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

A large group of people, with one row sitting and another row standing behind, smile for a photo in the Joe Crowley Student Union.

Workshop explores a broader vision for lithium: fusion and fission energy applications

The interdisciplinary workshop brought scientists, businesspeople and government officials to the University campus

A hand holding a pocket watch with sunlight streaming through the background. The clock displays 2:39.

The most precise clock ever built ticks closer to reality

Recent findings provide roadmap to building nuclear clocks

Conference participants stand on the steps outside the Tahoe Blue Event Center under a blue sky with a single cloud.

Strongly Coupled Coulomb Systems conference hosted at Lake Tahoe

Scientists and students spent a week on Tahoe’s south shore discussing and sharing cutting-edge physics research