In early 2025, the JHU-led Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS) project announced a first-of-its-kind measurement of the so-called “optical depth to reionization,” the probability that a photon from the cosmic microwave […]
News & Announcements Archive
Tyrel McQueen and Surjeet Rajendran to continue with Quantum Information Science Research Centers
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced $625 million in funding to renew its five National Quantum Information Science (QIS) Research Centers, originally established in 2018 under the National […]
International team co-led by Adam Riess to investigate the validity of the cosmological model
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor Adam Riess is one of four co-investigators now working on a European Research Council Synergy Grant entitled “Red teaming the H0 tension,” or “RedH0T,” to support international […]
Grayson Frazier receives Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics Graduate Fellowship
Graduate student Grayson Frazier has received the highly competitive KITP Graduate Fellowship in recognition of his outstanding research work in condensed matter theory. At KITP, Grayson plans to continue pursuing his […]
Joe Silk co-authors research about the cause of the gamma ray glow at the center of our galaxy
Research Professor and Homewood Professor of Physics and Astronomy Joe Silk is the co-author of a new publication in the journal Physical Review Letters about the cause of the glow […]
Qier An co-authors publication identifying a brown dwarf orbiting a red dwarf
Graduate student Qier An recently contributed to new research published in The Astronomical Journal that identified a brown dwarf orbiting a red dwarf through the synergy of ground- and space-based […]
Tyrel McQueen participates in Lorentz Center workshop focusing on breakthroughs in superconductivity
Professor and Henry A. Rowland Chair of Physics and Astronomy Tyrel McQueen recently participated in a Lorentz Center workshop to discuss one of the most intriguing phenomena in physics: superconductivity—materials […]
International Symposium on Spintronics with Antiferromagnets and Altermagnets in Japan a success
Department members Peter Armitage, Collin Broholm, Satoru Nakatsuji, and Oleg Tchernyshyov organized a successful symposium in Japan that concluded today, The International Symposium on Spintronics with Antiferromagnets and Altermagnets. The […]
Ray Jayawardhana and co-researchers observe a young rogue planet undergo a ‘growth spurt’
University Provost and Professor Ray Jayawardhana is the senior co-author of a new publication in The Astrophysical Journal Letters outlining observations of a young rogue planet about 620 light-years away […]
Danielle Norcini helps develop highly sensitive detector to expand the search for dark matter
Assistant Professor Danielle Norcini recently co-authored a paper in Physical Review Letters titled “Probing Benchmark Models of Hidden-Sector Dark Matter with DAMIC-M,” in which she and fellow researchers developed plans […]