Physics

Department of Physics at Brown University

Physics is the most fundamental of sciences. It provides a foundation for ideas critical to other scientific fields and the underpinnings for modern technologies.

Dynamic research and innovations that impact our daily lives.

The Physics Department at Brown is dedicated to both teaching and research, delving into phenomena spanning from the subatomic to the cosmic. In collaboration with biologists, chemists, engineers, geologists, and mathematicians, we cultivate the most comprehensive education in scientific and mathematical methods and the problem-solving process, bolstered by our world-renowned faculty and cutting-edge research facilities.

 

Academics

Research News

In the study published in Nature Physics, researchers from Northeastern University and Brown University describe how they used a method called thermal quenching to toggle the properties of a quantum material known as 1T-TaS₂, coaxing it into behaving like both an insulator and a conductor, depending on the temperature.

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Awards and Honors News

The Physics Department is pleased to announce that PhD student Andrew Reynoso received a Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) award from the NSF.
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Alumni News

Scientists need hobbies. The grueling work of navigating complex theory and the politics of academia can get to a person, even one as laid back as Brown University professor and astrophysicist Stephon Alexander. So Alexander plays the saxophone, though at this point it may not be accurate to call his avocation a spare time pursuit, since John Coltrane has become as important to him as Einstein, Kepler, and Newton.
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Outreach News

In the study published in Nature Physics, researchers from Northeastern University and Brown University describe how they used a method called thermal quenching to toggle the properties of a quantum material known as 1T-TaS₂, coaxing it into behaving like both an insulator and a conductor, depending on the temperature.

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Contact Us

Department of Physics
Box 1843
182 Hope Street
Providence, RI 02912

physics@brown.edu
Phone: (401) 863-2641
Fax: (401) 863-2024