June
Congratulations Maritha Wang
June 24, 2019
Physics major Maritha Wang awarded a Goldwater Scholarship.
Congratulations Spring 2019 Graduates
June 24, 2019
The Department of Physics congratulates all of our spring 2019 graduates!
Professor Chin’s Group Explore the Unruh Effect
June 24, 2019
Professor Chin's group performs an experiment to simulate Unruh radiation
Launch of the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
June 14, 2019
Professor Awschalom discussed the new Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Congratulations Luca Grandi
June 14, 2019
Professor Grandi awarded tenure.
Professors Son and Levin Receive Simons Foundation Award
June 14, 2019
Professors Son and Levin receive Simons Foundation grant
May
Physics Girl Features William Irvine
May 30, 2019
Professor Irvine's work featured by Physics Girl
A New Strategy to Search for Dark Matter
May 29, 2019
Professor Wang discusses his new proposal for Searching for Dark Matter.
April
Rarest Process Ever Observed
April 26, 2019
Professor Grandi's Xenon 1 Ton collaboration observes the decay of Xe-124.
Walter Massey Honored
April 19, 2019
Dr. Walter Massey was a Professor of Physics while Director of Argonne National Laboratory. He has been honored for his leadership while on our faculty and many other accomplishments by the National Science Board.
Mediated Interactions in Cold Atom Physics
April 5, 2019
Professor Chin's group make first observation of mediated interactions with cold atoms
Gravitational Waves and the Expansion of the Universe
April 2, 2019
Professor Daniel Holz on gravity waves and the universe.
March
Congratulations Abigail Vieregg
March 23, 2019
Professor Vieregg awarded tenure.
A Breakthrough with Infrared Camera Technology
March 23, 2019
Quantum dots improve infrared camera technology
Connecting Quantum States with Sound
March 23, 2019
Professor Awschalom's group couple sound waves and spins to get quantum states to communicate