physics

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

UCI physicists have played a key role in the search for the elusive Higgs boson.

Acclaimed for a breakthrough algorithm, physicist Steven White is now first to model a new state of matter.

UC Irvine physics professor and award-winning science fiction author Gregory Benford will write the introductory essays for "The Wonderful Future That Never Was," a collection of predictions made in the pages of "Popular Mechanics" that reflects societies hopes and fears.

With his bow ties and seersucker suits, Roger McWilliams might appear to be old-fashioned, but the UCI physicist invents futuristic laser tools that have advanced everything from telecommunications to healthcare.

‘Benford beacons’ concept could refocus search for signs of intelligent extraterrestrial life.

Researchers in UC Irvine's Center for Cosmology are opening new windows into space and finding lost matter and bright galaxies.