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Yale Physics students awarded 2025 NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

June 25, 2025
Yale Physics graduate students Jackie Baeza-Rubio*, Eunice Beato*, Halona Dantes, Avery Hanna+, Cecily Lowe*; undergraduate  student Aaron Chizhik ‘25* and undergraduate ...

Sous awarded Nevill Mott Prize from Institute of Physics

June 23, 2025
John Sous, assistant professor of applied physics, has been awarded the 2025 Nevill Mott Medal and Prize by the Institute of Physics. Sous, who joined Yale in July 2024, was...
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Study: Roman Telescope may be transformative in better defining dark matter

June 12, 2025
In a new study, Yale’s Priyamvada Natarajan, Joseph S. and Sophia S. Fruton Professor of Astronomy and Professor of Physics, and other astronomers predict the new Roman...
Photo of laser self-injection locking to micro-FP cavity experiment. Credit: Haotian Cheng.

Updating an old technology for the quantum age

June 9, 2025
The device known as the Fabry-Perot resonator is indispensable for optical clocks, quantum technologies, and other applications. It’s a structure made of two mirrors that...
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