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February 8, 2021
Miguel Morales, professor of physics, has authored a new series on quantum mechanics for a general audience. washington.edu
December 15, 2020
David Bell, PhD student in physics, and Savannah Lomelli, art student, discuss how they're spending the holidays in the COVID-19 pandemic. q13fox.com
October 6, 2020
Physicists at the University of Washington have discovered that by layering 2D materials (like a stack of pancakes), rotating them in particular configurations and exposing them to extremely low temperatures, the layers exhibit "exotic and unexpected" properties. washington.edu
October 2, 2020
UW's Department of Physics the University of Hong Kong and others quickly assembled a team to learn how B cells, a central player in adaptive immunity, were engaging this enemy. washington.edu
September 10, 2020
Emeritus Professor Eric Adelberger, Professor Jens Gundlach, and Professor Blayne Heckel are the recipients of the 2021 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. phys.washington.edu
September 10, 2020
Three physics professors at the UW have been awarded the Breakthrough Prize in physics. forbes.com
September 10, 2020
Researchers at the UW, working on the understanding of gravity, have been awarded the Breakthrough Prize in fundamental physics. geekwire.com
September 10, 2020
Three UW physics professors have won the 2021 Breakthrough Prize in Physics. washington.edu
August 31, 2020
The National Science Foundation has awarded $3 million to establish a NSF Research Traineeship at the UW for graduate students in quantum information science and technology, or QIST. washington.edu
July 9, 2020
Michael McCarthy, physics research assistant professor, explains the results of a new study on fruit flies. phys.org
July 1, 2020
John Cramer, professor of physics, is weighing in with a potential solution to one of the longest-running puzzles in quantum mechanics: a phenomenon known as wave function collapse. geekwire.com
June 22, 2020
Katie McCormick, postdoctoral scholar in physics, explains how lasers can produce the slowest thing on earth. theconversation.com
June 9, 2020
As a triple major in astronomy, physics, and dance, Zakkir Rahman has decided his future is in the arts. Read More
April 28, 2020
Mengyu Yan, physics postdoctorate and Mitchell Kaiser, chemistry graduate student are developing a tool that uses electromagnetism to destroy viruses and bacteria. geekwire.com
April 7, 2020
Gray Rybka, associate professor of physics, explains how scientists are detecting dark matter. symmetrymagazine.org