July 2026 News

July 14, 2026
The Leigh Page Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching recognizes broad and impactful contributions to physics education at Yale, both within our department and the...
Physicists Nir Navon, left, and Jianyi Chen, in Navon’s lab at Yale.   Photo by Allie Barton
July 9, 2026
Fermi’s “Golden Rule” is a formula that connects theoretical quantum mechanics and what scientists observe in experiments, yet it is often misapplied. A new study by Yale...
Superconducting Yttrium Barium Copper Oxide (Adobe Stock)
July 8, 2026
A material made from yttrium, barium, and copper oxide (better known as YBCO) has intrigued scientists since its discovery in 1987, largely because it retains its...
Rohit Raut, James Wilhelmi, Tyler Stokes, Frank Lopez, and Karsten Heeger in the DUNE clean room assembly area in a Wright Lab high bay.
July 1, 2026
4,850 feet beneath the surface of the Earth in a former gold mine, scientists and engineers are building one of the most ambitious physics experiments ever conceived: the...