Technical Terms Crystal Lattice: An infinite periodic arrangement of points in space, each of which represents the repeating motif of atoms or molecules. Bravais Lattice: One of the 14 distinct ...

Inspired by superconductivity, a strange new theory that seeks to explain dark matter might explain dark energy, too ...

New results published in the journal Physical Review Letters detail how a specially designed metamaterial was able to tip the ...

Graduate Programs Our graduate programs offer advanced training in physics and astronomy and provide opportunities spanning a wide variety of research and professional areas. Students in the MS ...

A hidden box-lattice suggests groundwater sculpted Mars long after surface water fled; Curiosity’s drills aim to confirm the ...

The Physics Trades Teaching Lab is a machine shop available to CU students, research staff and faculty who have taken our shop safety training course. The shop is available for use during the academic ...

When invisible dark matter spins, it may form clumps of "vortexes" that stretch across space, forming the cosmic web that links all galaxies, new research proposes.

Quantum gravity could help physicists unite the currently incompatible worlds of quantum mechanics and gravity. In this episode, Monika Schleier-Smith discusses her pioneering experimental approach, ...

Meeting point The Women in Optics and Photonics in India conference held in Mumbai in December 2024 saw hundreds of attendees discuss the latest developments in the field. This group photo features ...

Gravity can exist without mass.” It’s a statement that upends a century of astrophysical dogma and, for some, sounds as plausible as finding a unicorn in a particle accelerator. But in a series of ...

Keep them separated: Liquid operations based on the sound-controlled fluidic processor. These chematics and sequential images show the controlled separation of a 10-μl droplet, where the separation ...