Barrett physics

With $160,000 from the National Science Foundation, Barrett and colleagues are combing through, scanning and preserving documents they hope will shed light on how to understand measurement as a consistent physical process in quantum mechanics – one of physics’ most debated puzzles that Everett believed he had solved as a graduate student.

Spider-Man

Making physics fun

Michael Dennin, UC Irvine physics & astronomy professor, will discuss the science behind superheroes 8-9 a.m. Tuesday, May 19, at the University Club. A complimentary breakfast will begin at 7:30 a.m.

Physics & astronomy postdocs receive Hubble fellowships

UC Irvine physics & astronomy postdoctoral researchers Misty Bentz and Shelley Wright have received prestigious 3-year Hubble research fellowships from…

a drop of water pinching off from a column of fluid

Drippy faucets offer lesson in physics

Peter Taborek uses high-speed video to capture the motion of drops and bubbles coming apart. Knowing the details of this “pinch-off” process is important when designing inkjet printers and also is useful in biotechnology when fluid is used on microchips, as well as for applications in cosmetics, food and structural materials industries.

Physics paper named 'milestone'

Steven White, UC Irvine physics and astronomy professor, has been honored by the journal Physical Review Letters, which named his…

Medical physics residency program accredited

The medical physics residency program in UC Irvine’s Department of Radiation Oncology was recently accredited by the Commission on Accreditation…

Biophysics project receives about $1.5 million from NIH

UC Irvine professors Clare Yu and her collaborator, Steven Gross, have received about $1.5 million over five years from the…

UC Irvine astronomers’ simulations support dark matter theory

The tests addressed the elusive matter’s existence despite it never having been observed

Jack Brouwer lecturing in front of a diagram.

Clean energy for ‘everyone and for everything’

An Earth Day talk with Clean Energy Institute director Jack Brouwer

From left, Jenny Yang, Daniel Guillen, Tim Tait and Filipp Furche.

4 UC Irvine researchers are elected AAAS fellows

Scholars are honored for their efforts to advance science or its applications