College faculty
OpenAI has recruited prize-winning theoretical physicist Alex Lupsasca to join its new science team, led by Kevin Weil, in an effort to deepen its scientific credibility and compete with other AI labs. In addition to his role at OpenAI, Lupsasca will continue to serve as a professor at Vanderbilt University.
College faculty
The universe is currently expanding at a rapid pace, but new data from dark-energy observatories suggest that it will reach its midpoint in about 10 billion years and begin to contract, eventually collapsing back into a single point. According to Henry Tye, a Cornell physicist, this conclusion is based on
College faculty
The Cornell University physicist Henry Tye has calculated that the universe is approaching the midpoint of its 33-billion-year lifespan. According to Tye's model, the universe will begin to contract after expanding to its peak size approximately 11 billion years from now, eventually collapsing to a single point at
Physicists
Harvard physicists, led by Mikhail Lukin, Joshua and Beth Friedman University Professor, have made a significant breakthrough in quantum computing by demonstrating a system of more than 3,000 quantum bits (qubits) that can operate continuously without restarting. This achievement represents a major step towards building powerful supercomputers that can
Magnetic fields
Researchers at the University of Oxford are revolutionizing our understanding of quantum mechanics by simulating the behavior of particles at near absolute zero. By using state-of-the-art techniques to trap and cool atoms, they are able to create a controlled environment for observing the strange and probabilistic world of quantum physics.
Physicists
Physicists from Lausanne and Konstanz have developed innovative quantum technology components, known as novel coupled cavity arrays (CCAs), made from the inorganic compound niobium nitride. These CCAs feature high kinetic inductance, making them suitable for superconducting applications and potentially optimized qubits in future quantum computers. The research also opens up
Physicists
Neutrinos are created every time atomic nuclei split or fuse, and yet we don't fully understand them. As part of the international NOvA collaboration, researchers from William & Mary University, The State of Virginia, are one step closer to unraveling the mysteries of neutrinos, with new results recently
Nobel laureates
Clifford G. Shull, a 79-year-old retired Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor, was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics with Bertram Brockhouse, a Canadian colleague, for their pioneering contributions to neutron scattering. Shull shared his experiences and insights into the field, discussing his work probing the nature of matter and his
Nobel laureates
Bertram Brockhouse, the Canadian physicist who co-won the 1994 Nobel Prize in Physics with Clifford Shull, was overcome with astonishment upon receiving the news. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences notified Brockhouse about the prize, which recognized his development of the neutron triple axis spectrometer, a crucial tool in understanding
