Physics & Astronomy

To inspire and engage potential scientists and engineers, The University of New Mexico Department of Physics and Astronomy hosts its semi-annual Lecture Demonstration Show Wednesday, March 21, in Regener Hall room 103, from 7 to 8 p.m. Undergraduates...

For years, scientists have long wrestled with the control and manipulation of light, a long-standing scientific ambition with major implications for the development of technology. With the growth in nanophotonics, scientists are making gains faster than...

Nine University of New Mexico scientists’ research was recently featured in Nature Communications -- a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to covering research in all areas of the biological, physical, chemical and Earth sciences. UNM Assistant Professor...

The University of New Mexico's Office of the Vice President for Research and the University Communication and Marketing (UCAM) Department annually compile a list of its top-10 research news stories during the course of the year. Below is the list of...

Neil McFadden has been awarded $10,000 from the New Mexico Space Grant Graduate Research Scholarship to pursue his Ph.D. The scholarship, awarded by the New Mexico Space Grant Consortium (NMSGC), will enable McFadden to continue work on his research...

Twelve pioneering STEM women, including four with ties to The University of New Mexico, will be featured in the 2018 New Mexico Women of STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics) calendar. The theme for this year’s calendar is the "Passion...

The New Mexico Space Grant Consortium (NMSGC) at New Mexico State University recently awarded Undergraduate Research Scholarships/Graduate Research Fellowships to six students at The University of New Mexico. The scholarships, totaling $50,000, will...

Undergraduate Lauren Zundel has been awarded the New Mexico Space Grant Undergraduate Research Scholarship. This award will give Zundel the resources to better understand the optical response of arrays of nanostructures, with applications in solar energy...

A mountaintop observatory in Mexico, built and operated by an international team of scientists, has captured the first wide-angle view of gamma rays emanating from two rapidly spinning stars. The High-Altitude Water Cherenkov Gamma-Ray Observatory, or...

At its most basic level, a random laser is precisely what its name implies; random. It’s random in the spectrum of light it produces and in the way that light is emitted, making what could be an extremely versatile laser source, nearly useless for most...