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Jun
02

[Colloquium] Quantum Computing for Otherwise Unsolvable Problems: Systems and Applications Update

Broida 1640 | 3:30pm
Jun
05

[SMaLS] Transcription Creates Transient Boundaries that Confine Supercoiling and Coordinate Gene Expression

Elings Hall, Room 1605 | 12:30pm
Jun
08

[HEX-HET] Illuminating the Void: Searches for Light Dark Matter

Broida 3302 | 2:00pm
Oct
08

[Labs&Lectures] The Rapid Growth of Galaxies and their Black Holes at Cosmic Dawn

Kavli Auditorium in the KITP | 12:00pm
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David Weld received the Brown Investigator award
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UCSB’s David Gross wins Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
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On Physics: Black holes and quantum spacetime
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Physics researcher Skyler Palatnick awarded 51 Pegasi b Fellowship
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