Department of Physics

UW physicist Jiun-Haw Chu named Packard Fellow for research on quantum materials.

Physics Graduate Student Rachel Osofsky is quoted about her work adjusting the magnetic field of a new electromagnetic ring.

For a team led by scientists at the UW, the 2-D form of one metallic compound — tungsten ditelluride, or WTe2 — is a bevy of quantum revelations. 

A University of Washington-led team is working on a magnetic breakthrough that may revolutionize both cloud computing technologies and consumer electronics.

The Axion Dark Matter Experiment (ADMX) at the University of Washington is the world's first experiment to be sensitive enough to "hear" the signs of dark matter axions.

The research team at the UW have announced that the Axion Dark Matter eXperiment (ADMX) is officially sensitive enough to find the theoretically predicted axion.

A physics student explores the possibilities of quantum computing — with help from a Microsoft Research Fellowship.

Jason Detwiler is an assistant professor of physics at the University of Washington, and he’s on the hunt for a natural phenomenon that is insanely rare.

Researchers from the University of Washington and Columbia University are getting ready for an unprecedented months-long campaign to study Antarctica’s ice shelves from the ocean below.

Gerald A. Miller, UW professor of physics, is quoted.

Professor of Chemistry, Daniel Gamelin, is director of the new Molecular Engineering Materials Center for research, education and training in materials science. 

University of Washington physicist Kai-Mei Fu discusses quantum internet. 

Physics professor Kai-Mei Fu is quoted in this article. 

Evolutionary psychology is just the most obvious example of science’s flaws.

Forty percent of women of color said that they felt unsafe in their current job as a result of harassment about their gender.