreNuFact 2022
The Department of Physics & Astronomy hosts NuFact 2022 neutrino workshop at Snowbird.
Read MoreOutstanding Undergraduate
Luis Rufino has received the College of Science Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award.
Read MoreCarbon Nanotubes
Vikram Deshpande had a hunch that carbon nanotubes held promise as a building block.
Read MoreTeaching Excellence
Gail Zasowski awarded the U's Early Career Distinguished Teaching Award.
Read MoreSpintronics
Spin is related to magnetism,. Spintronics uses magnetism to represent binary data.
Read MoreJim Hanson
As a first-generation college graduate, a physics degree has been life changing.
Read MoreBert VanderHeiden
As a first-generation college graduate, a physics degree has been life changing.
Read MoreMysteries of the Universe
A five-year quest to map the universe began officially on May 17, 2021.
Read MoreCarsten Rott
Carsten Rott appointed to the Jack W. Keuffel Memorial Chair in Physics & Astronomy.
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