Exploring the Universe with Gravitational Waves: From the Big Bang to Black Holes

Kip Thorne, 2017 Nobel Laureate in Physics, will present a public lecture describing the discovery of gravitational waves with LIGO, the 50 year effort that led to it, and the rich explorations that lie ahead.  Join us on March 6, 2018 for this annual event honoring Frederick Reines.

UCI’s new 2-D materials conduct electricity near the speed of light. 
Substances could revolutionize electronic and computing devices.

New UC Irvine faculty member Aomawa Shields studies the climate on distant planets. Her aim: find those most likely to host alien life.

Franklin Dollar, assistant professor of physics & astronomy, grew up on a reservation in a home with no electricity. Now he studies ultra-high-intensity laser-plasma interactions and works to increase diversity in scientific fields.