The May 2012 issue of Scientific American features an article by Professor Zvi Bern and colleagues about the ways in which new discoveries of how ordinary particles behave under extreme conditions at the Large Hadron Collider have helped scientists in their search for exotic particles and forces and have breathed new life into the search for a unified theory. Read the article: Quantum "Graviton" Particles May Resemble Ordinary Particles of Force (May 2012)

Professors Alex Kusenko and Terry Tomboulis recognized as APS Outstanding Referees Congratulations to Alexander Kusenko and Terry Tomboulis who have been recognized by the American Physical Society (APS) as Outstanding Referees of Physical Review and Physical Review Letters journals for 2012. (February 2012)

Post-doctoral researcher, Martin Ammon, has been awarded the "Otto Hahn Medal" by the Max Planck Society. It is given to young scientists and researchers in both the natural and social sciences. The prestigious award takes its name from the German chemist and Nobel Prize laureate Otto Hahn, who served as the first president of the Max Planck Society from 1948 to 1960. The medal is awarded annually in recognition of outstanding scientific achievement to junior scientists. Medalists are recognized in three thematized sections: Biological-Medical section, Chemical-Physical-Engineering section, and Social Science-Humanities section. From 1978 to 2008, a total of 711 young scientists have received the Otto Hahn Medal. It is awarded annually at a ceremony taking place in Germany and is accompanied by a monetary award. (May 2011)

Professor Zvi Bern gave a layman's account of the modern view of Feynman diagrams at the recent TEDxCaltech celebration of Richard Feynman's vision. Watch the video: TEDxCaltech: "Feynman Diagrams: Past, Present, Future." (Feb 2011)

Professor Alex Kusenko and Antoine Calvez, a UCLA graduate student of physics, and Shigehiro Nagataki, from Japan's Kyoto University, have discovered evidence of "natural nuclear accelerators" at work in our Milky Way galaxy, based on an analysis of data from the world's largest cosmic ray detector. Read the UCLA Newsroom article, "Cosmic accelerators discovered in our galaxy by UCLA physicists, Japanese colleague." (Aug 2010)