The Future of Fundamental Science

A paper published this week by doctoral candidate Te Han and his adviser, Paul Robertson, probably shrinks the number of Earth-like planets. The problem? Light contamination.

The finding could impact search for extraterrestrial life.

The ZEUS laser at the University of Michigan reached 2 petawatts, opening new frontiers in physics, medicine, and particle research.

Researchers will probe nature at the atomic level, seeking beneficial new technologies.

The fellows include graduate students from the Departments of Chemistry and Physics and Astronomy.

Read the Q&A with Amber Wong. 

LA Times coverage of UC Irvine Physical Sciences.

The fellowship will allow the students to finish their doctoral research while working at Los Alamos National Lab and the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab.

UC spotlights Professor Luis Jauregui's quantum science research.

A strange particle traveled across the universe and slammed into the deep sea.

Students Luke Xia (Physics and Mathematics) and Amanda Fang (Neurobiology) have been named the 2025 Barry Goldwater Scholars.

$3 million award recognizes research achievements at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider.