Physics News Archives
- Finding the Spin in Quantum Systems
- College Convocation Honors for Yuri Efremenko and Sean Lindsay
- Electron Phonon Coupling, Decoupled
- Adriana Moreo Elected AAAS Fellow
- UT Physicists Report Dynamical Properties of Complex ‘Ladder’ Materials
- Kate Jones Elected APS Fellow
- DOE Awards for Three Physics Grad Students
- Double Awards for Grad Student Sean Burcher
- Researchers Make First-Ever 6D Measurement of Accelerator Beam. Also see the ORNL press release and the Phyics Focus article.
- Modeling Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering using the Density Matrix Renormalization Group: Advancing the State of the Art
- Wei Tang Awarded NPC Fellowship
- Bane wins JSA Fellowship; Siopsis to Speak at Army Symposium
- SPS Scholarships for Physics Undergrads
- Soren Sorensen Named Chancellor's Honors Professor
- The Higgs Particle and Top Quarks Connect
- Hidden Magnetism Appears under Hidden Symmetry
- Quantum Leap
- Just a "Neighborhood, World-Class Accelerator Facility"
- Calculating the Heavy from the Light
- Spring Honors for Physics
- Graduate Senate Awards for Three Physics Students
- Digging Deep into Nature’s Mysteries
- Hunting for Neutrinos: When the Ordinary Is Unexpected
- Media Mentions & Honors
- A New Way to Look at MITs
- Prospects for Unconventional Superconductivity on a Silicon Platform
- When a Polar Mismatch is Just What You Need
- Physics Faculty Win College Honors
- Cuprates Show Their Stripes
- DOE, SESAPS Honors for Physics Students
- Latest LIGO News Sends Waves through UT Physics
- From Neutrons to Neutron Stars
- Quantum Frontiers
- NuEclipse Workshop in Knoxville
- Big Magnetism in an Ultrathin Material
- Crash Course in Collisions
- Small Detector: Big Results
- Via QuarkNet, UT Physics Links Area High Schools with Particle Physics Research
- Laser Stripping Powers Protons
- Eclipse 2017: Everything You Need to Know
- Graduate Students Win Department of Energy Awards
- A Thing of Beauty
- 2017 Honors Day Awards
- Physics Shines at 2017 Chancellor's Honors
- Louis Varriano Named Torchbearer
- General Assembly Honors Tennessine Researchers
- Sowjanya Gollapinni to co-direct Fermilab’s Saturday Morning Physics Program
- Two Journals Cite Johnston’s High-Tc Superconductivity Research Among 2016 Highlights
- Quantum Computing in Infinite Dimensions
- What Lies Beneath the Surface
- College Honors for Physics Faculty
- Best in Show AND the People's Choice
- It's Official: 117 is Tennessine
- Doubly Magic, but Away from the Edge
- Robert Grzywacz Named APS Fellow
- Young Scientist Prize for Ekstrom
- Closer by a Factor of Six
- New Results on Neutrino Mixing
- Undergrads Co-Author Two Papers for Phys Rev C
- Five in Five: Lucas Platter Wins the Department's 5th NSF CAREER Grant in Five Years
- Tennessee Gets a Place at the Table with Tennessine
- What Neutron Stars are Made of
- Change an Atom; Change a Material
- Overcoming Frustration
- Ultra Fast Magnetism
- Physics Honors Day 2016
- Top Honors for Physics at the 2016 Chancellor's Banquet
- A Nine-Second Mystery in Scientific American
- Scholarship Honors Jon Levin
- Bonding Through Science
- Building a Better Ruler
- Rising Energy Costs
- No Double Magic for Ca-52
- For the Love of Physics (from Quest Magazine)
- UT, ORNL Scientists Gain New Insights into Atomic Disordering of Complex Metal Oxides
- Professor Robert Grzywacz Helps Add to the Periodic Table
- Jesse Buffaloe Wins SESAPS Poster Prize
- Physicists are Breakthrough Laureates
- More than Skin Deep
- Levin Nominated for SPS Advisor Award
- Pumpkin Drop 2015 Roundup!
