FROM THE LARGEST TO THE SMALLEST:
THE UNIVERSE AND EVERYTHING IN IT
The areas embraced by UCLA physics research span the range from the well-established disciplines of "big science," e.g. studying the Higgs Boson at the LHC, and frontier plasma science underpinning fusion energy to newly emerging fields such as the physics of neuroscience and quantum science.
In astronomy, UCLA faculty are pioneers in the areas of extra-solar system planets, galactic astronomy, and cosmology. This effort is uniquely enabled by the world-renowned
capabilities in design and construction of infrared instrumentation by our Infrared Laboratory.
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Professor Jianwei (John) Miao and colleagues used 3D atomic imaging to revise the century-old theory of crystal nucleation, revealing that nuclei develop through gradual, multistep changes in atomic order with diffuse boundaries. See more...
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Listen to Professor Ghez's recent interview on Science Friday, 'Peering through dust clouds to the center of the galaxy'
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Congratulations to Professor Anshul Kogar, recognized with receipt of 2026 National Brown Investigator Award!
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Astronomers from the University of Bologna, with UCLA Astronomer Michael Rich, used JWST to find 4 bursts of star formation in the "bulge fossil fragment" cluster Terzan 5, showing it may once have been as much 1000 times more massive than today
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4:00PM to 5:00PM
PAB 1-434
Quiet within, chaos without: putting turbulence to work
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
4:00PM to 5:00PM
PAB 1-434
The Molecular Origins of Life: A Physics Perspective
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium