News Archive

Professors Kai Liu and Rajiv Singh elected Fellows of the Institute of Physics.

The Big Bang: What Really Happened at Our Universe's Birth?

Andy Albrecht, described as: "One of the architects of inflation theory." Article URL: <http://www.space.com/13347-big-bang-origins-universe-birth.html>

Andy Albrecht on NPR

Andy Albrecht discusses his recent work in “Clock Ambiguity” and the concept of time in the formation of the universe is discussed in a blog post on time-logic.

UC Davis cosmologists comment on the 2011 Nobel prize in physics for the discovery of cosmic acceleration via anomalously dim stellar explosions. 

Cosmology in Northern California (CINC) 2011

 https://sites.google.com/a/ucdavis.edu/cinc11/home"

Over 70 prospective students attended the UC Davis Dept of Physics, second annual Physics GRE boot camp!

http://www.physics.ucdavis.edu/%7edwittman/bootcamp.html

Professor Bob Svoboda to report to the House Subcommittee on Space, Science and Technology about the long-baseline neutrino experiment

http://lbne.fnal.gov/index.shtml

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Professor Lloyd Knox to deliver lecture: We Are Amplified Quantum Fluctuations: The Story of the Creation of All Structures in the Universe

Date: October 6th http://sbnature.org/gladwin/413.html

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Atom Smasher Retires (2011)
Physics Professor and project leader Bob Svoboda states, "There's a difference between doing lots of studies that may look for some hypothetical particles, and actual discoveries."

UC Davis Physics Professor wins Undergrad DTA (2011)
The UC Davis senate presents UC Davis Physics Professor Gergeley Zimanyi with the 2011 Undergrad Distinguished Teaching Award.

 UC Davis Physics Professors speak at TEDxDavis (2011)
TedxDavis speakers including Physics professors Lloyd Knox and Gergely Zimanyi enlighten and engage local guests with a variety of talks and presentations.

4/27/11: Heaviest antimatter found
UC Davis Physics Professors Manuel Calderon de la Barca Sanchez and Daniel Cebra, were involved in the collaborative finding of the heaviest antimatter ever created.

4/5/11: Japan's Nuclear Crisis Sparks Radiation Concerns 
Channel 10 News talks to Physics Professor John Conway about radiation concerns.

3/15/11: Tokyo at risk for dangerous aftershock
John Rundle discusses the possible dangerous after-effects of the Toyko Earthquake.

 1/25/11: Neutrinos Defined: What is a Neutrino?

UC Davis Physics Professor John Conway talks to PBS.

Jessica Scheimer

UCD Physics Alum, current Masters Student, UCD School of Education.

Future Teacher Scholarship (2011)

(Knowles Science Teaching Foundation Fellowship)

Awarded annually to members who demonstrate leadership in their chapter and a strong desire to teach science.

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