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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
March 30, 2020
Two CAS students — Keyan Gootkin (astronomy and physics) and Karen Zhang (microbiology and biochemistry) — are among 396 students who have been named Goldwater Scholars for 2020. washington.edu
March 30, 2020
Senior Keyan Gootkin, who is majoring in astronomy and physics, has been awarded the prestigious 2020 Goldwater scholarship. washington.edu
March 6, 2020
Physics Professor Gray Rybka explains research into the size of dark matter axions. sciencenews.org
February 3, 2020
Leslie Rosenberg, physics professor, weighs in on new dark matter experiments. smithsonianmag.com
January 13, 2020
Associate professor of physics, Gray Rybka, discusses how new technology that creates "atom waves" could impact the field of physics. scientificamerican.com
January 1, 2020
Gerald Miller, physics professor, discusses the history of how what we know about the atom was discovered. livescience.com
October 31, 2019
A satellite smaller than a loaf of bread will, if all goes well, launch this weekend on its way to low-Earth orbit. It will be the first student-built satellite from Washington state to go into space. washington.edu
September 16, 2019
Professor Ann Nelson, who held the Kenneth K. Young Chair of Physics and was a tireless advocate for diversity in the field, died from a fall while backpacking in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness on August 4, 2019. Professor Nelson was a brilliant theoretical physicist who specialized in particle physics and... Read More
September 12, 2019
Lukasz Fidkowski, an assistant professor of physics at the UW, is one of the winners of a 2020 New Horizons in Physics Prize from the Breakthrough Foundation. washington.edu
August 26, 2019
The theoretical particle physicist Ann Nelson, who died on August 4 at age 61, was a font of brilliant ideas and a champion of ending discrimination in the field. quantamagazine.org