Physics

Summer insights from LAS undergraduate researchers

From tracking superflares to studying NBA activism, LAS Dean's Undergraduate Research Award recipients share how they spent their summer.

August 9, 2021

Astronomers model, determine how disk galaxies evolve so smoothly

Researchers develop better computer simulations to explain stellar scattering.

September 28, 2020

Using light waves to accelerate supercurrents to access properties of the quantum world

Physicist Jigang Wang's research will benefit electronics with high speeds and low energy consumption.

May 19, 2020

Paul Canfield elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Canfield designs and discovers new materials and properties in the Department of Physics and the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory.

April 23, 2020

Fei receives NSF CAREER award

Zhe Fei, assistant professor of physics, received an NSF CAREER grant for a proposal titled “Exploring chiral edge plasmons in novel two-dimensional materials.” The estimated total award amount is $588,818. Zhe Fei, assistant professor of physics. Abstract at Time of Award Nontechnical Description: The capability of controlling the flow…

January 23, 2020

Quantum materials measurement gets a boost

Paul Canfield, Ames Lab physicist, Distinguished Professor and the Robert Allen Wright Professor of Physics and Astronomy, is conducting innovative research with collaborators in the field.

January 15, 2020

Kawaler helps lead international team analyzing data from NASA mission

LAS astronomers and an international team detail an interesting case of planetary evolution and demonstrate how star studies can be an important part of the search for planets beyond our solar system.

November 20, 2019

Physicists use light flashes to discover, control new quantum states of matter

New tools and techniques could access new states of matter hidden within superconducting and other complex materials.

August 19, 2019