Research

CENPA Megapixel CCDs
First Constraints from DAMIC-M on Sub-GeV Dark-Matter Particles Interacting with Electrons
May 9, 2023
Could the Pacific Northwest foster a 'Quantum Valley'?
April 13, 2023
Faser Particle Detector CERN
Team detects first neutrinos made by particle collider
March 24, 2023
Team detects first neutrinos made by particle collider
March 23, 2023
Team detects first neutrinos made by particle collider
March 23, 2023
Kai-Mei Fu Photo
Q&A: UW researcher discusses future of quantum research
February 8, 2023
Q&A: UW researcher discusses future of quantum research
February 7, 2023
H9 T cell infected by HIV
Novel HIV combination therapies could prevent viral escape and rebound
July 25, 2022
Novel HIV combination therapies could prevent viral escape and rebound
July 21, 2022
Swiss scientists turned an abandoned World War II bunker into a physics experiment to solve gravity
July 11, 2022
5 questions about the Big Bang answered
June 27, 2022
light-induced-ferromagnetism
Lasers trigger magnetism in atomically thin quantum materials
April 20, 2022
SARS-CoV-2 variants
Immune System’s Memory in an Evolving World
March 29, 2022
Katrin Spectrometer
A new upper limit on the mass of neutrino
February 23, 2022
A3D3 Concept
New NSF-funded institute to harness AI for accelerated discoveries in physics, astronomy and neuroscience
September 28, 2021
UW physics professor receives grant to study nuclear waste
August 17, 2021
UW physics professor receives grant to study nuclear waste
August 9, 2021
FASER is born: new experiment will study particles that interact with dark matter
June 6, 2021
Researchers working to install the FASER detector at CERN.
FASER is born: new experiment will study particles that interact with dark matter
May 10, 2021
FASER is born: new experiment will study particles that interact with dark matter
May 5, 2021
First results from Muon g-2 experiment strengthen evidence of new physics
May 4, 2021
Big Physics News: The Muon g-2 Experiment Explained
April 20, 2021
A Tiny Particle’s Wobble Could Upend the Known Laws of Physics
April 13, 2021
Muon g-2 ring
First results from Muon g-2 experiment strengthen evidence of new physics
April 8, 2021
First results from Muon g-2 experiment strengthen evidence of new physics
April 7, 2021
A Tiny Particle’s Wobble Could Upend the Known Laws of Physics
April 7, 2021
Big Physics News: The Muon g-2 Experiment Explained
April 7, 2021
Quantum Leap
March 25, 2021
A New Twist Reveals Superconductivity’s Secrets
March 17, 2021
A New Twist Reveals Superconductivity’s Secrets
March 16, 2021
Aerial photo of the UW's Seattle campus
Quantum Mechanics for a General Audience
March 11, 2021
Mystery of Spinning Atomic Fragments Solved at Last
March 2, 2021
Quantum Leap
March 1, 2021
Matthew Yankowitz Lee Osheroff Richardson Science Prize Headshot
Matthew Yankowitz awarded 2021 Lee Osheroff Richardson Science Prize
February 25, 2021
Mystery of Spinning Atomic Fragments Solved at Last
February 24, 2021
2017 Campus Aerial Picture
UW physicist pens math-free tour of quantum mechanics and technology
February 17, 2021
Nice atom
Predicting the Limits of Atomic Nuclei
January 25, 2021
CEI-Star
Six CEI researchers among world’s most influential scholars
January 4, 2021
All together now: Experiments with twisted 2D materials catch electrons behaving collectively
October 6, 2020
Physics Virus Sotry Image
The Physics of a Deadly Virus
September 25, 2020
Eot-Wash Group Photo
Three UW Physics professors are the recipients of the 2021 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
September 10, 2020
Comp Sci Building
UW receives NSF funds for investment in an interdisciplinary quantum future
September 1, 2020
Professor tackles one more mystery about quantum mechanics and time’s flow
July 1, 2020
What is the slowest thing on Earth?
June 22, 2020
MWA at night
Scientists close in on 12 billion-year-old signal from the end of the universe’s ‘dark age’
June 11, 2020
UW researchers working on ‘flashlight-like’ device to destroy viruses and bacteria on surfaces
April 28, 2020
Dark matter decoys
April 7, 2020
gravity research news
Experiment finds that gravity still works down to 50 micrometers
April 6, 2020
Physicists have narrowed the mass range for hypothetical dark matter axions
March 6, 2020
New Generation of Dark Matter Experiments Gear Up to Search for Elusive Particle
February 3, 2020