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

A person in a yellow shirt seen from behind works with a transmission electron microscope in a darkened room.
March 12, 2024

The funding supports the acquisition of a state-of-the-art transmission electron microscope to accelerate research in quantum information science.

Mixed media illustration showing full chemical complexity of quantum decoherence.
December 18, 2023

The findings can be used to design molecules with custom quantum coherence properties, laying the chemical foundation for emerging quantum technologies.

view from the International Space Station with a large white arm and tube in front of a blue space backdrop.
November 15, 2023

91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Professor Nicholas Bigelow helped develop experiments conducted at NASA’s Cold Atom Lab to probe the fundamental nature of the world around us.

Six vials of quantum dots fluoresce in bright colors against a black background.
October 5, 2023

The fruits of the recent Nobel laureates’ labor can be seen not only in high-end monitors and screens, but also in collaborative research across the sciences.

John Nichol faces the camera with his head and shoulders near a dilution refrigerator, which he uses to study thermoelectricity at the nanoscale level.
September 12, 2023

A new grant will allow John Nichol and his team to study thermoelectricity to help develop more efficient quantum computers.

Example of superconducting circuits like this one (Niobium on Silicon substrate) fabricated at the 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ cleanroom (URNano).
June 21, 2023

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