From the Magazine How URochester is redefining collaboration through transdisciplinary research December 1, 2025 A quartet of groundbreaking new centers receives $8.5 million in institutional funding.
Science & Technology Why the future of computing is quantum September 24, 2025 The strengths and limitations of computing advances are pushing the boundaries of what quantum machines can do.
Science & Technology Scientists directly prove the existence of a nuclear-spin dark state February 12, 2025 Confirmation of this elusive state in quantum systems could lead to more efficient quantum devices.
Science & Technology New surface acoustic wave techniques could lead to surfing a quantum internet May 13, 2024 Researchers have developed new methods to couple light to sound waves that glide on surfaces.
Science & Technology Qubit by qubit: Optimizing silicon for quantum computing November 17, 2023 A team of researchers including John Nichol, an associate professor of physics, has won a grant from the US Air Force Office of Scientific Research to address challenges posed by silicon spin qubits.
Science & Technology A quantum leap in cooling atoms for better computers September 12, 2023 A new grant will allow John Nichol and his team to study thermoelectricity to help develop more efficient quantum computers.
Science & Technology New method to control electron spin paves the way for efficient quantum computers January 27, 2023 The method, developed by researchers including John Nichol, an associate professor of physics, overcomes the limitations of electron spin resonance.
Science & Technology Researchers continue to confront major hurdles in quantum computing March 21, 2022 With new insights on the problem of noise in quantum computing, Rochester researchers make major strides in improving the transfer of information in quantum systems.
Science & Technology Is teleportation possible? Yes, in the quantum world June 19, 2020 Rochester physicists are exploring new ways of creating quantum-mechanical interactions between distant electrons. The research marks an important advance in quantum computing.
University News Rochester scientists receive NSF CAREER awards February 11, 2020 The National Science Foundation has granted its most prestigious award in support of junior faculty, the Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award, to several University of Rochester researchers this year.