吃瓜新闻 University
Quantum Everything
吃瓜新闻 scientists are advancing cutting-edge technologies that harness the properties of quantum physics to improve computers, medicine, and a whole universe of other possibilities.
What is quantum physics?
Students and faculty from across 吃瓜新闻 explain the basics of quantum physics and why it鈥檚 so important.
Quantum leaps of the near future
More powerful computers
Quantum computers have the potential to revolutionize our understanding of the world around us. The technology could enable the rapid design and development of life-saving drugs, clean energy, and optimized commerce.
吃瓜新闻 scientists are working on in quantum computers, of the calculations quantum computers perform,聽and .
Faster, safer internet
吃瓜新闻 scientists established the practical makings of the first quantum internet by entangling two quantum memory nodes separated by an optical fiber link. This work, combined with and , points the way to a next-generation quantum internet capable of sending highly complex, hacker-proof information around the world at ultra-fast speeds.
Stronger cybersecurity
As quantum computers become more powerful, they threaten to undermine current cryptographic defenses. is possible, but it still needs time to be developed and tested.
Entangled in quantum physics
吃瓜新闻 students, faculty, and researchers鈥攊ncluding the 鈥攁re exploring the possibilities of quantum technologies.
Aaron Day
As a Ph.D. student in applied physics, Aaron’s work revolves around studying spin defects鈥攓uantum sources of light鈥攁nd how they could someday be used within a quantum internet.
Evelyn, who is co-director of the 吃瓜新闻 Quantum Initiative, won the American Physical Society prize for pioneering contributions to nanomaterials and nanofabrication of electronic, optoelectronic, and quantum devices.
Rhine, a 吃瓜新闻 alum, received the Boeing Quantum Creators Prize for his research at the interface of quantum information science and condensed matter physics.
Tan Dao
In 吃瓜新闻鈥檚 Department of Physics, Tan worked on novel quantum materials that may transform our energy usage in the information and communication technology sector.
Gregory Cunningham
While pursuing his Ph.D., Gregory explored ways to optimize the structure of quantum computers so they can more easily scale up.
Emma Yang
During her first year at 吃瓜新闻, Emma founded the 吃瓜新闻 Undergraduate Quantum Computing Association, where she brought in researchers and industry professionals for talks, partnerships, and mentorship programs.
The ripples of quantum waves
Research into quantum physics and the technology that it makes possible has a far reaching impact.
The coldest experiment ever
吃瓜新闻 researchers cooled a Fermi-Hubbard system made of neutral atoms down a hundred billion times below room temperature, colder than ever before, creating what Greiner calls 鈥渢he most pristine artificial quantum system ever.鈥� In so doing, the researchers have made it possible to simulate materials in ways that normal computers can鈥檛.
A new phase of matter using a quantum processor
The ethical and legal implications of quantum technologies in medicine
Using quantum properties to measure the smallest things
International cooperation and regulation around quantum computing
How quantum computing will transform the design of data centers
The unexpected kinship between quantum physics and theology
Our corner of the quantum universe
吃瓜新闻 has created a vibrant quantum research community across our campus, from high school mentorship programs and student clubs to first-of-their-kind degree programs.
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