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At KITP on the UC Santa Barbara campus, researchers in theoretical physics and allied fields collaborate on questions at the leading edges of science. www.kitp.ucsb.edu

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Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Welcome to the #KITP Conference: Artificial Intelligence at the Quantum Frontier (#aiqmatter-c26)! Learn more at buff.ly/wRNsc4F and stay tuned for recorded talks posted soon at buff.ly/oI9sZ38 + buff.ly/6gr2JQO
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Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Watch yesterday's #KITP Blackboard Lunch talk by Cenke Xu (@UCSantaBarbara): What happens when a particle breaks apart? buff.ly/5HOsMJq
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What happens when a particle breaks apart? | Cenke Xu (UCSB)
The purpose of these Blackboard Talk lunches is for the science of one program to be explained to the other KITP program participants. These talks lead to cross program communications that work…
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Elena Camacho Aguilar @ecamagu.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Very grateful to @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social for being such an important part of my interdisciplinary career, and for featuring my journey in their annual report this year!
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Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Watch the latest #KITP Public Lecture: Roger Melko (University of Waterloo & Perimeter Institute) explores how emergence, physics' biggest puzzle, connects quantum materials, consciousness, and internet memes to the rise of artificial intelligence. buff.ly/Lzx8tFX
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Artificial Intelligence and the Age of Emergence | Roger Melko (UWaterloo & Perimeter Institute)
The universe is made up of things that interact. From microscopic particles in matter to human minds on the internet, these interactions can produce remarkable examples of “emergence”, or complex…
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Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Watch yesterday's #KITP Blackboard Lunch talk from the ongoing program, AI for Quantum Matter #AIQMATTER26: More Is Different (With Machine-Learned Calculators) by Eliska Greplova (KIND) buff.ly/zboxg86
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More Is Different (With Machine-Learned Calculators) | Eliska Greplova (KIND)
The purpose of these Blackboard Talk lunches is for the science of one program to be explained to the other KITP program participants. These talks lead to cross program communications that work…
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Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Working with KITP's Advisory Board and the international physics community, KITP has developed new programs for the 2027-2028 academic year. Applications are now open for participation in all programs. View upcoming 2027-2028 programs and apply at www.kitp.ucsb.edu/scientific-a....
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Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
New publication by KITP Postdoc Ruochen Ma, and Stanford collaborators Vedika Khemani and Shengqi Sang - "Circuit-Based Characterization of Finite-Temperature Quantum Phases and Self-Correcting Quantum Memory" in @apsphysics.aps.org PRX Quantum 7, 033052 🧪 journals.aps.org/prxquantum/a...
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Circuit-Based Characterization of Finite-Temperature Quantum Phases and Self-Correcting Quantum Memory
A circuit-based framework characterizing thermal quantum phases via a correlation-decay condition is presented, establishing self-correction as a universal property of finite-temperature quantum memor...
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Susie Wopat @suewop.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This was a particularly special #morpho26 course with this amazing group of scientists (aka team M&Ms)! Thanks to course organizers @roederlab.bsky.social + @streichan.bsky.social, as well as @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social for providing a fun + creative environment to tackle quantitative bio questions 💭
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Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Watch all recorded talks from this week's #KITP Conference: Bridging Platforms: Exploration and Control of Fractionalized States (#frac-c26) buff.ly/IBDU2Ff
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KITP Conference | Bridging Platforms: Exploration and Control of Fractionalized States (#frac-c26)
Recorded as part of the KITP Conference "Bridging Platforms: Exploration and Control of Fractionalized States" from August 31 - September 3, 2026. Fractional...
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Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Welcome to the #KITP Conference: Bridging Platforms: Exploration and Control of Fractionalized States (#frac-c26)! Learn more at www.kitp.ucsb.edu/activities/f... and stay tuned for recorded talks posted soon at online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/frac-... + youtube.com/@kitp_ucsb
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Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
New KITP scientific programs announced! 🧪 Check them all out here: www.kitp.ucsb.edu/scientific-a...
