The Department of Physics at the University of Nevada, Reno specializes in atomic, molecular, optical and chemical physics, high energy density and plasma physics, condensed matter physics, and atmospheric sciences.

Recent news from the Department of Physics

Four people stand in front of a research poster, talking.

Nevada NASA Space Grant recipients share progress on projects

Students in three colleges received funding for their research projects

An artist's illustration divides the image with a red barrier in the lower left corner and a dark blue material in the upper right. Red dots are located in both regions, but blue dots are only located in the upper right region.

200-year-old prediction of Fourier confirmed in extreme plasmas for the first time

Discovery reshapes our understanding of heat transfer in extreme materials, with implications for inertial confinement fusion and high-energy-density science

A graphical depiction of buckminsterfullerene. Buckminsterfullerene is the same shape as a soccer ball.

Theoretical physicist studies possibility of large molecules for quantum science

Research published in the journal 'Science' shows 'buckyballs' exhibit interesting behavior