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Yale Wright Laboratory Wright Lab leads scientific discoveries & research training in fundamental science & worldwide.

Wright Lab is advancing the frontiers of fundamental physics through a broad research program in nuclear, particle, and astrophysics that includes precision studies of neutrinos; searches for dark matter; investigations of the building blocks and interactions of matter; exploration of quantum science and its applications for fundamental physics experiments; and observations of the early Universe. The laboratory’s unique combination of on-site state-of-the-art research facilities, technical infrastructure, and interaction spaces supports innovative instrumentation development, hands-on research, and training the next generation of scientists. Wright Lab is a part of the Yale Department of Physics and houses several Yale University core facilities that serve researchers across Yale’s Science Hill and beyond. The mission of Yale Wright Laboratory is to advance understanding of the physical world, from the smallest particles to the evolution of the Universe, by engaging in fundamental research, developing novel applications, training future leaders in research and development, educating scholars, and enabling discovery.

Next week,    will welcome five NPA Seminar speakers for a special week of programming "From the Quantum to the Cosmos: ...
10/16/2026

Next week, will welcome five NPA Seminar speakers for a special week of programming "From the Quantum to the Cosmos: Probing the Fundamental Universe”. Speakers include Zheng Zhang (The University of Manchester ), Peter Skands (Monash University ), Gabriel Dale-Gau (Czech Technical University in Prague), Juan Pablo Garces (MPIK, joint with YCIU Seminar), and Clara Murgui (CERN ).

  Professor Reina Maruyama  is featured in the below Yale News article. Prof. Maruyama was part of the construction and ...
10/09/2026

Professor Reina Maruyama is featured in the below Yale News article. Prof. Maruyama was part of the construction and commissioning team for the IceCube experiment, whose principal investigator, Francis Halzen, won the Nobel Prize for physics this year.

https://news.yale.edu/2026/10/08/yale-physicist-and-icecube-member-salutes-years-nobel-prize-winner

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Yale physicist Reina Maruyama was part of the construction and commissioning team for the IceCube experiment, whose principal investigator, Francis Halzen, won the 2026 Nobel Prize for physics.

https://capitalprojects.yale.edu/news/clean-energy-beneath-science-hill-geothermal-project-meets-key-milestoneThis proje...
10/08/2026

https://capitalprojects.yale.edu/news/clean-energy-beneath-science-hill-geothermal-project-meets-key-milestone

This project's activity took place just outside of for the past two years and it has been very interesting to watch its progress! Congrats to the project team for reaching this milestone!

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September 14, 2026Deep beneath part of Yale’s campus, installation of a massive geothermal borefield is complete. Look inside the two-year engineering feat that’s set to transform how Yale heats and cools its buildings and reduces fossil fuels. Brightcore Energy and Upper Science Hill Developmen...

Congratulations to   alumni Danielle Norcini and Jiaxiang Wang for being honored by the American Physical Society (APS) ...
10/05/2026

Congratulations to alumni Danielle Norcini and Jiaxiang Wang for being honored by the American Physical Society (APS) this year.

Danielle Norcini, now an assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University, received the Stuart Jay Freedman Award in Experimental Nuclear Physics "for the development of novel detection techniques for low energy subatomic particles, and implementing them for the pursuit of new physical phenomena."

Jiaxiang Wang, now a postdoctoral scholar at UCLA, was awarded one of the two APS 2026 Dissertation Award[s] in Nuclear Physics "for pioneering work developing optomechanical sensors for nuclear-physics research, including loading with radioisotopes and detection of recoil forces from single nuclear alpha decays.”

Learn more at: https://wlab.yale.edu/posts/2026-09-30-wright-lab-alumni-receive-2026-american-physical-society-awards

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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.

On September 10-11, about twenty researchers and technical staff from six institutions across the US and Europe attended...
09/29/2026

On September 10-11, about twenty researchers and technical staff from six institutions across the US and Europe attended a workshop and review at Yale’s Wright Lab to discuss the production readiness of Charge Readout Planes (CRP) for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE). This workshop was a milestone in Yale’s effort to prepare for the assembly of critical detector components for DUNE. Read more at: https://wlab.yale.edu/posts/2026-09-20-wright-lab-hosts-international-dune-technical-workshop-in-new-wright-lab

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It was a busy week of firsts for the Fall semester here at the lab. Check out the photos and descriptions, below!  On Mo...
09/25/2026

It was a busy week of firsts for the Fall semester here at the lab. Check out the photos and descriptions, below!

On Monday, we had our first official All Hands Meeting (1) and were well-represented at the first Yale Physics Town Hall on AI (2).

On Tuesday, we partnered with the Yale Center for the Invisible Universe (YCIU) for our first ever R&D lunch discussion with Wright Lab postdoctoral fellow alum Max Silva-Feaver (now at UC San Diego) (3).

On Wednesday, we welcomed Kayleigh Bohémier from Yale's Marx Library for our first Yale Physics Professional Development Organization (YPPDO) seminar on "Beyond Academia - How to Make Yourself Really Easy to Find" (4).

And on Thursday, we had our first Fall NPA Seminar on the latest results from XENONnT with Dacheng Xu from Columbia University (5)

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