quantum science Archives

Close up of a rainbow-hued photonic chip coupled to a clear and metallic nonlinear crystal and fiber array unit.

URochester, RIT receive federal funding to expand experimental ways to communicate using individual particles of light

February 12, 2026

The funding for the experimental quantum network RoQNET was secured by Senator Schumer, Senator Gillibrand, and Representative Morelle.

Illustration of a light-matter state called a polariton.

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URochester awarded Keck Foundation funding to tackle chemistry grand challenge

January 23, 2026

The cutting-edge project aims to harness quantum light to unlock new chemical processes.

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URochester researcher joins global effort to advance quantum electrodynamics

November 10, 2025

Antonino Di Piazza leads on theory for a multimillion-dollar project exploring the limits of light–matter interaction.

Machiel Blok, whose research builds on the fundamentals of quantum tunneling, in front of a BlueFors dilution refrigerator smiles and looks at the camera.

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Quantum tunneling: URochester physicist explains a Nobel Prize–winning discovery

October 7, 2025

Machiel Blok’s research in superconducting circuits builds on the same quantum effects recognized by the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics.

John Nichol smiling against a white background next to a thought bubble that says "what is quantum" near text that reads "ever wonder" for an explainer about quantum computing.

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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.

Image of a white puzzle against a yellow background with a final white piece just away from completing the puzzle.

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New theory may solve quantum ‘jigsaw puzzle’

August 8, 2025

The theory explains how quantum environments can steer chemical reactions—speeding them up or slowing them down without adding heat or light.

Illustration of a close-up of vertical stacks of light blue cubes representing qudits in Hilbert space connected at the bottom to circuitry.

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Researchers discover more efficient way to route information in quantum computers

July 8, 2025

Using qudits, Rochester scientists have solved a notoriously difficult problem involving Hilbert space, or the quantum matrix.

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Pioneering physicist and optical scientist Joseph Eberly remembered

May 9, 2025

His serendipitous original foray into optics research would help advance the fields of quantum optics and optical physics.

Close-up of the technology that makes the Rochester Quantum Network possible.

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University of Rochester and RIT develop experimental quantum communications network

May 6, 2025

The Rochester Quantum Network uses single photons to transmit information over dual fiber-optic telecommunications lines.

Interior of an ultra-high vacuum chamber of a scanning tunneling microscope.

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New molecule could pave the way for more efficient computers

May 3, 2025

A team of scientists has developed the “world’s most electrically conductive organic molecule.”

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URochester, RIT receive federal funding to expand experimental ways to communicate using individual particles of light

URochester awarded Keck Foundation funding to tackle chemistry grand challenge

URochester researcher joins global effort to advance quantum electrodynamics

Quantum tunneling: URochester physicist explains a Nobel Prize–winning discovery

Why the future of computing is quantum

New theory may solve quantum ‘jigsaw puzzle’

Researchers discover more efficient way to route information in quantum computers

Pioneering physicist and optical scientist Joseph Eberly remembered

University of Rochester and RIT develop experimental quantum communications network

New molecule could pave the way for more efficient computers