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Dark Matter Recipe Calls for One Part Superfluid
June 15, 2017
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Newly created 2-D magnet could point the way to slimmer, faster computers
June 9, 2017
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Scientists discover a 2-D magnet
June 7, 2017
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Remembering Ernest Henley, physicist and UW College of Arts & Sciences dean emeritus
April 17, 2017
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Physicist Hans Dehmelt, the first UW professor to win a Nobel Prize, dies
March 27, 2017
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Hans Dehmelt — Nobel laureate and UW professor emeritus — has died at age 94
March 21, 2017
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The Department is Seeking to Hire Faculty Member in the Field of Experimental Nuclear Physics
February 2, 2017
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Professors Majumdar and Xu Discover an Important First Step Towards Building Electrically Pumped Nano-Lasers
January 26, 2017
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Dark Matter Hunters Are Hoping 2017 Is Their Year
January 3, 2017
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In Stockholm ceremony, UW professor emeritus David Thouless receives Nobel Physics Prize
December 14, 2016
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Bagels and buns: The research that won the 2016 Nobel Prize for Physics explained
October 5, 2016
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Why 'exotic matter' matters — and won the Nobel Prize in Physics
October 4, 2016
UW Wins Nobel Prize in Physics
David Thouless Wins Nobel Prize in Physics
October 4, 2016
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Three scientists working in the United States awarded Nobel Prize in Physics
October 4, 2016
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Did physicists discover a previously unknown fifth force of nature?
August 17, 2016
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Professors Fu and Majumdar Receive $2 Million NSF EFRI Grant to Advance Secure Communicatons Research
August 8, 2016
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NASA-funded UW researchers develop kidney-stone zapping technology
July 4, 2016
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Four UW scientists awarded Sloan Fellowships for early-career research
February 24, 2016
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UW scientists create ultrathin semiconductor heterostructures for new technological applications
February 12, 2016
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After Nobel win, neutrino endeavors snag Breakthrough Prize in Physics
November 20, 2015
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UW physicists celebrate contribution to Nobel-winning neutrino discoveries
October 12, 2015
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A new single-molecule tool to observe enzymes at work
September 28, 2015
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Cleaning Up After Einstein: A new generation of physicists hope to succeed where Einstein failed
September 28, 2015
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The Department is Seeking to Hire a Faculty Member in the Field of Theoretical Physics
September 28, 2015
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Physicists conduct most precise measurement yet of interaction between atoms and carbon surfaces
May 28, 2015
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What Could Be More Fascinating?' Director of I-LABS MEG Facility
May 7, 2015
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UW apparatus measures single electron’s radiation to try to weigh a neutrino
April 29, 2015
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A nanolaser using a single atomic sheet
March 26, 2015
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Professor Lillian C. McDermott to speak at University Faculty Lecture on February 19 at 7 pm
February 10, 2015
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Is Life an Illusion?
October 13, 2014
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The Physics of Baseball
July 3, 2014
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Lillian McDermott wins Award for Excellence (University Faculty Lecture Award)
April 18, 2014
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Scientists build thinnest-possible LEDs to be stronger, more energy efficient
March 11, 2014
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Entangled through a Wormhole
November 22, 2013
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A shot in the dark: Detector at UW on the hunt for dark matter
November 7, 2013
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Nanopore sequencing technology lands licensing deal
October 16, 2013
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Physicists pinpoint key property of material that both conducts and insulates
August 23, 2013
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Shih-Chieh Hsu Hosting A Weeklong Workshop Aug 5-9, 2013
July 31, 2013
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Is Our Universe a Numerical Simulation?
February 27, 2013
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Lillian C. McDermott awarded the 2013 Melba Newell Phillips Medal by the American Assocation of Physics Teachers (AAPT)
February 27, 2013
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Do we live in a computer simulation? UW researchers say idea can be tested
December 14, 2012
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The Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) just celebrated the completion of construction of the new radio telescope in the Western Australian desert.
December 10, 2012
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We are pleased to learn that David Wineland has won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics
October 9, 2012
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26 from UW selected for state Academy of Sciences, includes Ann Nelson, James Bardeen and Blayne Heckel
August 3, 2012
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UW physicists played significant role in discovery of Higgs boson
July 6, 2012
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Xiaodong Xu garners Department of Energy early-career grant
June 25, 2012
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Two Physics Department faculty members elected to the National Academy of Sciences
June 25, 2012