Physics
- Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder Professor Jamie Nagle will discuss the quarks and gluons that formed at the Big Bang in his Distinguished Research Lecture Feb. 6.
- At the program’s December meeting, Todd Saliman reaffirmed Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ’s commitment to the quantum education and research happening on campus.
- Blair Seidlitz, now a postdoctoral researcher at Columbia University, studied near-collisions of nuclear beams at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland, and he did so despite having severely limited vision.
- General Physics for Majors course designed by Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder Professors Eric Cornell and Paul Beale shows students that the furthest reaches of science are built on fundamental concepts.
- Astrophysicist who confirmed black hole at galaxy’s center to speak March 5 at Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder.
- In a little-known chapter of university history, the Manhattan Project scientist taught for several years in the Department of Physics, and his legacy appears in the fabric of the department.
- Gary Wall, a 1970 Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder physics graduate, won the Los Alamos Medal in recognition of more than 50 years of distinguished work at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
- One way physicists seek clues to unravel the mysteries of the universe is by smashing matter together and inspecting the debris. But these types of destructive experiments, while incredibly informative, have limits.
- Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder professors Noah Finkelstein of physics and Valerie Otero of education have won the 2023 Svend Pedersen Award and Lecture from Stockholm University.