- David Surmick Claims SCIX Poster Prize
- Just One Thing at a Time
- Nano-trapped Molecules Potentially Key to Advanced Storage Devices
- Wax Tablets to Quantum Mechanics
- Subatomic Transformers
- DOE NOvA Recognition
- Tennant Named JINS Director
- The Beauty of a Dark Sky
- As Close as It Get
- UT's SPS Wins Blake Lilly Prize
- First to the Summit
- Honors Day 2015
- UT Physicists Ready for Run 2 of the LHC
- This is My Research: Physics Major Louis Varriano Featured in Video from the Office of Undergraduate Research
- Professor Siopsis Named Governor's School Director
- Rethinking the Speed of Sound
- Physics Students Head for Posters at the Capitol
- Meg Stuart a Best Presentation Winner at CUWiP
- Winter Convocation Honors
- Good Vibrations: UT’s Steven Johnston and Colleagues Find that Phonons Boost Superconductivity in Iron Selenides
- Papenbrock Named an APS Fellow
- Kate Jones Explains Experimental Nuclear Physics to Todd Steed on WUOT's Changing Course
- Positive Division: UT's Biophysicists Discover How Attraction Creates Daughter Cells in E. coli
- Richard Prince Wins SPS Leadership Scholarship
- Physics Students Access the Power of Titan
- One Atom at a Time: Hanno Weitering Pens a News and Views for Nature Nanotechnology
- Streamlining the Nuclear Force
- Honors Day 2014
- Catching Rays: UT Physicists Look at Turning Sunlight Into Current
- UT Physicists Weigh in on Titan, the Island of Stability, and Nuclear Astrophysics
- The Beauty of Nuclear Physics
- Haidong Zhou Wins NSF CAREER Award
- Tunnels, Gates, and Switching
- First Long-Distance Neutrinos from NOvA
- NUCLEI Collaboration Featured in Quest
- Physicist Raph Hix and Colleagues Find a Cooling Mechanism in Neutron Stars
- UT SPS Selected as Outstanding Chapter
- Adjunct Professor Michael Smith Elected APS Fellow
- Physics Faculty Winter Honors
- Kate Jones Explains Stardust and Atom Smashers in Higher Ground, while Norman Mannella is featured in the "A Closer Look" Section (Number 4)
- Higgs Hunt Nets Nobel Prize; UT Physicists Continue Work at the LHC
- Building Better Nanowire Networks
- Kate Jones' Pre-Game Showcase Talk Featured in The Daily Beacon
- Jaan Mannik Named Quest Scholar of the Week
- Physics Professor Witek Nazarewicz Named UT-Battelle Corporate Fellow
- Family Differences: Elbio Dagotto Reviews New Iron-Based Superconductors for Reviews of Modern Physics
- Physics Honors Day 2013
- It's a Higgs! UT's Particle Physics Group Continues Work at the LHC
- Physics Claims Seven Chancellor's Honors
- Jaan Mannik Wins NSF Career Award
- Graduate Student Kemper Talley Selected for LANL Computational Workshop
- Dr. Witek Nazarewicz Recognized During UT Faculty Appreciation Week
- Dr. Pengcheng Dai Named Quest Scholar of the Week
- CNN Money: Physicists and Astronomers Among the Most Employable
- APS Spotlights Professor Alexei Sokolov's Work
- Physics Alumnus Wanda Ferrell (Ph.D., 1985) Wins Prestigious Cleveland Abbe Award
- Joint Professor Tony Mezzacappa Named JICS Director
- Pengcheng Dai Elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Dr. Witold Nazarewicz Named ORNL's Distinguished Scientist for 2012
- Microscopic Magnetism
- Where Imperfection Means Possibility
- Physics Grad Student Commands Mars Rover
- Physics Alum Covering "Inquiries of Heaven"
- The Missing Piece? UT Physicists are Part of the Hunt for the Elusive Higgs Boson
- Dr. Norman Mannella's NSF CAREER Research Imposes Coherence on Complex Systems
- Expanding the Frontier
- Venus Transit 2012
- VolsTeach in Ireland
- A Deft Touch: UT Researchers Develop Ultra-Fast Laser Method to Take on Tumors
- Dr. Christine Nattrass Named APS Woman of the Month for May 2012
- Physics Celebrates Honors Day 2012
- Physics Brings Home Six Chancellor's Honors for 2012
- Everything Old is New Again: Finding the Source of Magnetism in Iron-Based Superconductors
- 21st Century Alchemy: Turning Trivial Oxides into Novel Topological Insulators
- UTK's Society of Physics Students Named an Outstanding Chapter for 2011
- The roundup on SCUWP
- Lee Riedinger Elected to AAAS Fellowship
- Family Ties: Dai Group Explores Common Origins of Superconductivity
- Calculators to Classrooms Hits Channel 10 News! See the TedxKnoxville Talk here.
