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LUX dark matter experiment

New results from LUX dark matter detector

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Running of the Turkeys

Thank you for another successful event. We raised about $4,200, surpassing our goal of $4,000.

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Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous

Tuesday, December 1, 2015 6:30pm-9pm Location: 3001 PES (Plant & Environmental Sciences) UC Davis Campus

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UC Davis physicist praises 2015 Nobel prize for neutrinos

Prof. Robert Svoboda contributed to Nobel-winning neutrino experiments

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Opening Reception for the Quantum Mathematics and Physics (QMAP)

Come learn about the exciting new research program in the Physics and Mathematics departments, aimed at understanding how our Universe works! The reception will be held on Thursday, October 29 from 5pm to 7:30pm in the Physics Department Atrium.

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Professor Kai Liu's group reports room temperature artificial magnetic skyrmions in Nature Communications

An exotic, swirling object with the sci-fi name of a “magnetic skyrmion” could be the future of nanoelectronics and memory storage. Physicists at UC Davis and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have now succeeded in making magnetic skyrmions, formerly found at temperatures close to absolute zero, at room temperature.

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Distinguished Research Professor David Pines awarded the 2016 Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize

The Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize recognizes a most outstanding contribution to physics. The prize consists of $10,000, a certificate citing the contributions made by the recipient, plus expenses for the three lectures by the recipient given at an APS meeting, a research university, and a predominantly undergraduate institution.

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Understanding the Big Bang? It happens on a dusty blackboard at UC Davis

Lloyd Knox hunts for answers about the universe’s creation. The cosmologist has boosted the search for particles called neutrinos that are key to research