The theory of the origin of our universe from the landscape multiverse developed by Prof. Mersini-Houghton at UNC-Chapel Hill was recently featured in the BBC-Horizon documentary ‘Which universe are we in’, where Prof. Mersini-Houghton is interviewed. The existence of several … Continued

UNC-CH Chancellor Carol Folt welcomed Stephen Hawking on Monday before he delivered a lecture to kick off the Hawking Radiation Conference in Stockholm, Sweden. The conference is co-sponsored by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the Nordic Institute … Continued

Inside Higher Ed has profiled the Association of American Universities’ undergraduate science initiative, including efforts at UNC to improve introductory-level science courses through innovative teaching methods that pull emphasis away from the traditional lecture model and encourage participatory, immersive learning. … Continued

First-year UNC Physics and Astronomy graduate student Casey Berger was recently profiled by the University in a Spotlight article. Berger is a Royster Fellow, one of only 29 selected worldwide by the UNC graduate school for this academic year, and … Continued

Stephen Hawking and other renowned physicists will be attending a conference on Hawking Radiation during the week of August 24-29 in Stockholm, Sweden. The purpose of the conference is to discuss whether singularities exist in black holes and the role … Continued

A telescope designed by UNC Professor Nicholas Law and his team is profiled in the latest issue of Science Magazine. The Everyscope, which takes images of the whole sky every two minutes to look for exoplanets transiting in front of … Continued

UNC physics professor Christian Iliadis publishes the second, enlarged edition of a textbook, entitled “Nuclear Physics of Stars”. The first edition, published in 2007, has been widely used by instructors for teaching classes on nuclear astrophysics and has become the … Continued

Ryan Petersburg, a senior physics and music major at UNC, has won an Undergraduate Research Presentation Award at the APS April meeting that was held in Baltimore from April 11-14. His poster presented work completed as part of his Honor’s … Continued

Peter Higgs, professor emeritus in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Edinburgh, was presented with an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during a ceremony at the … Continued

Students are finally getting the opportunity to utilize Phillips 335 following renovation of the space to create a new classroom.  The former library / storage space has been given an overhaul in order to allow students to have a better … Continued

An article in the October 2014 issue of Physics World Magazine discusses the Majorana team’s work in the Sanford Underground Research Facility to combat cosmic radiation which interferes with their neutrino experiments. The project’s overall goal is to test whether … Continued

UNC physics professor Laura Mersini-Houghton was featured in the October 2014 issue of Discover magazine. In the article, she says that anomalies in the Planck full sky map may be evidence of multiverses. The Planck mapping project measures cosmic radiation … Continued