Physics

March 22, 2019

Duke to Recognize Inaugural Philosophy of Physics Award Winner During Workshop

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Martin Fischer working in the Advanced Light Imaging and Spectroscopy facility. Photo by Mike Truell

March 19, 2019

Making the Unseen Visible: Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Invests in Duke Imaging Technology

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Chris Walter (left) and his Duke physics collaborator and partner, Kate Scholberg (right), on a lift inside the Super-Kamiokande neutrino detector.

January 14, 2019

Going Deep Underground to Understand the Universe, Large and Small

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Maura Farver of Durham holds Poppy Overman, 3, in awe as she views the moon's craters through a telescope at the Duke Teaching Observatory in Duke Forest. Photo by Jared Lazarus, Duke University.

November 28, 2018

Add This to Your Durham Bucket List: See the Stars From Duke Forest

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Photos of DUke women's basketball, children listening to music, children enjoying art and the Duke Garden Winter Wonderland Program.

November 27, 2018

Bring the Kids to These Campus Events

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Tyson Lanigan-Atkins, a PhD student at Duke University, uses the cold (lower-energy) neutron triple-axis spectrometer at ORNL’s High Flux Isotope Reactor to study thermoelectric materials. Image Credit: ORNL/Genevieve Martin

November 27, 2018

At Oak Ridge, Duke Student Is in Hot Pursuit of Cold Thermoelectronics

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A collage of images from the five free things to do in October.

November 5, 2018

5 Free Things to do at Duke in November

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August 17, 2018

Warren S. Warren Wins Optical Society Award

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A portrait of physics professor Robert P. Behringer

July 11, 2018

Duke Flags Lowered: Physics Professor Robert P. Behringer Dies at 69

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Not all protein crystals exhibit the colorful iridescence of these crystals grown in space. But no matter their looks, all are important to scientists. Credit: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA-MSFC).

June 26, 2018

Teaching a Machine to Spot a Crystal

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The 2018 Faculty Scholars, clockwise from top left: Mumbi Kanyogo, John Franklin Crenshaw, Laura Naslund, Louden Richason and Kushal Kadakia.

April 30, 2018

Top Student Scholars: Independent Studies of Neutrinos, Medicaid Policy and African Feminism

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What I Learned From Stephen Hawking

March 15, 2018

Dr. Richard Bedlack: What I Learned From Stephen Hawking

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Clockwise from left: Movie poster for "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks," the Duke Chorale on stage, Harrison Ford in Blade Runner, a child playing a harp at the Nasher Museum, guest looking through a telescope at the Duke Teaching Observatory.

March 4, 2018

5 Free Things to do at Duke in March

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A portrait of Duke faculty member Warren S. Warren

February 9, 2018

The Optical Society Recognizes Duke Professor Warren S. Warren

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Mixing black glitter with oobleck allowed researchers to track the movement of individual cornstarch particles after a sudden impact. A computer program locked onto pieces of glitter and illustrated their motion. Credit: Melody Lim.

December 14, 2017

Glitter and Jell-O Reveal the Science of Oobleck

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A black and green keyboard and screen

November 27, 2017

High-Speed Quantum Encryption May Help Secure The Future Internet

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