Department of Physics

A new paper from UW researchers describes one promising approach to coax photons into stimulating multiple electrons.

The semiconductors created by a team of UW physicists and engineers could support new uses in clean energy and optically-active electronics.

The LIGO team, which includes UW Physics faculty, opens new window on the universe with observation of gravitational waves from colliding black holes

Ryan Lafferty, a physics teacher at Bellevue’s International School and UW alumnus, scores $25,000 Milken Educator Award.

John Cramer, a professor emeritus in the UW Department of Physics, has created two different renditions of what the big bang might have sounded like.

The $3 million prize will be shared among the over 1,300 scientists, including University of Washington researchers.

Two teams of University of Washington researchers were members of the multinational, decades-long scientific groups that won.

A UW scientific team and biotech partner have created an innovative tool to directly detect the delicate, single-molecule interactions between DNA and enzymatic proteins.

Thanks to UW researchers, a 680-ton superconducting magnet is secure in its new home and nearly ready for a new era of discovery in particle physics.

The capital retrofit project has drastically reduced ventilation system waste in the iconic campus building

The world's clocks ticked an extra second on Tuesday, marking a so-called leap second so atomic clocks could match the earth's rotation.

A small group of determined scientists can make big contributions to physics.

Two faculty members are among the leaders from academia, business, philanthropy, humanities and the arts elected as 2015 fellows of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences

One of the longest-running and weirdest examples of a crowdfunded scientific experiment is finally reaching the end of the road.

When considering what makes up the universe, it’s surprising that scientists could focus on just one yes/no question. But that’s exactly what a group of researchers supported by the Heising-Simons Foundation is doing.