Physics & Astronomy

Feb 9, 2023
The leaders are spearheading projects aimed at bolstering the school’s diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
Feb 7, 2023
Amid growing concerns about global warming, nuclear fusion is once again in the spotlight as an emissions-free energy source.
Jan 31, 2023
The fellowship honors a career dedicated to the study of the physics of condensed matter.
Jan 30, 2023
The funding will help address a fundamental question: Why is our universe the way it is?
Jan 30, 2023
The program that helps anteaters imagine and create brilliant futures is celebrating its 20th anniversary.
Jan 26, 2023
The astrophysicist took guests on an intergalactic journey made possible by the new telescope.
Jan 26, 2023
Team used super high-resolution microscopy enhanced by deep machine learning.
Jan 6, 2023
Making batteries for electric vehicles can come with a human cost in poorer countries. Huolin Xin, professor of physics and astronomy at the University of California, Irvine, discusses one way to change this.
Dec 22, 2022
UCI leading globally with their campus-wide solutions-that-scale initiative—developing and cultivating transdisciplinary energy and environmental solutions that scale globally in response to climate change; interweaves the entire campus ecosystem: research and education from each academic unit of 14 UCI schools, personal engagement from the student body, and a living-lab exploration within the city-sized community. 
Dec 12, 2022
SpaceQ mission involves atomic clocks on spacecraft placed close to the sun.
Dec 9, 2022
The talks detailed work to solve long-unsolved math problems and to uncover the chemical composition of exoplanets.
Dec 6, 2022
A team of three UCI students — Physics Ph.D. candidate Dylan Green, physics and math major Tasneem Nora Khokhar and applied physics major Naol Tulu — placed first in the Observable Data Jam held on Oct. 11.