Department of Physics

David J. Thouless from the UW, F. Duncan M. Haldane and J. Michael Kosterlitz were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday.

This year's Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to physicists David Thouless of the UW, F. Duncan Haldane of Princeton University and J. Michael Kosterlitz of Brown University.

Thouless, emeritus professor in Physics, is the 2016 winner for his work on exotic matter. 

A tiny, unseen force could potentially alter our basic understanding of the universe — if it really exists. David McKeen, a theoretical particle physicist at the UW, is quoted.

Imagine you are an astronaut, chosen for the first manned mission to Mars. After years of preparation, you are ready to set foot on the Red Planet — and you develop a kidney stone.

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