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The Yale Department of Physics offers studies in a wide range of fields and encourages cross-disciplinary studies between various Yale departments as well. The Department has a diverse faculty pool with the majority of professors having their primary appointment in the Physics Department. The specific interests of the Department’s faculty members fall into several areas of research.
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A Yale physicist — and IceCube member — salutes this year’s Nobel Prize winner
Maruyama was part of the construction and commissioning team for the IceCube experiment, whose PI, Francis Halzen, won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics
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Coming soon: Walk into a Bar
In the first episode, Chiara Mingarelli, an astrophysicist, and Maiani da Silva, a musician, explore gravitational waves and sound waves
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2026 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded for investigations of neutrinos
Wright Lab Director Karsten Heeger is quoted in this C&EN article about 2026 Nobel Prize winner Francis Halzen (honored for investigating neutrinos).
