Penn Physics & Astro

Congratulations to Penn Physics Prof. Eugene Mele for his election to the National Academy of Sciences for contributions to the field of quantum electronic phenomena, alongside Prof. Nancy... penntoday.upenn.edu/news/two-penn-…

Penn Physics Prof. Mirjam Cvetic, postdoc Ling Lin, and graduate student Muyang Liu on how extra dimensions in string theory and F-theory can lead to the Standard Model of particle physics in our observable world:... penntoday.upenn.edu/news/making-se…

Can we find Planets 9 and 10? Combining data from different surveys to search for trans-Neptunian objects with Penn Physics Profs. Cullen Blake, Bhuvnesh Jain, and Gary Bernstein, as well as researcher Eric... penntoday.upenn.edu/news/search-pl…

Penn Physics Prof. Philip Nelson on the biophysics of color vision, from his Science Cafe talk! penntoday.upenn.edu/news/seeing-wo… See a previous version of Prof.... penntoday.upenn.edu/news/seeing-wo…

Learn more about last week's black hole image, by the numbers! penntoday.upenn.edu/news/numbers-f… penntoday.upenn.edu/news/numbers-f…

Read about the work of Prof Josh Klein's group on the SNO+ experiment, looking for answers to deep questions in particle physics through neutrinos! penntoday.upenn.edu/news/small-par… penntoday.upenn.edu/news/small-par…

Congratulations to Dillon Brout, Penn's first graduate to win a NASA Hubble Fellowship for his research into the expansion of the... #section-d811e736-ba9a-4365-8287-aed9ce6fa95c" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">stsci.edu/stsci-research…

Tomorrow, April 9, 6pm, Penn Physics Prof. Philip Nelson gives a free public talk as part of Penn Science Cafe! "Human and Superhuman Color Vision Scientists often seem to be asking obscure theoretical questions. But... facebook.com/pennphys/posts…

Penn Physics postdoc Farshid Jafarpour studies how individual cells self-regulate to sync up their growth rates in oscillatory bursts! penntoday.upenn.edu/news/bacterial… penntoday.upenn.edu/news/bacterial…

Read more about Women in Physics at the University of Pennsylvania's fifth annual spring conference and networking event with LSST Deputy Director Beth... penntoday.upenn.edu/news/women-phy…

Join Women in Physics at the University of Pennsylvania next week on Fri, March 18, 4:40pm, Ben Franklin Room, Houston Hall, for a free public lecture on mapping the galaxies in the universe "The Most Magnificent Map... facebook.com/pennphys/posts…

Penn Physics Profs. Charles Kane and Eugene Mele win the 11th BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award for their work on topological insulators! Read more:... penntoday.upenn.edu/news/two-penn-…

Congratulations again to our three Penn Physics PhD students who were finalists in the Grad Ben Talks, Emile Kraus, Asja Radja, and Paul Masih Das, and congratulations to Paul for winning the Natural Sciences Division! You can find... sas.upenn.edu/grad-ben-talks

The Center for Particle Cosmology's free public lecture with Profs. Bhuvnesh Jain, Justin Khoury, Masao Sako, Robyn Sanderson, and Mark Trodden is TODAY at 6pm, Tuesday 2/26 in Amado... sas.upenn.edu/events/gravita…

Reminder that the Grad Ben Talks are today! Talks start now in Amado Recital Hall, Irvine Auditorium (3401 Spruce St) with the Natural Sciences Division starting at 3:30. Featuring three Penn Physics PhD students: Emile... sas.upenn.edu/events/grad-be…

Join Penn Physics Profs. Bhuvnesh Jain, Justin Khoury, Masao Sako, Robyn Sanderson, and Mark Trodden for a **free public lecture** at 6pm, Tuesday 2/26 in Amado Recital Hall, Irvine Auditorium, 3401 Spruce St! The panel... facebook.com/pennphys/posts…