ATLAS, one of several detectors positioned along the Large Hadron Collider, on the outskirts of Geneva.

Crash course in physics

As revamped Large Hadron Collider fires up to record levels, UCI team prepares to pick through pieces of shattered particles

The Large Hadron Collider at CERN

Scientists celebrate their roles in physics Nobel

Eight UCI physics & astronomy professors are involved in Higgs boson data analysis

James Weatherall

From physics to finance

In new book, professor explores scientists’ role on Wall Street

UC Irvine News Brief: Longtime physics professor Doug Mills has died

Longtime physics professor Doug Mills has died

UC Irvine News Brief: UCI's Feng wins Simons Fellowship in Theoretical Physics

It will enable the professor to take a sabbatical from teaching and service to focus on research in the 2012-13 academic year.

Physics professor awarded time on world's fastest supercomputer

The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded Zhihong Lin, physics & astronomy professor, time on a Cray XT – the…

Professor wins Russia's top prize in particle physics

Henry Sobel, physics & astronomy professor, has been awarded the 2009 Bruno Pontecorvo Prize from the Joint Institute for Nuclear…

UCI physics & astronomy professor to be awarded Van Biesbroeck Prize

Virginia Trimble, UCI physics & astronomy professor, will receive the 2010 George Van Biesbroeck Prize from the American Astronomical Society.…

Late theorist's notes may help resolve physics issue

The dusty boxes that line the walls of Jeff Barrett’s UC Irvine office mark a high point in his academic…

The ATLAS portion of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN

A new physics frontier

After more than one year of repairs, the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland is back on track to create high-energy particle collisions and yield extraordinary insights into the nature of the physical universe. Eight UC Irvine scientists are involved.