The Nobel prize in physics 2024 – THE PHYSICS DETECTIVE
This year’s Nobel Prize in Physics was announced on 8th October 2024. I’m writing about it after the event because I wanted to wait for some reaction. If you haven’t …
Four new faculty hires are a quantum leap for experimental physics
Already known as a leader in quantum science and a testbed for quantum computing, the University of California, Berkeley, is expanding its footprint with the hiring of four early-career experimental …
Excellence Award » MIT Physics
Among eight, student-nominated and student-judged, honored for innovations in exemplary teaching with technology. Eight MIT faculty and instructors have received the 2025 Teaching with Digital Technology Awards. The student-nominated and …
The first and second centuries of quantum mechanics
At this week’s American Physical Society Global Physics Summit in Anaheim, California, John Preskill spoke at an event celebrating 100 years of groundbreaking advances in quantum mechanics. Here are his …
The Standard Model of particle physics is wrong on multiple counts
The Standard Model of particle physics is said to be the most successful scientific theory ever. That’s what Quanta Magazine said, and plenty of other people say much the same …
Berkeley Talks: What is understanding? Berkeley scholars discuss
(Music: “Silver Lanyard” by Blue Dot Sessions) Intro: This is Berkeley Talks, a Berkeley News podcast from the Office of Communications and Public Affairs that features lectures and conversations at UC Berkeley. You can …
New student optical “astronomy hub” ready for remote observations » MIT Physics
The building 54 student-run remote observation lab, in partnership with the MIT Wallace Astrophysical Observatory, is a place for undergraduate astronomy students to gather, observe, and build community MIT Students doing astronomy research …
How writing a popular-science book led to a Nature Physics paper
Several people have asked me whether writing a popular-science book has fed back into my research. Nature Physics published my favorite illustration of the answer this January. Here’s the story …
Guidance notes for simulations
I’ve spoken to various people about simulations over the years. The latest conversation I had was on a Zoom session a couple of weeks ago. We were talking about how …
Physicist Paul Richards, a pioneer in studies of the cosmic microwave background, dies at 90
Paul L. Richards, an experimental physicist who built some of the first highly sensitive detectors to probe the faint radiation left over from the birth of the universe, died peacefully …