News: Department of Physics and Astronomy

51ԹϺ Engineering team's robot shaking hands with student
Campus News |

A roundup of students and faculty whose innovation and expertise made news headlines.

Scarlet and Gray, “REB's Glitter Squad”, Lester Cruz and Isabel Ferguson, take pictures and hype up students and families during the October 2022 homecoming football game.
Campus News |

A collection of news stories highlighting 51ԹϺ students and faculty who made headlines locally, regionally, and internationally.

a female student sits in the grass by a tree reading a book
Campus News |

A roundup of prominent news stories highlighting university pride, research, and community collaboration.

image of diamond anvil cell in a lab
Research |

Newly published research builds on team’s landmark 2020 discovery of a room-temperature superconductor by replicating results with even greater efficiency. 

Remember sculptor Claes Oldenburg who created U.N.L.V.'s iconic Flashlight sculpture this month.
Campus News |

A collection of news stories highlighting university experts’ insights on and contributions to health, environment, and society.

man posing
Research |

Qiang Zhu receives NSF CAREER Award for his work to guide the development of organic materials important to energy and memory storage.

 

planet illustration
Research |

51ԹϺ astrophysicist Zhaohuan Zhu among featured speakers at international conference at M Resort May 1-6; more than a dozen 51ԹϺ faculty and students participating.  

U.N.L.V.'s first conference tournament championship—and automatic bid to the NCAA Championship—since winning the Big West in 1994. It will be the Lady Rebels first NCAA tournament appearance since 2002. March 9, 2022 (Josh Hawkins/51ԹϺ)
Campus News |

A collection of news stories highlighting the experts and student changemakers at 51ԹϺ.

A laser beam emitting a blue light is projected into a diamond anvil cell
Research |

Findings could have implications for our understanding of distant, water-rich planets.

artist conception of fast radio burst
Research |

New study by international team of scientists identifies polarization as key trait that may reveal the origin of the powerful millisecond-long cosmic radio explosions.  

books inside the U.N.L.V. Bookstore
Campus News |

A collection of news stories highlighting the experts and events at 51ԹϺ.

Artist rending of James Webb telescope in space with stars behind
Research |

51ԹϺ astrophysicist Jason Steffen explains key differences between Webb and Hubble.