Berkeley Physics

Reminder: Wednesday, May 6: Basic Science Lights the Way presents Astronomy's Newest Discovery Machine: The Vera Rubin Observatory. events.berkeley.edu/physics/event/…

Berkeley Physics is pleased to announce that Kam-Biu Luk has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences. He is one of six Berkeley researchers to be elected for 2026. news.berkeley.edu/2026/04/30/nat…

Cal Day in Physics was a big success! Visit our Cal Day web page and check out photos from the day's events. physics.berkeley.edu/news/cal-day-p…

4/27 Condensed Matter Seminar with Shuolong Yang: Engineering quantum materials in space & time—new ways to design and control topological states for future technologies. events.berkeley.edu/physics/event/…

4/27 Physics Colloquium with Ehud Altman: Machine learning + quantum measurements = new insights into entanglement—and the limits of prediction. 4:15 PM In #1 Physics North events.berkeley.edu/physics/event/…

Professor Raphael Bousso has been elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences as a member of the 2026 class. 👏 physics.berkeley.edu/news/raphael-b…

Watch the 2026 Oppenheimer Lecture featuring Ignacio Cirac: Quantum Simulation in the Presence of Errors: youtube.com/watch?v=kqHPHO…

Congrats to Berkeley Physics’ Ben Safdi, honored with a New Horizons Prize for groundbreaking work on axions and dark matter. breakthroughprize.org/News/98

Last chance to order your Berkeley Physics tee shirts, zip hoodies, and caps! Store closes 4/21 at 8:00 am. stores.inksoft.com/UC_Berkeley_Ph…

April 20 Colloquium with Professor Mike Crommie: Imaging the freezing & melting of electrons in 2D Wigner crystals—finally visualizing a 90+ year-old quantum prediction. events.berkeley.edu/physics/event/…

April 20 the Condensed Matter Seminar features Gil Refael, CIT. This lecture explores a new approach to building and stabilizing GKP qubits—offering powerful possibilities for quantum error correction and computation. events.berkeley.edu/physics/event/…

Basic Science Lights the Way will present "Astronomy's Newest Discovery Machine: The Vera Rubin Observatory. This discussion will include scientists from Astronomy and Physics. Register below. basicscience.berkeley.edu

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument mapped 47M+ galaxies & quasars (beating its goal) + 20M stars. newscenter.lbl.gov/2026/04/15/des…

Join us 4/13 for the Physics Colloquium with Luca Iliesiu. From information escape to quantum corrections, explore how new ideas are reshaping our understanding of black holes—and the laws of physics. events.berkeley.edu/physics/event/…

Join us 4/13 for the Condensed Matter Seminar with Andrew Potter. Explore how next-generation quantum processors are simulating magnets and correlated electrons—pushing beyond the limits of classical supercomputers. events.berkeley.edu/physics/event/…

A pioneering experimentalist and an inspiring mentor, Freedman’s legacy lives on through the researchers he shaped—and the science he helped define. physicstoday.aip.org/opinion/lesson…

In this article in APS, Berkeley Physics graduate student Jacquelyn Ho explores how atoms form rippling patterns inside an optical cavity, revealing new quantum behavior. physics.aps.org/articles/v19/47

4/6: Discover how new experiments in ultracold temperatures are uncovering pseudogap physics and opening a window into some of the biggest mysteries in quantum materials. events.berkeley.edu/physics/event/…

Join us April 6 for the Condensed Matter Seminar with Professor Yuri Suzuki. Discover how ultrathin magnetic materials enable low-loss spin waves and reveal new topological physics. events.berkeley.edu/physics/event/…

Watch Brian Greene in conversation with UC Berkeley’s Raphael Bousso as they explore the black hole information paradox, firewalls, the multiverse, and the future of physics. worldsciencefestival.com/videos/the-cri…