physics

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Research

Leinweber Foundation and UC Berkeley establish $18 million endowment to fund theoretical physics research

The Leinweber Institute for Theoretical Physics at Berkeley is one of five new centers sharing $90 million, the largest gift ever in the field.

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Awards

Seven faculty members named fellows of American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Research

Chemists create new molecular compound from Berkeley’s eponymous element, Berkelium

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Awards

Six young faculty members named Sloan Fellows

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A nearby supernova could end the search for dark matter

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David Baker, a UC Berkeley Ph.D., awarded 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

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Physicist Paul Richards, a pioneer in studies of the cosmic microwave background, dies at 90

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Berkeley Talks: What is understanding? Berkeley scholars discuss

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Four new faculty hires are a quantum leap for experimental physics

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With a new, incredibly precise instrument, Berkeley researchers narrow search for dark energy

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Tests begin on sensitive neutrino detector for nonproliferation as well as physics

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After 15 years, pulsar timing yields evidence of cosmic gravitational wave background

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Photosynthesis, key to life on Earth, starts with a single photon

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New technique in error-prone quantum computing makes classical computers sweat

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Berkeley Talks: Pulitzer-winner Wolchover: ‘Knowledge of physics is a superpower’

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Can synthetic polymers replace the body’s natural proteins?