Physics

Pivotal discovery could open new field of quantum ‘magnonics’

The approach may become a new way to build quantum technology, including electronic devices with new capabilities.

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