UChicago physicists to study macroscopic quantum phenomena as part of the Simons Collaboration
May 28, 2019
Dam T. Son, University Professor in the Department of Physics, and Michael Levin, Associate Professor in the Department of Physics, have been awarded a Simons Foundation grant as part of the newly established Simons Collaboration on Ultra-Quantum Matter.
Scientists connect quantum bits with sound and over record distances
Two studies show breakthroughs that could boost quantum technology Scientists with the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago have made two breakthroughs in the quest to develop quantum technology. In one study, they entangled two...
You’ve conquered the escape room. But can you escape the lab?
New York Times
May 4, 2019
URBANA, Ill. — It was 10 p.m., and we were locked in a room at the mall.It had been a long day. I had woken up at 5 that morning to finish writing an article. Then I had spent a day talking to University of Illinois students and professors. The physics department had invited me and two other science writers to visit, part of an effort to…
