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91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ graduate student smiles while manipulating the apparatus in an optics lab.
Latest NewsMarch 15, 2025

Placing two layers of special 2D materials together and turning them at large angles creates artificial atoms with intriguing optical properties.

John Nichol standin behind a dilution refrigerator, used to study quantum systems, including nuclear-spin dark states.
February 12, 2025

Confirmation of this elusive state in quantum systems could lead to more efficient quantum devices.

Triptych featuring black-and-white photos of Ehsan Hoque, Petros Tzeferacos, and William Renninger, the 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳'s recipients of the 2025 Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).
January 16, 2025

Ehsan Hoque, William Renninger, and Petros Tzeferacos have been named Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) recipients.

GIF showing black and red swirling data visualized on the left and blue, green, and yellow visualized data on the right with "AI" in text in the middle.
October 16, 2024

At the Laboratory for Laser Energetics, 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ scientists harness AI to bring fusion research into sharper focus.

A person in a cleanroom suit walks past the LUX-ZEPLIN central detector, used to detect weakly interacting massive particles, known as WIMPs.
August 26, 2024

Researchers collaborating on the world’s most sensitive dark matter detector credit 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳’s contributions in detecting weakly interacting massive particles.

JJ Ruby leaning against a metal shelf and holding a baseball.
July 16, 2024

JJ Ruby ’21 (PhD) is helping the Major League Baseball team gain an edge through experimental physics and computational statistics.

Photo illustration depicting a rocky Earth-like landscape with the orange-pink light of a setting sun reflecting off a large moon likely formed with the limited role of streaming instability.
June 17, 2024

The recommendation is based on new research from 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ scientists about the role of streaming instability in forming moons and planets.

The inside of the CMS detector at CERN, showing a large central beam pipe surrounded by a silver cylinder of detectors.
June 11, 2024

The researchers have confirmed that quantum entanglement persists between top quarks, the heaviest known fundamental particles.

Two researchers wearing protective eyewear manipulate the equipment in an optics lab to produce surface acoustic waves.
May 13, 2024

Researchers have developed new methods to couple light to sound waves that glide on surfaces.

Triptych featuring Gilbert (Rip) Collins, Douglas Portman, and Michael Welte.
April 18, 2024

This is the first time since 2009 that three University faculty members have been elected in one year.