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More News Five Brown University students and a recent alumna earn prestigious fellowships
Four Brown University undergraduates, a medical student and a Class of 2025 graduate were named among this year’s classes of Goldwater, Oxford-Cambridge and Knight-Hennessy scholars.
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Four Brown University undergraduates, a medical student and a Class of 2025 graduate were named among this year’s classes of Goldwater, Oxford-Cambridge and Knight-Hennessy scholars.
A new study links the universe’s expansion to quantum topology, suggesting that hidden mathematical structures may stabilize the cosmological constant in ways previously unrecognized.
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Artificial intelligence has the potential to help to make new scientific discoveries, but only if people remember that the technology is composed of purely human insight and innovation, the celebrated futurist said.
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A pioneering force behind virtual reality and a singular voice at the intersection of technology, science, music, and philosophy, Lanier brings decades of work shaping AI, internet architecture, and digital culture, challenging how we think about technology and humanity. Working across this spectrum, Lanier offers a deeply interdisciplinary lens on the evolving relationship between humans and technology.
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The cosmological constant has been a problem in physics since Einstein, but new research may show why it takes the value that it does despite quantum fluctuations that should make its value practically infinite.
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The three-day event included hands-on solar observation, a musical performance by Prof. Stephon Alexander, a poster session, workshops by the Thorlabs Mobile Photonics lab, lectures, and a roundtable discussion.
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For more than five decades, Professor Chung-I Tan was a vibrant part of the life of Brown’s Department of Physics, advancing fundamental questions in theoretical physics while building a community he considered an “extended family.” Tan, who joined the Brown faculty in 1970, died on April 8, 2026.
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Jason Huang is named a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship program award recipient
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The department ranks in the top 12 percent of physics programs in the latest US News & World Report rankings.
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A new briefing from the CMS experiment at CERN highlights contributions from Brown physicists working at the forefront of an international collaboration.
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Using cutting-edge AI, Loukas Gouskos aims to probe whether the Higgs boson holds the key to why the universe is made of something rather than nothing.
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Physics demonstrations manager Angella Johnson uses hands-on demonstrations inspired by Eunice Newton Foote’s pioneering work to help K–12 teachers make the greenhouse effect visible and accessible
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Your investment fuels research in diverse fields of physics that will shape our future understanding of matter and ultimately help humanity solve some of the pressing problems of our time. With your help, the astonishing research done by our exceptional faculty and students will do nothing less than transform our daily lives. By donating to the Physics Special Fund, your donation will go where you want it to go: directly supporting physics research, faculty and students. Thank you!