Division of Physical Sciences

Prineha Narang elected an American Physical Society Fellow

Narang, who holds UCLA’s Howard Reiss Career Development Chair, was selected for her approaches to nonequilibrium dynamics and the control of condensed matter, and her public advocacy for quantum sciences.

QUAntum Sensing for Humanity event brings together builders and users of quantum sensors

The limits of the laws of physics were explored at a special discussion on quantum sensing and the potential utility of these revolutionary concepts and devices.

Chris Regan Elected American Physical Society Fellow

Chris Regan was honored for “For advancements in the capabilities of in situ transmission electron microscopy, liquid-cell microscopy, and nanometer-scale thermometry, with applications ranging from improvements in computer memories to batteries. This work has an impact on both basic research and industrial applications.

Unexpected patterns in the solar wind

UCLA scientists invent new method to discover an unexpected pattern in the distribution of the magnetic field in the solar wind.

Empowered to Aim For Bigger Things

The Rich and Linda Turco Graduate Fellowship motivated Alex Chang to Push Himself Further

Teaching artificial intelligence about complicated structures

A new statistical technique enables researchers to safely use AI for accurate scientific estimates involving highly interconnected systems.

A Joy That is Hard to Describe

“We soon understood the wonderful feeling you get when you see students thriving, and hearing their stories. When you can speak with them face-to-face and learn about their lives and their work.”

A Million Grains of Sand to Make a Beach

Six years ago, when John and Lauren Liberati were establishing an endowment to support graduate students in the physics department, they had one caveat: they didn’t want to give any criteria for how the recipient was chosen.

As NEOWISE Comes to an End, NEO Surveyor Prepares for Launch

After more than a decade of mapping the sky, NASA’s NEOWISE telescope, the Near-Earth Object Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer mission, was officially decommissioned last week. During its nearly 15-year run, NEOWISE observed the cosmos at infrared wavelengths and collected data on more than 740 million objects, including stars, galaxies and potentially hazardous asteroids. But the mission that…

How to define a planet

UCLA Professor proposes a new definition of planets with more specific criteria.