Those who filed into room A1 of David Rittenhouse Laboratories on Monday entered a new dimension. Guests filled the large auditorium to capacity to hear Harvard University physics professor Cumrun ...

Physics professors Andrew E. Strominger ’77 and Cumrun Vafa were awarded the Milner Foundation’s Fundamental Physics Prize earlier this week. This $300,000 prize recognizes their achievements in ...

TEHRAN – Iran on Thursday awarded a prestigious prize in the study of science and technology to two physicists based in the United States. Harvard University physics professor Cumrun Vafa received The ...

Iran has awarded a prestigious science and technology prize to two U.S.-based physicists amid tensions between the two countries. Harvard University physicist Cumrun Vafa, an Iranian-American, and ...

Promise and controversy continues to surround string theory as a potential unified theory of everything. In the latest episode of The Joy of Why, Cumrun Vafa discusses his progress in trying to find ...

Iranian-American physicist Cumrun Vafa, right, a Harvard University physics professor, and quantum professor at Princeton University, Bangladesh-born Zahid Hasan, hold their awards during award giving ...