The UW Physics Department awarded its first PhD in 1899. Since then our students have earned degrees in virtually every area of physics, and our faculty have played key roles in a myriad of important research efforts.

2013 Physics Fair

UW-Madison Physics Departments holds its sixth annual Physics Fair at Chamberlin Hall Saturday, February 16th
(2/16/13)

Award Winning Image

Professor Gilbert wins science image challenge with an image of a sea urchin tooth.
(1/31/2013)

Daya Bay

UW-Madison scientists use the Daya Bay Neutrino experiment to uncover physics that may help explain the scarcity of anti-matter in the universe.
(12/26/2012)

MST Injector

The Madison Symmetric Torus gained new plasma research capabilities with the installation of a hydrogen beam injector.
(09/26/2012)

CMS Higgs Candidate

UW Physics has key roles in the equipment construction and data management that led to the discovery of a strong candidate for the long-sought after Higgs boson particle.
(07/04/2012)

Fetal MCG Recording

The first fetal magnetocardiogram recording made using an atomic magnetometer. The circles and arrows in red denote key features of the baby's heart signal. The giant blue peaks belong to the mother. (06/01/2012)

IceCube Facility

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica explores the origin of cosmic rays.
(04/18/2012)

2013 Physics Fair
Award Winning Image
Daya Bay Experiment
MST Injector
CMS Higgs Candidate
Fetal MCG Recording
IceCube Facility

Upcoming Events

4:30pm Monday, May 20th, 2013
Condensed Matter Theory Group Seminar
Critical quasi-particle theory and scaling near a Quantum Critical Point of Heavy Fermion metals.
Place: 5310 Chamberlin Hall
Speaker: Peter Woelfle, Visiting Professor, UW-Madison

12:30pm Monday, May 27th, 2013
Cosmology Journal Club
An Informal discussion about a broad variety of arXiv papers related to Cosmology
Place: 5242 Chamberlin Hall
Host: Peter Timbie

12:30pm Monday, June 3rd, 2013
Cosmology Journal Club
An Informal discussion about a broad variety of arXiv papers related to Cosmology
Place: 5242 Chamberlin Hall
Host: Peter Timbie

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