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Picnic Day 2018

There's a packed schedule of events put on by the Physics Department for Picnic Day this year, including public talks by our faculty members, a room filled with cool physics demos, and of course, the Award-Winning Physics Club show entitled, "Lord of the Strings.

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Physics colloquium by Chancellor Emeritus, UC Berkeley: Bob Birgeneau - Monday, April 16th

On Monday, April 16th at 4:10pm, there will be a special Physics colloquium: "Superconductors: New and Old" by Bob Birgeneau, Chancellor Emeritus, UC Berkeley, former President of the University of Toronto, former dean and faculty member at MIT, and national academy member.

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WATCHMAN International Effort to Curb Nuclear Weapons

UC Davis Physics Professor Bob Svoboda is helping to lead the project, WATer Cherenkov Monitor of ANtineutrino, with the goal of developing tools to help prevent proliferation of nuclear weapons.

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Big Throughput Camera on Exhibit at The Smithsonian

The Big Throughput Camera was designed and built by a team led by Gary Bernstein and UC Davis Physics Professor Tony Tyson while he was at Bell Labs (Tony Tyson came to UC Davis in 2005).

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10 Top Graduate Programs at UC Davis

Physics is one of the top 10 graduate programs at UC Davis. With over 450 applications to our graduate program for Fall 2017 admission, an advanced degree in Physics was in high demand.

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Colliding Neutron Stars Seen by Gravity Waves and Optical Telescopes

For the first time, astronomers have observed a celestial event through both conventional telescopes and gravitational waves.

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Experiment Finds Evidence of Majorana Fermion

Researchers at the University of California in collaboration with Stanford University have found firm evidence of the Majorana fermion, a long sought-after particle that acts as its own antiparticle.

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Astronomers Spy Supernova’s Giant Companion Star

Astronomers have spied the short-lived blue glow from a giant companion star struck by a spectacular supernova. The discovery offers compelling evidence for a leading theory about the origin of Type Ia supernovae — that these enormous explosions occur when a white dwarf steals matter from a larger star.