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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

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

University of Rochester graduate student smiles while manipulating the apparatus in an optics lab.

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Twisting atomically thin materials could advance quantum computers

Placing two layers of special 2D materials together and turning them at large angles creates artificial atoms with intriguing optical properties.

John Nichol standin behind a dilution refrigerator, used to study quantum systems, including nuclear-spin dark states.

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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.

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

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Rochester physicists find ‘spooky action at a distance’ at CERN

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.

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New surface acoustic wave techniques could lead to surfing a quantum internet

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.

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University secures federal funding to enable advanced quantum research

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.

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New strategy reveals ‘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.

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New tools will help study quantum chemistry aboard the International Space Station

November 15, 2023

Rochester 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.

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Quantum dots: Chemistry professor explains a Nobel Prize–winning discovery

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.

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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.