Physics & Astronomy News

The award will help Lee and his lab develop optical fiber technology for advanced imaging.

Astronomers analyze masses, orbital properties and atmospheric features of six exoplanets

Professor Scaffidi studies the quantum behavior that emerges in materials at different scales.

Dollar works to further research into high-intensity laser physics, as well as to make his field more inclusive, diverse and equitable.

Scientific first at CERN facility a preview of upcoming 3-year research campaign.

Electric vehicles could see a boost in power with technology developed at UC Irvine

Funds will support student learning and research in quantum science

Collaboration produces most stringent test yet for existence of elusive particles

Fabrication could help unlock new quantum computing and energy technologies

The FASER Collaboration, including UCI Professors Dave Casper and Jonathan Feng, postdocs, and students will look for new fundamental particles connected to dark matter.

UCI Professor Ilya Krivorotov mentioned in in Nature Nanotechnology

Whistling While You Work: Fusion Scientists Find Inspiration in Atmospheric Whistles

UCI faculty member Aomawa Shields studies the climate on distant planets

Jonathan Feng elected for his efforts on behalf of the advancement of science, Physics Section.

Daniel Whiteson's book is a hilarious and helpful guide to the biggest mysteries in the Universe.

Congratulations to UCI Professor Daniel Whiteson, who has been Elected a 2016 American Physical Society (APS) Fellow.

Professors Jonathan Feng & Tim Tait featured in Nature.com.

NASA has selected UCI astrophysicist Asantha Cooray as community chair...

Laura Tucker and Di Xu will work with UCI graduate students to measure the success of each project component.

Virginia Trimble was a special guest at the National Science Foundation’s major announcement Feb. 12, 2016

Prizes were Presented at a Live Ceremony Sunday, Nov. 8, on the National Geographic Channel.

Check out the UCI Physical Sciences Founders Day video!

Texas Center for Superconductivity Sponsors Awards for Advances in the Field.

Prestigious award will provide five-year appointment with $100,000 of research support per year.

The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet.

NASA: Thousands of tons of space debris encircle the planet.

The foundation enables highly-qualified scientists and scholars from abroad to perform research in Germany.

Editors select the honorees based on the quality, number, and timeliness of their reports.

Thought to make up the Universe’s missing matter, WIMPs are running out of places to hide.

UC President announces $10 million research awards initiative (first group of recipients)

You’ve heard of rogue planets, floating through the universe untethered to any solar system.

Assistant Professor Jing Xia receives CAREER Award from National Science Foundation.

Simona Murgia, Physics and Astronomy Assistant Professor, has been awarded the 2014-15 Hellman Fellowship.

“Shocking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Overjoyed researcher Chi-lun Chiang of UC Irvine physicist Wilson Ho’s group penned that inscription, complete with 14 exclamation points, in a laboratory notebook.

Awarded by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (Fellowships to Assist Research and Artistic Creation).

UC Irvine researchers reveal more data from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Telescope

The APS has named UCI Professor Zuzanna Siwy an APS Fellow, a distinct honor signifying recognition by one's professional peers.

Eight UCI physics & astronomy professors are involved in Higgs boson data analysis

Astronomers Get Rare Look At Ancient Galaxy Collision

UCI opens the observatory to the public.

An explanation has been proposed for the observed excess of cosmic light at infrared wavelengths...

Mapping the Dark Cosmos: Dark matter—the unseen stuff that makes up more than four-fifths of the matter in the universe—is finally coming into view.

The W.M. Keck Foundation has granted $1 million to UC Irvine to build a campus laboratory in which researchers can explore the potential of using the...

Please join us as we remember Hardy Mayer, December 12th, 2012, 3:00-5:00 at the UCI University Club.

Physical Science BreakfastLecture: "Mapping the Universe: From Black Holes to Dark Energy"

SINCE THE FIRST infrared space telescopes were sent into orbit in the 1980s, infrared technology in astronomy has transformed knowledge of the Universe.

Gamma-Ray Glow Hints at Dark Matter in the Center of Our Galaxy.

The UCI team – composed of eight faculty members and many postdoctoral researchers and staff -- joined hundreds of scientists and graduate students from American institutions...

With the death of Douglas L. Mills the world of physics lost a major figure and a dear colleague.

Searches for Dark Matter, SUSY and other exotic particles

UCI Professor Liu Chen, Fellow of the American Geophysical Union.

A UC Irvine team is braving fierce wind chill on a vast Antarctic ice shelf to capture one of science's most elusive prey: ghostly particles called neutrinos.

Winner: Professor Michael Dennin, UC Irvine OCW, Science from Superheroes to Global Warming.

Physics Professor Timothy Tait appears in the episode of the TV series "Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman" titled "Are There More Than Three Dimensions"

The transformation of a ghostly particle called the neutrino could help solve a mystery that has haunted physics for decades: Why so much matter in the universe, and so little antimatter?