physics

UF Associate Professor Laura Blecha, Ph.D., and the Department of Physics hosted its ninth annual science fair for families and children.

The discovery was one of six inventions recognized as UF Innovate | Tech Licensing celebrated the achievements of UF innovators at its eighth annual Standing InnOvation.

Scientists are using vibrating nanoscale drumheads to study how magnetism moves and changes inside special materials – a discovery that could help power the next generation of fast, energy efficient computers.

Cesar Dominguez embarked this fall on a two-semester program of faculty-mentored research, with a $2,000 student stipend and $500 in support funding for his faculty mentor, UF chemistry professor Austin Evans, Ph.D. 

The CLAS Staff Excellence awards recognize staff members who contribute outstanding and meritorious service in their fields.

Over the 35 years John Mocko has spent working at UF he said he has watched both himself and the campus grow.

Pierre Sikivie, recently retired Distinguished Professor of Physics at the University of Florida, has been selected as one of 2 recipients of the Galileo Galilei Medal for 2025.

Distinguished Professor of Physics Neil Sullivan was among the five new inductees into this prestigious organization.

Thomas Bianchi and Neil Sullivan were recognized for their excellence in teaching and research

Bob Hesterman and Stephen Goldman were recognized for their accomplishments and service.

Jonathan Martin and Selman Hershfield were recognized for their innovative teaching methods and exemplary research.

Assistant Professor of Physics Jeff Dror takes a leap forward in the quest to unravel the origins of these mysterious waves.

Distinguished Professor of Physics David B. Tanner is awarded the 2024 APS W.K.H. Panofsky Prize for his groundbreaking contributions in experimental particle physics.

After 15 years of data collection, scientists from the NANOGrav collaboration, including astrophysicist Laura Blecha and grad student Analis Evans, have detected evidence of gravitational waves at ultra-low frequencies.

Researchers at the University of Rochester report this week in Nature a new material that is superconductive at room temperature, but while UF Professor James Hamlin, who was not involved with the work, says it would be ‘completely revolutionary,’ he also is not yet convinced.

A team of physicists, including UF researchers, hunts down sub-atomic specters — stumbling across a new lens for exploring protons in the process.

An international team of scientists, including UF astrophysicist Laura Blecha, makes a surprising discovery at the heart of a galactic merger that could expand our knowledge of space and time.

The physicist is one of 83 scientists from across the nation selected to receive significant funding for innovative research.

The prestigious awards are granted by the NSF to early-career faculty who demonstrate the potential to serve as academic role models in their fields.

Physicist Peter Hirschfeld wins a prestigious award honoring his exploration of superconductivity.