News: Department of Physics and Astronomy

Student sitting outside on a bench
Campus News |

A collection of news stories from the new year highlighting the experts and events at UNLV.

Professor Ashkan Salamat in his lab at U.N.L.V.
Research |

A yearlong collection of UNLV faculty making the news for their discoveries and contributions to the community.

Woman wearing a U.N.L.V. mask
Campus News |

A collection of news stories highlighting the election, COVID-19, and scientific discovery at UNLV.

Silhouettes of dancers
Campus News |

A collection of news stories highlighting UNLV’s commitment to community, health care, and research.

Image of telescope amidst dark sky
Research |

UNLV astrophysicist Bing Zhang contributes to understanding the physical mechanisms of fast radio bursts in three papers published in Nature.

UNLV professor Ashkan Salamat in his lab on UNLV's campus
Research |

The discovery, reported in the journal Nature, opens door for reimagining the energy grid, technology, society

artist rendering of neutron star merger
Research |

UNLV astrophysicist Bing Zhang contributes to study offering new, most complete start-to-finish view of neutron star merger.

A portrait of U.N.L.V.'s new president Keith Whitfield on campus.
Campus News |

As summer heats up, so do the accomplishments on UNLV’s campus.

A U.N.L.V. banner on campus.
Campus News |

A collection of news stories featuring the people and programs of UNLV.

Portrait of Physics and astronomy professor Ashkan Salamat in red light.
People |

Pressure — the highest pressure imaginable — is the name of the game for this physics professor.

Clouds forming near black hole
Research |

Once you leave the majestic skies of Earth, the word “cloud” no longer means a white fluffy-looking structure that produces rain. Instead, clouds in the greater universe are clumpy areas of greater density than their surroundings.

A woman in a labcoat manipulates a test tube
Business and Community |

Life sciences' Helen Wing and colleagues assisting Southern Nevada Health District with viral transport medium; other faculty in College of Sciences contribute protective equipment.