Twin black hole collisions detected in 2024 have provided the sharpest-ever test of Einstein’s theory while revealing new ...

Every year in October our UCSB Physics faculty present an explanation of the Nobel Prize in Physics for that year.

Targeted particles carrying the cytokine IL-12 can jump-start T cells, allowing them to clear tumors while avoiding side ...

Spin glasses are physical systems in which the small magnetic moments of particles (i.e., spins) interact with each other in ...

Modeling the effects of molecular handedness on electron spin challenges fundamental assumptions in physics, including Onsager reciprocity and time reversal symmetry.

The path toward realizing practical quantum technologies begins with understanding the fundamental physics that govern ...

For the first time, scientists have detected two black hole mergers with spins so unusual they may reveal a new generation of ...

Two recently observed black hole mergers, occurring just weeks apart in late 2024, have opened an extraordinary new window ...

In the 10 years since the first detection of gravitational waves, we have detected hundreds of these waves produced by the ...

LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA detects two black hole mergers with rare spin patterns, offering evidence for hierarchical formation and ...

Physicists have uncovered the fascinating world of “rotating crystals” — solids made of spinning particles that behave in ...

Scientists have discovered rotating crystals with odd elasticity that twist, fragment, and self-reassemble, revealing new ...