Exotic Atoms Hold Clues to Unsolved Physics Puzzle at the Dawn of the Universe. Click on press release to read story.

Entropy Favors Open Lattices
Physicist Xiaoming Mao and collaborators discover new mechanism of open-lattice self-assembly. Click here

A young visitor to Physics Palooza learns about the behavior of light through diffraction glasses. The Society of Physics Students builds and then shows the demos to children and their parents at the children’s Hands-On Museum.

Physics Professor Henriette Elvang
Physics Professor Henriette Elvang Received a Cottrell Scholar Award. Click here for the story.

Professor Tim McKay captures the attention of physics students through lecture. Professor McKay's research focuses on fundamental questions of observational astrophysics and cosmology.

Randall Physics Labs
The main Physics building was named in honor of Harrison McAllister Randall (’93, Ph.D. ‘02), a Physics Professor, and Director of the Physics Laboratory until his retirement in 1941.

SWIP Girl Scout Day
Society of Women in Physics students demonstrate charge and electricity using a Van de Graaff generator.

Society of Physics Students Add Flavor
to Saturday Lectures
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Spectroscopy Illuminates Photosynthesis
Click here to watch physicist Jennifer Ogilvie and U-M graduate Kristin L.M. Lewis discuss their studies of ultrafast processes in photosynthesis.

Undergraduate physics major Anastasiya Romadan takes measurements of the radio telescope antenna on the roof
of Angell Hall prior to its renovation this summer.

U-M Society of Physics Students Win Award
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Dr. David Wineland (2012 Nobel Laureate in Physics) meets with U-M physics students on his recent visit to the Department.