Physics

What we’ll remember from 2020—at UChicago and beyond

Challenging year included accomplishments and breakthroughs worth celebrating

Jack Steinberger, Nobel-winning physicist and UChicago alum, 1921-2020

Co-discoverer of muon neutrino was inspired to start in experimental physics by Enrico Fermi

‘Search of a lifetime’ for supersymmetric particles at CERN

UChicago researchers hunt for proposed particles that could explain quirks of the universe

Watch Nobel laureate Andrea Ghez explain how to prove a black hole exists

Physicist explains challenges, triumphs at University of Chicago’s Maria Goeppert Mayer Lecture

UChicago physicist leaves mark on X-ray sciences as leader, mentor

Argonne’s Linda Young searches for new X-ray laser uses and ways to support junior scientists