Physics

A photo of graduate students Bjorn Scholz and Grayson Rich adjusting the cesium iodide detector

August 3, 2017

World’s Smallest Neutrino Detector Makes Massive Discovery

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As the wheels turn, shear strain between the discs creates a dense web of inter-particle forces. Credit: Yiqiu Zhao, Duke University.

July 7, 2017

From Solid to Liquid and Back Again

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Sara Haravifard

June 12, 2017

Cooking Up “Frustrated” Magnets in Search of Superconductivity

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Pages of hand-written calculations

May 30, 2017

Breaking Glass in Infinite Dimensions

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Duke Professor Warren Warren coaches a student in a laser lab

May 9, 2017

Duke Professor Honored by Royal Society of Chemistry

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Tamra Nebabu: “Duke is the place where I discovered my passion for physics, found inspiration in my professors and mentors, and made lifelong friends.

May 8, 2017

Tamra Nebabu: Research on Light at Small Scales

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Platform based on metal nanostructures that allows the lab to dramatically enhance the radiative properties of emitters and other materials.

May 4, 2017

Trapping Light to Enhance Material Properties

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President Richard H. Brodhead, center, with Presidential Award winners. Not pictured: Amanda Kelso, Executive Director and Assistant Vice Provost, Global Education Office for Undergraduates. Photos by Chris Hildreth, Duke University Photograpghy.

April 20, 2017

Five employees honored with Presidential Awards

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Moogfest2016 Modular Marketplace Carlos G.

April 18, 2017

Moogfest Returns to Synthesize More Amazing Ideas

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Duke University researchers have engineered rhodium nanoparticles (blue) that can harness the energy in ultraviolet light and use it to catalyze the conversion of carbon dioxide to methane, a key building block for many types of fuels. Credit: Chad Scales

February 23, 2017

Light-Driven Reaction Converts Carbon Dioxide Into Fuel

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February 23, 2017

The Importance of 'Hidden Figures'

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Henry Everitt was named a 2016 Fellow of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science

December 1, 2016

Duke Physics Professor Named 2016 AAAS Fellow

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November 21, 2016

Liu Named Fellow of the American Mathematical Society

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The dragonfish and many other midwater predators have light-producing organs to shine on and detect prey. But the crustacean Cystisoma, at right, grows an antireflective brush structure on its legs that diffuses light, enabling it to hide in plain sight.

November 3, 2016

Midwater Ocean Creatures Use Nanotech Camouflage

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Portrait of Duke Assistant Professor Maiken Mikkelsen

October 10, 2016

Mikkelsen Wins Early-Career Award from American Physical Society

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Duke students and faculty working at CERN

August 15, 2016

LHC Reveals No New Physics Yet, but Duke Scientists Stay the Hunt

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