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Future Programs | Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics
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Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Physicists reconstruct the collision that launched a runaway black hole news.ucsb.edu/2026/022754/... 🧪
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Physicists reconstruct the collision that launched a runaway black hole
Researchers at UCSB and UT Austin describe the violent event that have shot a super-massive black hole into intergalactic space.
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Stephanie Woo @itsthewoolab.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
First visit to @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social ✅ Thanks again to the #morpho26 organizers for the invitation. The Morphogenesis Beach Tour continues with #SCDB26. See y’all soon! 😎
Image of a conference room with beach, ocean, and palm trees visible through the windows. My husband thinks this look AI generated but I promise it’s 100% real. A brown coffee mug with a label sticker that says “WOO”
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Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Welcome to the Engineering Fractionalization in Quantum Many-Body Systems: From New Quantum Materials to Quantum Simulators (#frac26) program at KITP! August 24 - October 22, 2026 buff.ly/cf94rWa
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Adrian Price-Whelan @adrian.pw · 18/08/2026
Gaia DR4 @esa.int is on Dec 2 🎉 Introducing...The Gaia Relay, coming to a town near you* Dec 1–4 at @flatironinstitute.org Dec 7–11 at @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social Dec 14–18 in @monashastro.bsky.social gaia.lol (*NYC, SB, or Melbourne; otherwise you have to host a meeting!) Are we unhinged? Yes! 🔭
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Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Watch How to shape an organ? A physics journey, from ears to flowers by Anne-Lise Routier-Kierzkowska (Montreal), in the latest #KITP Blackboard Lunch talk from the ongoing program Geometry and Intercellular Interactions in Morphogenesis of Animals and Plants (#morpho26) youtu.be/24-MdrFAP0U 👂️🌺
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Tousif Islam (তৌসিফ ইসলাম) @tausigmaiota.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Starting with eccentricity. We just published a post-Newtonian theory inspired framework to smoothly and efficiently calculate eccentricity from gravitational waves up to very close to merger. Check out arxiv.org/abs/2502.02739
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Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Welcome to the AI for Quantum Matter (#aiqmatter26) program at KITP! July 27, 2026 - October 8, 2026 buff.ly/oUCxCH8
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Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Welcome to the Geometry and Intercellular Interactions in Morphogenesis of Animals and Plants (#morpho26) program at KITP! July 20 - August 20, 2026 buff.ly/nXgYT4j
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Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
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Nobel Laureates sign Rome Declaration on Nuclear Weapons and AI - Vatican News
Nobel laureates, international experts and scientists, religious leaders, and former heads of state and government gather at Rome's Capitoline Hill to ...
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Claire L. Evans @theuniverse.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I was lucky enough to spend a few days at the Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics recently, observing an interdisciplinary group of scientists as they grappled with the limits of language in the face of biological complexity. My scene report: clairelevans.substack.com/p/report-fro...
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Report from Goleta
An account of three days haunting the halls of the Institute for Theoretical Physics.
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Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Watch: "Follow-up on Mainau Declaration 2024: The Threat of Nuclear War" KITP Permanent Member and UC Santa Barbara Chancellor's Chair in Theoretical Physics, David J. Gross joins a panel for the 75th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. mediatheque.lindau-nobel.org/recordings/4...
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Follow-up on Mainau Declaration 2024: The Threat of Nuclear War - Lectures | Lindau Mediatheque
David J. Gross, W. E. Moerner, Brian P. Schmidt
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Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Check out this fun and informative FORCE OF NATURE video by the Breakthrough Prize Foundation! At KITP @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social, we can attest that Professor David Gross, Chancellor's Chair in Theoretical Physics and KITP Permanent Member, is a force of nature. 🧪 youtu.be/TQZT5RZ5QXI?...
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FORCE OF NATURE: David Gross: 2026 Special Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences
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Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Read about the research by KITP postdoc @fatihdinc.bsky.social news.ucsb.edu/2026/022632/...
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New mathematical frameworks reveal how stable thoughts emerge from chaotic brain activity
Postdoc Fatih Dinc has been recognized by the the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics for his work developing a bridge between mathematics and neuroscience.
