SANTA BARBARA — Based on research she conducted for her doctoral dissertation several years ago, Jatila van der Veen, a lecturer in the College of Creative Studies at UC Santa Barbara and a research ...

I was in London at the end of last week to attend a meeting on “Communicating physics through the arts” (PDF), which had been organized by the Physics Communicators Group of the Institute of Physics ...

The art is based on actual photographs from "bubble chamber" experiments conducted at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center in the 1960s. A series of artworks based on experiments in particle physics ...

Quantum physics looks at life on the smallest possible scale. There’s something mysterious about it that makes it stand out from the rest of the scientific world, most likely the fact that none of it ...

One of the simplest and most beautiful naturally occurring patterns can be observed when light is shined through a pair of slightly misaligned periodic structures. This phenomenon, known as the moiré ...

A course offered at the University of Wisconsin has long been connecting seemingly unrelated fields — the sciences and arts — into an interdisciplinary education. Physics 109 — Physics in the Arts — ...

Physics laboratories around the world house amazing machines that probe the heart of matter and unlock the secrets of the universe. Incredible as their scientific work is, these particle accelerators, ...

A new exhibit reveals what happens when artists visit labs to hear physicists explain their work. Conceived by UC Santa Cruz physics lecturer Stephanie Bailey, The Fusion of Art and Physics features ...

If you’ve always wanted to know something about particle physics (but were afraid to ask), eight Western New York high school students have it covered, thanks to UB’s Physics and Arts Summer Institute ...

WASHINGTON, D.C., August 19, 2020 -- The American Institute of Physics announced artist Geraldine Cox has been selected as the winner of the 2020 Andrew Gemant Award. Named after the renowned ...

The aim of the International Year of Quantum Science & Technology (IYQ) in 2025 to help raise the public’s awareness of the importance and impact of quantum science and applications on all aspects of ...

Fermilab’s 2017 artist-in-residence, Jim Jenkins, melds pieces of physics experiments into his creations. When founding director Robert R. Wilson first imagined Fermilab in the 1960s, he not only ...