Interplay of light, matter is of potential technological interest

Quantum computers have the potential to break common cryptography techniques, search huge datasets and simulate quantum systems in a fraction of the time it would take today’s computers. But before...Read more

Prof. David Awschalom examines decryption strengths of quantum computing

Team led by Prof. David Awschalom achieves first room-temperature quantum entanglement, a development to be used in quantum computing

Team led by Prof. David Awschalom achieves first room temperature quantum entanglement, a development to be used in quantum computing

Cleland specializes in quantum computing, quantum communication and quantum sensors, all of which depend upon harnessing the peculiar properties of quantum mechanics—the physics that dominates the atomic world and has...Read more

By carefully controlling the position of an atomic-scale diamond defect within a volume smaller than what some viruses would fill, researchers have cleared a path toward better quantum computers and...Read more

The University of Chicago’s Institute for Molecular Engineering will lead a team of researchers from five universities in an ambitious five-year, $6.75 million project to create a new class of...Read more

University of Chicago researchers and their colleagues at University College London have performed a proof-of-concept experiment that will aid the future development of programmable quantum computers. Many complex problems are...Read more

The University of Chicago ’s Institute for Molecular Engineering is making its first set of new faculty appointments, bringing in world-leading research programs at the interfaces between molecular-level science and...Read more

Cheng Chin has established the first research group devoted to studying ultracold atoms and molecules at the University of Chicago. Chin’s experiments are designed to achieve temperatures just billionths of...Read more