Physics

Argonne scientist Jessica L. Durham conducts research inside the Materials Engineering Research Facility

Learn about science, engineering in free public events for Argonne’s 75th anniversary

Aerial image of the Advanced Photon Source, a large circular building, with the Chicago skyline in the distance

Argonne National Laboratory celebrates 75 years of scientific discovery

peering down a row of gigantic magnets in a diamond shape

What the Muon g-2 results mean for how we understand the universe

Non-reciprocal phase transitions - demonstration with tiny desktop robots

Physicists reveal how motion can be generated by frustration

Cheng Chin in the lab with a lot of equipment

In long-awaited breakthrough, UChicago scientists harness molecules into single quantum state

A qubit (the small rectangle) is set onto a sapphire substrate, which sits upon a fingertip to show scale.

UChicago, Fermilab physicists build a quantum bit that can search for dark matter

Telescope image of dozens of galaxies clustered in space

Using powerful lasers, scientists recreate how magnetic fields grow in clusters of galaxies

Prof. William Irvine

UChicago physicist William Irvine selected for $2 million Brown Investigator Award

Researcher works in gloves on metallic quantum assembly

For first time, researchers send entangled qubit states through a communication channel

Metaphorical illustration of a field of molecules being examined by computers and also magnifying glass

New research could boost a solar-powered fuel made by splitting water