Physics & Astronomy

Dark matter, an invisible mass that makes up approximately 96% of the Universe, is a non luminous material that does not emit, absorb, or interact with light in any way. Dark matter exists in space and can take many different forms such as “cold dark matter” which are weakly interacting particles or “hot dark matter,” high energy, randomly moving particles that were created shortly after the Big Bang event nearly 13.8 billion years agoDark matter is distinguished by its gravitational attraction…

Whitfield came to UCI and rode to the stars with Professor Aomawa Shields.

Howard came to UCI in 2017 with one goal: to ask crazy questions about the universe.

Research will benefit design of future electronic and thermoelectric technologies

Infrared emissions reveal secrets invisible with optical wavelength observations.

The club decided to change their name and mission statement to be inclusive of people of all minoritized genders in physics and astronomy.

Donations from Physical Sciences dean and faculty will support grad students.

They join 35 others from UCI in the prestigious organization.

New technique enables precise measurement of electrostatic properties of materials.

The awards go to scientists who are also inventors, and who are poised to commercialize their inventions. 

The distinction honors the UCI professor’s work on neutrino detectors in China.  

The fellowships will support grad student research happening now in the new institute.