FROM THE LARGEST TO THE SMALLEST:
THE UNIVERSE AND EVERYTHING IN IT
The areas embraced by UCLA physics research span the range from the well-established disciplines of "big science," e.g. studying the Higgs Boson at the LHC, and frontier plasma science underpinning fusion energy to newly emerging fields such as the physics of neuroscience and quantum science.
In astronomy, UCLA faculty are pioneers in the areas of extra-solar system planets, galactic astronomy, and cosmology. This effort is uniquely enabled by the world-renowned
capabilities in design and construction of infrared instrumentation by our Infrared Laboratory.
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Congratulations to professor Derek Schaeffer, named a Cottrell Scholar in honor of his research and academic leadership.
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Congratulations to physics undergraduate Curtis Zhou, selected for the DOE Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship (SULI) program to conduct research at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Summer 2026.
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Congratulations to Prof. Christopher Gutierrez for being awarded a prestigious Early Career Research Program grant from the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Basic Energy Sciences.
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Prof. Jianwei (John) Miao and collaborators published in Nature a framework that determines the 3D atomic positions and elemental identities in amorphous materials.
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The Flavor Composition of the High-Energy Cosmic Neutrino Sky: Today and Tomorrow
TEPAPP Seminar
The Universe Seen Through the Lens of Galaxy Clusters by JWST
Astronomy/Astrophysics Colloquium