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A group of faculty, postdoctoral scholars and students from the Department of Physics and Astronomy, supported by the National Science Foundation, are part of an international collaboration of scientists exploring uncharted territory in search of new physics.

Gary Ferland, a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general scientific society.

Renee Fatemi, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), the nation's preeminent organization of physicists.

Results from two separate research studies, led by UK graduate and postdoctoral scholars, will be presented during the American Astronomical Society’s (AAS) semiannual meeting this week.

Gary Ferland, professor of physics and astronomy in the UK College of Arts and Sciences, shares insights about the new observatory, how UK will be involved and what it means for helping humankind learn about its place in the universe.

The cluster is known as the "Northern Clump" and is located about 690 million light years from Earth. Astronomers are calling it an "intergalactic highway."

Nisheeta Desai recently published research discussing the relationship between quantum motion, synthetic materials and external magnetic fields.

A team of faculty and students from the Department of Physics and Astronomy contributed to an experiment at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. The results are changing how physicists understand the subatomic world.

On this episode of "Behind the Blue," UK Public Relations and Strategic Communications’ Carl Nathe talks with Ferland about his life, his career, and why he loves working with students.

Funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the 10-week “Research in Symmetries” program will take place June 7-Aug. 13, 2021, on UK’s campus. The program focuses on individually mentored research projects in nuclear physics, condensed matter physics and astronomy, through the central theme of symmetry.