Physics is the study of the underlying laws and mechanisms explaining how the universe works. Most of what we do in daily life is based on a principle or law of physics—dealing with forces, motion, ...

In its first moments, the infant universe was a trillion-degree-hot soup of quarks and gluons. These elementary particles ...

Researchers have demonstrated that intense laser fields, particularly at low frequencies, can significantly enhance nuclear ...

We asked our graduating physics and engineering physics students what advice they had for other students, where they are headed after CU, and what they will carry with them into their next chapter.

From your time at CU, what will you carry with you? The love of learning new models that has been driving my learning experience at CU and the appreciation of how physics is expanding our knowledge ...

In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers from Drexel University’s College of Arts and Sciences and Cornell University examined and compared perceived and received peer recognition to help college ...

The Mamyshev oscillator (MO) is a type of fiber laser capable of producing high-energy laser pulses at a tunable repetition rate. It is a mode-locked laser which uses light travelling within a ...

UMass Lowell offers a Bachelor’s of Science in Physics - Radiological Health Physics Option to prepare students for careers as health physicists in Radiological Sciences and Protection. The degree ...