Stanford University Physics Department January 13, 2022 Share The physics department at Stanford University provides instruction and conducts research on topics including astrophysics, cosmology, particle physics, atomic and laser physics, and condensed matter physics. The Satellites Around Galactic Analogs (SAGA) Survey is an ambitious spectroscopic survey designed to better understand our Milky Way Galaxy by placing its satellite galaxy population into a broader …
University of Washington Department of Physics January 13, 2022 Share The Department of Physics, in the University of Washington’s College of Arts & Sciences, educates students at all levels from general education, through preparation for teaching and scientific careers to doctoral and post-doctoral education. The Department of Physics’ research includes searches for new particles and forces, connections between quantum information and gravity, and studies of …
Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya January 13, 2022 Share Born in Atlanta to Thai and Indonesian immigrants, Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya studied neuroscience at Columbia University and worked at an Alzheimer’s research lab before becoming a full-time artist, educator, and advocate based in Brooklyn, NY. Her explorations of feminism, science, and community have reclaimed space in museums and galleries, at protests and rallies, on buildings, highway …
CP-Violating Physics via Nuclear Magnetic Quadrupole Moments in YbOH September 23, 2019 Share The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) is a world-renowned science and engineering institute that marshals some of the world’s brightest minds and most innovative tools to address fundamental scientific questions and pressing societal challenges. The Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy at Caltech encourages high‐risk, high‐reward work by investing in exceptional experimental facilities and fostering …
High Contrast Coronagraph Module for the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer System (KPIC) September 23, 2019 Share The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) is a world-renowned science and engineering institute that marshals some of the world’s brightest minds and most innovative tools to address fundamental scientific questions and pressing societal challenges. This grant supports the research team working at Caltech—in partnership with scientists at the W.M. Keck Observatory—to design and develop a …
Forward Search Experiment at the Large Hadron Collider April 23, 2019 Share The University of California, Irvine was founded with a mission to catalyze the community and enhance lives through rigorous academics, cutting-edge research, and dedicated public service. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) on the border of France and Switzerland accelerates counter-rotating beams of protons to the largest energies ever achieved and collides these beams at a …
University of California, Los Angeles April 20, 2018 Share Established in 1994, the Galactic Center Group, headquartered at the University of California Los Angeles, is dedicated to researching the innermost regions of the Milky Way to understand the physics and astrophysics of supermassive black holes. Black holes are regions in space with a gravitational field so intense that no matter or radiation can escape …
Yale University: A Tabletop Experiment to Detect Time-reversal Violating Physics in a Nucleus March 13, 2017 Share The Yale Corporation is the governing board and policy-making body for Yale University, where the research team working on the following project is based. This grant supports an experiment to probe for new particles and forces that could explain the predominance of matter over antimatter in the universe. Following the Big Bang, an equal number …
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley: Microwave Cavity Research and Development March 13, 2017 Share The Regents of the University of California is the governing board of the University of California, where the research team working on the following project is based. This grant is part of a collaboration among three universities that aims to improve the sensitivity and search rate of axion dark matter detection techniques. Axions are theoretical …