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The Mu2e detector is a particle physics detector embedded in a series of superconducting magnets, as shown here.
December 16, 2014
A research team led by Yale physicist Sarah Demers has been accepted into an international collaboration to push the known boundaries of physics. By Jim Shelton A research...
Meg Urry (Israel Munson Professor of Physics)
December 11, 2014
Meg Urry (Israel Munson Professor of Physics) has been selected to receive the Yale Bouchet Leadership Award Medal and has agreed to deliver the keynote speech at the...
William Lichten, Professor Emeritus of Physics (1928-2014)
December 10, 2014
William Lichten died on November 27, 2014 at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, New York, after a short illness.  He was 86 years old.  His work was characterized by an...
Simon Mochrie (Professor of Physics)
November 24, 2014
Simon Mochrie (Professor of Physics) Recently, the biology community in a number of national reports has highlighted  the need for  students, who are planning biomedical...
November 14, 2014
Karsten Heeger (Professor of Physics) oversees the end of an era at the Wright Lab. See Yale News Article on “The Last Chance to Tour Yale’s Landmark Particle...