- Professor Soren Sorensen Named College Marshall
- Professor Nazarewicz Awarded 2012 Bonner Prize
- Catalytic Treasure: Topology Helps Nanoscale Gold Spur More Chemical Reactions
- When One Thing Leads to Another
- See Associate Professor Robert Grzywacz on the news in Michigan!
- See Professor Hanno Weitering's News and Views article on One-dimensional metals in Nature Physics
- Dennis Hall (Ph.D., 1976) featured in Vanderbilt Research News
("Final shuttle launch a family affair for Dennis Hall") - Physics Major Claims UTeach Honor [see more news on Joel Smith in this September 14, 2011 press release!]
- Fighting for Subatomic Independence
- Electron Spin and Supercon
- Honors Day 2011
- Elston, Jones Win Kudos at Arts & Sciences Convocation
- TAAPT Student Poster/EUReCA Winner Eric Martin
- Nature's Exotic Masterpieces
- Get to Know Kate Jones during Faculty Appreciation Week
- The Next Best Thing
- Dr. Sorensen Elected an AAAS Fellow
- Dr. Dagotto Explains Recent Surface State Discovery in Nature
- Double-Chooz at the Ready
- Witek Nazarewicz Weighs in on a New Type of Fission in Nature
- Isotopic Rebels
- Magic Tin
- Kate Jones and Witek Nazarewicz Explain Designer Nuclei in the Septemer 2010 issue of The Physics Teacher
- Lee Riedinger named CIRE Director
- Heavenly Calculations
- Honors Day 2010
- The Need for Speed
- Closing the Gap: Tuning Titanium to Let the Sun Shine In
- Winter Accolades for Physics
- Tips for Data Mining
- Physics Today article on CMR Cites Contributions by Elbio Dagotto and Adriana M
- Saving the Grid
- Local or Roaming? The Dai Group Investigates Magnetism in Iron-Arsenic Superconductors
- A Class of Their Own: New Superconductors Defy Conventional Models
- Kate Jones Wins Outstanding Young Investigator Award
- Oleg Ovchinnikov Wins Vanderbilt Prize
- Honors Day 2009
- Department Helps Coordinate 2009 TAAPT Meeting
- Quarks for World's Fair Park (Tiny Particle: Big Conference)
- Chairman of Japan Science Foundation to Speak at Nuclear Physics Workshop on February 24
- Fall 2008 Accolades for Physics Faculty and Alumnus
- UT Physicists Part of Award-Winning Collaboration in Nuclear Physics
- Pengcheng Dai Named JIAM Chair of Excellence
- UTK Physicists Part of LHC Start
- Wiring Nanodevices: Start with Happy Atoms
- Professor Dai’s Group Joins the Race to Characterize a Brand New Class of Superconductors
- Physics Graduate Students Headed Back to IAS Summer Program
- Dr. Nazarewicz's Plenary APS talk featured in Symmetry
- Physics Students and Faculty Recognized at 2008 Chancellor's Honors
- Jordan McDonnell Wins SSGF Fellowship
- One Step Closer to Explaining Superconductivity
- See Comet Holmes at UT
- Resonance and Superconductivity
- Like Bees to Honey: Drawing in Hydrogen by Charging Fullerenes
- New Faculty Member Specializes in Physics Education Research
- Physicists Win $1.2 Million for Ultrathin Metal Alloys as Potential “Hydrogen Sponge”
- Exceptional High School Students Experience UT Physics
- Rockets Get Youth Interested in Space
- Physics Celebrates Honors Day 2007
- Physics Students and Faculty Recognized at Chancellor's Honors
