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Members of the Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering at the Czech Technical University in Prague have been visiting Wright Lab.

The ability to see such tiny forces may allow them to detect the force imparted when a neutrino produced by a nuclear decay escapes.

Graduate student Jesse Farr has been awarded a DOE SCGSR grant to work with Stefania Stucci at BNL on the ATLAS Inner Tracker upgrade.

Yale researchers help prove the utility of an innovative radio telescope in understanding the expanding universe and more.

Maruyama was part of the construction and commissioning team for the IceCube experiment, whose PI, Francis Halzen, won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics

Wright Lab Director Karsten Heeger is quoted in this C&EN article about 2026 Nobel Prize winner Francis Halzen (honored for investigating neutrinos).

Wright Lab associate professor David Moore has been named a Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Experimental Physics Investigator.

Two of the three honorees of the 2026 APS Division of Nuclear Physics (DNP) are Wright Lab alumni: Danielle Norcini ‘19 PhD and Jiaxiang Wang ‘25 PhD.

Kenzo Sato was Chief Engineer at the Yale Wright Nuclear Structure Laboratory (WNSL) from 1962 to the 1980s.

This workshop was a milestone in Yale’s effort to prepare for the assembly of critical detector components for DUNE.

The Upper Science Hill Development is a 600,000-square-foot transformation of Yale’s campus that includes Wright Lab’s recent expansion.

The fellowship was established in 2005 to honor D. Allan Bromley, a distinguished Yale professor and United States presidential science advisor.

Wilde developed tools and analyzed data for the nEXO and BeEST experiments to search for neutrinoless double beta decay and dark matter.

‘Human physics is not over’: Wright Lab physicist Sarah Demers elaborates on benefits and drawbacks of AI use in a “Quanta Magazine” Q&A.

Members of the Yale Physics community taught 3 week-long workshops and 2 enrichment sessions for the 2026 Pathways to Science Summer Scholars Program.

This thesis presents two searches for additional sources of Charge-Parity (CP) violation beyond those predicted by the Standard Model.

Wright Lab hosted a week-long program from July 27 to 31 for a cohort of middle school students from New Haven and surrounding towns.

The award recognizes broad and impactful contributions to physics education at Yale, both within the department and the broader community.