Physics & Astronomy

Mar 28, 2024
The honor recognizes Xin’s contributions to AI-powered transmission microscopy and 3D imaging.
Mar 22, 2024
The UCI Ph.D. candidate is unraveling the mysteries of dark matter and pushing the culture of physics in new directions by asking a simple, powerful question.
Mar 22, 2024
The UC Irvine postdoctoral researcher studies neutrinos, or “ghost” particles.
Mar 15, 2024
Ghez told the story of how she led the team that discovered a supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy.
Mar 5, 2024
A physics and astronomy professor staked out in the dark at Anza-Borrego Desert State Park to capture the cosmos.
Feb 29, 2024
Scientists have proposed a new way to learn whether hypothetical particles called axions really exist—and whether axions make up most of the universe’s dark matter
Feb 20, 2024
A University of California, Irvine professor is being tasked to help design the most powerful laser in the world. Franklin Dollar, a professor of physics & astronomy at UCI, is part of the effort to build the laser called the EP-OPAL (Optical Parametric Amplifier Lines).
Feb 15, 2024
The fellowship will fund Campbell’s quantum materials research at UCI and at Los Alamos National Laboratory
Feb 14, 2024
Local middle school and high school students visited UCI to see physics in action.
Feb 9, 2024
Feng told the story of a life that’s taken him from the offices of Stephen Hawking to hunting for one of the most elusive things in the universe: dark matter.
Feb 5, 2024
A UC Irvine professor will help design the world’s most powerful laser.
Feb 5, 2024
The fellows are working in all corners of the UCI School of Physical Sciences on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.