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Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Watch the latest #KITP Blackboard Lunch talk, Learning with the flow by Karen Alim (TU Munich), scientific coordinator of the ongoing program: Biological Learning without a Brain buff.ly/OykdfTR #brainless26 🧠
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Learning with the flow | Karen Alim (TU Munich)
The purpose of these Blackboard Talk lunches is for the science of one program to be explained to the other KITP program participants. These talks lead to cross program communications that work…
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Ahmed El Hady @zamakany.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Is learning useful as a metaphor ? An exciting Friday discussion during the Brainless learning program at the @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social
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Ahmed El Hady @zamakany.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
So happy to be to the Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics for a program on learning in non neural systems @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social if you are around Hit me up
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Ahmed El Hady @zamakany.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
So happy to be back at the @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social for an amazing program on „Biological learning without a Brain „ I highly recommend that you watch the online talks that should be updated everyday from now on: online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/brain...
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Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Welcome to the Biological Learning without a Brain (#brainless26) program at KITP! June 22, 2026 - July 16, 2026 buff.ly/VPhTmGu 🧠
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Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Watch Prof. Mehran Kardar (MIT) discuss whether the Casimir force can be made repulsive, and why true levitation remains elusive in equilibrium, in the latest #KITP Public Lecture
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The Force of Nothing: Attraction, Repulsion, and Motion in the Quantum Void | Mehran Kardar (MIT)
The quantum vacuum is filled with fluctuations of the electromagnetic field. When material boundaries constrain these fluctuations, they exert measurable forces: the Casimir effect describes an…
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Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Watch the latest #KITP Blackboard Lunch talk, When Evo Met Eco in Microbial Communities by Sergei Maslov (Univ. of Illinois)
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When Evo Met Eco in Microbial Communities | Sergei Maslov (Univ. of Illinois)
The purpose of these Blackboard Talk lunches is for the science of one program to be explained to the other KITP program participants. These talks lead to cross program communications that work…
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Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Congratulations to KITP Director Lars Bildsten! news.osu.edu/astrophysici...
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Astrophysicist and Ohio State alumnus awarded Joseph Sullivant Medal
Lars Bildsten, the Frederick W. Gluck Chair in Theoretical Physics and director of the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, is the 2026 recipient of ...
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Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Watch all recorded talks from this week's #KITP Conference: Non-equilibrium Dynamics, from Active Matter to Evolutionary Dynamics (#complexsys-c26)
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KITP Conference | Non-equilibrium Dynamics, from Active Matter to Evolutionary Dynamics (#complexsys-c26)
Recorded as part of the KITP Conference "Non-equilibrium Dynamics, from Active Matter to Evolutionary Dynamics" from June 1, 2026 - June 4, 2026. Over the pa...
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Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Welcome to the #KITP conference on Non-equilibrium Dynamics, from Active Matter to Evolutionary Dynamics (#complexsys-c26)! Learn more at buff.ly/UJxDJFp and stay tuned for recorded talks posted soon at buff.ly/SsfxhRi buff.ly/3bODFfs
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Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Watch the latest #KITP Blackboard Lunch talk, Thermal Avalanches: Growing Dynamical Lengthscales in Glassy Landscapes by Alberto Rosso (CNRS)
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Thermal Avalanches: Growing Dynamical Lengthscales in Glassy Landscapes | Alberto Rosso (CNRS)
The purpose of these Blackboard Talk lunches is for the science of one program to be explained to the other KITP program participants. These talks lead to cross program communications that work…
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Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Welcome to the Coarse-graining Microbial Ecology: from Genes to Physiological Strategies to Communities across Environments (#microeco26) program at KITP! May 18, 2026 - June 18, 2026 buff.ly/X1qKHfS
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Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Welcome to the New Trends in Non-equilibrium Dynamics #complexsys26 program at KITP! May 11 - July 16, 2026 buff.ly/WF8olMH
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Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Watch all recorded talks from this week's #KITP Conference: Beyond Gate-Based Quantum Computing: Defining Quantum Advantage in the Pre-Fault Tolerant Era (#norgate-c26)
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KITP Conference | Beyond Gate-Based Quantum Computing: Defining Quantum Advantage in the Pre-Fault Tolerant Era
Recorded as part of the KITP Conference "Beyond Gate-Based Quantum Computing: Defining Quantum Advantage in the Pre-Fault Tolerant Era" from May 4, 2026 - Ma...
