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Physics
News & Features
‘Really Bizarre and Exciting’: U-M Physicist Lu Li and Team Find Quantum Oscillations Coming from Inside
Pushing the limits of physics, the international team has shown that quantum oscillations—once thought confined to a material’s surface—can originate within its core, reshaping how scientists understand conductors, insulators, and everything in between.
The year a-flied physics lit up the MLB
Former U-M physics professor and U-M alum Aaron Leanhardt, now an MLB analyst, is changing the game—literally—with a bat born from science, precision, and a deep understanding of the “sweet spot.”
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Featured
Nov
08
Saturday Morning Physics | How Old is the Universe — That is, What Time is It?
Scott Watson, Professor of Physics (Syracuse University)
10:30 AM
170 & 182
Weiser Hall
Upcoming
Nov
08
QuantUM Quantum Computing Hackathon
Qiskit Fall Fest 2025
10:00 AM
0460
Central Campus Classroom Building
Nov
10
HEP-Astro Seminar | Mission Impossible? Probing the Higgs boson-charm quark coupling with the CMS Experiment
Loukas Gouskos (Brown University)
3:00 PM
340
West Hall
Nov
12
HET Brown Bag Seminar | Broadening direct searches for light dark matter
Benjamin Lehmann (MIT)
12:00 PM
3481
Randall Laboratory
Nov
12
Cosmo-Astro Seminar | The JWST Revolution in High-Redshift Supernova Discovery
Justin Pierel (Space Telescope Science Institute)
2:00 PM
3246
Randall Laboratory
Nov
13
The Department of Astronomy 2025-2026 Colloquium Series Presents:
Dr. Adina Feinstein, Assistant Professor, Michigan State University
3:30 PM
411
West Hall
