Physics News

Dec 11, 2024, 9:32 AM
For several months earlier this year Physics and Astronomy PhD student Arsalan Adil traveled across northern Pakistan by motorcycle, sharing his love of science. In a recent Letters and Science…
Nov 22, 2024, 6:03 PM
From the UC Davis Letters and Science Magazine: Behind the blackboards of Roessler Hall is a storage space filled with gadgets, tools and other physics demonstration materials. Matthew Smith stood…
Nov 14, 2024, 5:41 PM
A recent paper led by first and second authors Fei Ge (UC Davis graduate student) and Marius Millea (UC Davis Project Scientist) presents results from two years of surveying the millimeter wavelength…
Nov 13, 2024, 9:59 AM
Bob Svoboda has been selected to receive the 2024 APS DPF Instrumentation Award for his work on developing neutrons as a precision calibration source for Super-Kamiokande and for DUNE. He worked to…
Nov 4, 2024, 9:02 AM
Strange particles that have mass when moving one direction but no mass when moving in another were first theorised more than a decade ago by a team including UCD Prof. Warren Pickett. These…
Oct 4, 2024, 11:04 AM
Congratulations to Jaroslav Trnka, 2024 recipient, Division of Particles and Fields Fellowship, "For deep contributions to exposing hidden mathematical structures in particle scattering amplitudes."
Aug 26, 2024, 3:02 PM
Prof. Emilija Pantic has been selected for a Graduate Program Advising and Mentoring Award. The Graduate Program Advising and Mentoring Awards recognize faculty providing outstanding service in…
Aug 21, 2024, 3:29 PM
Greg Watry, of the College of Letters and Science, wrote, "A UC Davis physicist is among the third annual cohort of Experimental Physics Investigators supported by the Gordon and Betty Moore…
Aug 16, 2024, 3:43 PM
NSF-DOE Rubin Observatory will capture the unseen cosmos: Dark matter, dark energy and millions of exploding stars
Jun 27, 2024, 4:45 PM
NASA selected Fiona McCluskey for a Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST) award. Fiona is a PhD student in Andrew Wetzel’s group. This $100,000 fellowship will…
Jun 11, 2024, 9:13 AM
Avi Hertz, Ben Eustis-Guthrie, and Ian Lim were nominated by their students in order to recognize their teaching achievements. Ian and Ben are well known in the UC Davis graduate teaching community…
Jun 4, 2024, 8:20 AM
The Physics and Astronomy Club at UC Davis has selected a excellent and diverse cast of officers to lead the Club in the next academic year. These new officers are committed to bolstering the prowess…
Jun 3, 2024, 10:53 AM
Dr. Thomas Weideman been selected as the Academic Federation winner of the 2024 College of Letters and Science Teaching Award. This award recognizes outstanding teaching both inside and outside the…
May 15, 2024, 9:15 AM
On April 27 an exciting milestone for the Vera Rubin Observatory (VRO) was reached. The 8.4 m primary mirror received its reflective coating. You can watch the process in a short video, and read about…
May 14, 2024, 8:51 AM
Tracy has facilitated countless initiatives by graduate students over the years, including, recently, distributing the GradOPS undergraduate research spreadsheet, getting HEPA filter units placed in…
Apr 30, 2024, 5:29 PM
The Nuclear Physics Group, as part of the CMS collaboration, has submitted a paper studying the muon performance of the CMS Experiment from proton-proton to the tough conditions found in a heavy ion…
Apr 18, 2024, 10:07 AM
Scattering amplitudes are fundamental objects in quantum theories. Traditionally, one hypothesizes physical requirements such as locality and unitarity. The amplitudes are computed by summing over…
Apr 16, 2024, 3:36 PM
Physics & Astronomy esteemed staff member Bill Tuck is one of this year’s recipients of the new Chancellor’s Outstanding Staff Award! Bill was recognized for his exceptional initiative and positive…
Apr 9, 2024, 2:54 PM
Give Day Challenge For UC Davis Give Day this year Professor Lloyd Knox and Chair Richard Scalettar have put up a $5,000 challenge. To encourage students and alumni to give, they will add a $50 gift…
Mar 25, 2024, 12:54 PM
Physics undergraduate student Andrea Lopez Arguello has been selected as a recipient of the Chancellor’s Achievement Award for Diversity and Community for 2023-24. This prestigious award recognizes…

Published: February 18, 2015, 9:05 am