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Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
KITP's David Gross - UCSB Physicist Wins Top Global Science Prize #keyt #ucsb keyt.com/news/educati...
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UCSB Physicist Wins Top Global Science Prize
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) - A University of California, Santa Barbara physicist was awarded one of the most prestigious awards in science, shining a
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UCSB Computer Science Department @ucsb-cs.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Hundreds of qubits but quantum advantage remains elusive. @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social conference brings together researchers from Harvard, MIT, Google, and more to explore what's possible before fault tolerance. More info: www.kitp.ucsb.edu/activities/n... #UCSB #ComputerScience #KITP #QuantumAdvantage
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Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Welcome to the #KITP conference on Beyond Gate-Based Quantum Computing: Defining Quantum Advantage in the Pre-Fault Tolerant Era (#norgate-c26)! Learn more at buff.ly/EOBWFi4 and stay tuned for recorded talks posted soon at buff.ly/4OLR8cd
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Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics
At the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP) on the UC Santa Barbara campus, researchers in theoretical physics and allied fields collaborate on questions at the leading edges of science.
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Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Watch the latest #KITP Blackboard Lunch talk, What is a Nuclear Clock? by Eric Hudson (UCLA)
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What is a Nuclear Clock? | Eric Hudson (UCLA)
The purpose of these Blackboard Talk lunches is for the science of one program to be explained to the other KITP program participants. These talks lead to cross program communications that work…
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Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Welcome to the Thorium-229 Nuclear Clocks (#thclocks-m26) program at KITP! April 27, 2026 - May 8, 2026 Learn more: buff.ly/6IBVVmu
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Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Congratulations to @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social Gluck Professor of Theoretical Physics Lars Bildsten, Director of the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, for his election as a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences! news.ucsb.edu/2026/022527/... #kitp #aaas #ucsb #astrophysics 🌟 🧪
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Three UCSB professors elected as members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Oceanographer Alice L. Alldredge, astrophysicist Lars Bildsten and engineer Henry T. Yang are among the 252 leaders in academia, the arts, industry, journalism, philanthropy, policy, research and scie...
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Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Watch the latest #KITP Blackboard Lunch talk, Explaining the Quark Gluon Plasma by Ian Moult (Yale)
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Explaining the Quark Gluon Plasma | Ian Moult (Yale)
The purpose of these Blackboard Talk lunches is for the science of one program to be explained to the other KITP program participants. These talks lead to cross program communications that work…
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Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Congratulations to KITP Permanent Member Dr. David J. Gross for receiving the 2026 Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics! Read the full story from UC Santa Barbara here: tinyurl.com/David-Gross-... #BreakthroughPrize 🧪
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UCSB’s David Gross wins Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
The former Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics director wins one of six $3-million Breakthrough Prizes, popularly known as “Oscars® of Science”
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Ariela Gross @arielagross.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
My dad won a Breakthrough Prize last night for lifetime achievement in fundamental physics. “The Oscars of Science” - strangest event I’ve ever attended. Tech bro billionaires, celebrity performers and presenters, and scientists. But the main thing is I got a photo with my favorite actor!
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UC Santa Barbara @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Congratulations to UC Santa Barbara's David Gross, who just won the 2026 Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, for a lifetime of groundbreaking contributions to theoretical physics—from the strong force to string theory. Full story: ow.ly/ZzyO50YMjzv
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Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Elaborate chalkboard for the upcoming talk by Tim De Coster of the Max Plank Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization (MPI-DS) with the KITP Program: Multi-Scale Physics of Normal and Diseased Heart: from Ion Channels to Whole Organ. Online talks here: online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/cardi...
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Nanocardiology Lab @nanocardiology.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Having a brilliant time, learning loads at @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social's multiscale physics of the normal and diseased heart program! Massive thanks to the organizers for including me.
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