2022
Marcela Carena Named 2022 DOE Distinguished Scientist
October 26, 2022
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Congrats to Zihni Baykara, Macallan Maedke, Kaeli Hughes, Rostom Mbarek
May 25, 2022
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2022 Sugarman Awards
2021
Aloof neutrons may actually ‘talk’ to one another briefly in new kind of symmetry
September 14, 2021
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Aloof neutrons may actually ‘talk’ to one another briefly in new kind of symmetry
2021 Sugarman Awards: João Shida, Ihar Lobach and Yikun Wang
May 27, 2021
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2021 Sugarman Awards: João Shida, Ihar Lobach and Yikun Wang
NASA Selects 4 Concepts for Small Missions to Study Universe’s Secrets
January 11, 2021
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NASA Selects 4 Concepts for Small Missions to Study Universe’s Secrets
Credits: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/CI Lab
2020
Dark matter detector picks up unexplained new signal
June 17, 2020
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Dark matter detector picks up unexplained new signal
2020 Sugarman Awards: Keir Adams, Philip Mansfield and Karthik Ramanathan
May 14, 2020
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2020 Sugarman Awards
Misbehaving kaons could hint at the existence of new particles
February 4, 2020
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Congratulations to Eugene Parker for Being Awarded the 2020 Crafoord Prize
January 30, 2020
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Congratulations to Eugene Parker for Being Awarded the 2020 Crafoord Prize
2019
Congratulations to Bjorn Scholz for 2020 Tanaka Dissertation Award!
November 21, 2019
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Congratulations to Bjorn Scholz for 2020 Tanaka Dissertation Award!
2nd Annual John A Simpson Lecture
October 17, 2019
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2nd Annual John A Simpson Lecture: The Highest Energy Cosmic Rays - Present Status and Future Prospects
Prize Fellowships Available
September 26, 2019
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Event Horizon Telescope Awarded 2020 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
September 5, 2019
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Professor John Carlstrom
UChicago names building after pioneering physicist Albert Michelson
August 23, 2019
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UChicago names building after pioneering physicist Albert Michelson
Welcome Clay Córdova
August 8, 2019
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Assistant Professor Clay Córdova