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The Boulder School for Condensed Matter and Materials Physics recently concluded its twenty-third summer on the CU Boulder campus. With support from the National Science Foundation and the University of Colorado Boulder, the school brought 80 advanced graduate-level students and postdoctoral fellows and 19 lecturers from around the world to...

The Department of Physics at the University of Colorado Boulder welcomes Assistant Professor Yuan Shi to the faculty in August 2023! A theoretical plasma physicist, Professor Shi’s research uncovers the synergy between plasma physics and quantum physics. He studies how magnetic fields change laser-plasma interactions for fusion and photonics applications...

The CU Boulder campus recently hosted the Quantum Materials Synthesis (QMS) Workshop organized by CU Boulder Physics Professor Gang Cao. Supported by the National Science Foundation and the University of Colorado Boulder, the workshop drew over 100 participants including 32 invited speakers. The QMS Workshop brought together physicists, materials scientists,...

The Embark Deep Tech Startup Creator from Venture Partners at CU Boulder has announced the first cohort of entrepreneurs selected to launch companies from CU Boulder research inventions. CU Boulder Physics Professor and JILA Fellow Jun Ye developed a breathalyzer capable of detecting molecules in breath or air samples which...

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Image of atomic beam device with a peanut for scale. Rb vapor in the source cavity feeds a buried microcapillary array and forms an atomic beam (indicated by a red-to-blue arrow) in the drift cavity. Credit: Nature Communications (2023) CU Physics graduate students Gabriela D. Martinez and Alexander Staron helped...