2017
Prof. Robert Gomer, 1924-2016
January 12, 2017
Former JFI Director and pioneering chemist passes away at the age of 92.
Prof. Emeritus Robert Gomer, a chemical physicist who pioneered techniques for studying molecules and taught at the University of Chicago for nearly a half-century, died Dec. 12 of complications related to Parkinson’s disease. He was 92.
2016
Chin group confirms theory describing principles of phase transitions
November 3, 2016
Ultracold atoms unveil a universal symmetry of systems crossing continuous phase transitions.
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Heinrich Jaeger receives 2016 Faculty Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching and Mentoring
June 2, 2016
When it comes to graduate education, it’s the questions that concern Heinrich Jaeger, not the answers.
New Device Steps Toward Isolating Single Electrons for Quantum Computing
May 19, 2016
The Schuster Group has integrated trapped electrons with superconducting quantum circuits.
“A key aspect of this experiment is that we have integrated trapped electrons with more well-developed superconducting quantum circuits,” said graduate student Ge Yang, lead author of the Physical Review X paper that reported the group’s findings. The team captured the electrons by coaxing them to float above the surface of liquid helium at extremely low temperatures.
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