- Dr. Papenbrock Wins Outstanding Junior Investigator Award
- UTK Students Headed for "The Standard Model and Beyond"
- Dr. Jones Featured in ORAU Annual Report
- Dai Group’s Latest Breakthrough Featured in Nature Materials
- Professor Hanno Weitering’s Work Picked as a 2006 Highlight
- UT Physics Joins Experiment at the Particle Physics Laboratory CERN
- Professor Nazarewicz Helps Set National Nuclear Physics Agenda
- Stephen Wilson Wins 2006-2007 GMAG Student Dissertation Award
- UT Physicist Part of Nano 50 Award-Winning Team
- Dr. Nazarewicz Named to Editorial Board of Reviews of Modern Physics
- Dai and Mandrus Groups Published in September issue of Nature Physics
- Dr. Elbio Dagotto Named to NRC Committee
- UT Physicists Probe High-Temperature Superconductivity in Nature
- UT's Murat Özer Wins Nottingham Prize
- Science Magazine: Breaking the Right Bonds for Better Chips
- Honors Day 2006
- Nobel Prize-Winning Physicist to Give Special Colloquium April 19
- It's Fun to Play with the YBCO
- New Japanese-U.S. Institute Funded to Study Exotic Nuclei
- Dr. Townsend Invited to Speak at Nobel Symposium
- Dr. Nazarewicz Accepts Carnegie Centenary Professorship
- UT Physicists Part of PHENIX Publishing Success
- Condensed Matter Group Finds Small Scale Superconductivity
- A Man of Letters: Dr. Zhang Joins PRL Editorial Board
- Electrical Properties of Atom Wires Unravelled
- Dr. Nazarewicz Accepts Editorial Appointment
- Bingham Elected as APS Fellow
- Room at the Top: UT Physicists Figure in Leading Physics Stories of 2005
- Dr. Lee Riedinger Wins 2005 Francis Slack Award
- Heavenly Music: Paul Lewis Introduces "The Planets" for the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra
- Dr. Ward Plummer in Metro Pulse
- Elbio Dagotto: Materials Sleuth
- Professor’s Hobby Brings Technology to the Public
- Hadrons Gone Wild!
- UT's Geoneutrino Work Graces
- Dr. Thomas Callcott: Standard-Bearer
- Write Your Congressman! UT Physicists Head to Capitol Hill in Support of the RIA
- Graduating Seniors Reflect on Their UT Experience
- Physics Faculty Associates Named UT-Battelle Corporate Fell
- Honors Day 2005
- Physics Captures Eight Chancellor's Awards
- Dr. Nazarewicz Co-Authors Nature Paper
- Donald Hornback Selected for Nobel Meeting
- Four with UT Physics Ties Named APS Fellows
- Dr. Nazarewicz Named a Fellow by the Institute of Physics
- Dr. Breinig's Football Physics Gets a Mention in The New York Times
- Physics Research Professor Honored with Russian Academy of Sciences Priz
- First Hadron Physics Meeting a Success
- Presidential Awards for Two Tennessee Physicists
- UT-ORNL Researchers Win R&D 100 Award for SniffEx
- SPS Chapter Wins National Awards
- Dr. Pengcheng Dai Published in Nature
- Physics Honors Day 2004
- UT Students Visit Agency to Test Water Flow in Space
- Physics Department is Home to Shameless Exhibitionists at EUReCA
- Department Hosts Planetary View
- Nobel Laureate Tony Leggett to Speak at UT March 15
- Uut and Uup Add Their Atomic Mass to Periodic Table: Dr. Nazarewicz in The New York Times
- Thundat Featured in Time
- UT Physicist Gets Down with the White Dwarf