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More News The three-day event includes hands-on solar observation, a musical performance, a poster session, workshops by the Thor Labs Photonics Workshop Mobile 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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As the American Physical Society prepares for its second APS Global Physics Summit in Denver, APS President Brad Marston is emphasizing a theme that reaches far beyond disciplinary boundaries: “science for a shared future.”
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Students from Brown’s Astronomy Club and an introductory astronomy class gathered at the observatory atop the Barus & Holly building to photograph a total lunar eclipse.
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In a research project that has real implications for their regular laboratory work, a pair of physicists at Brown University shed light on everyday fluid dynamics in the kitchen.
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The third AI Winter School was hosted by the Physics Department's Center for the Fundamental Physics of the Universe on January 6-9, 2026. The four-day 2026 AI Winter School was once again free to all and open to interested graduate students, post-doctoral researchers and advanced undergraduates from any institution.
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In an interview, the 2026 APS president outlines his career, his goals for the year, and where he finds optimism in challenging times.
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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!