January 27, 2022
Voices
- Computer scientists eliminate pesky quantum computations
- Prof. Mike Turner comments, Webb telescope arrives at outpost 1 million miles from Earth to begin study of distant galaxies
- Prof. Wendy Freedman comments, The James Webb Space Telescope could solve one of cosmology’s deepest mysteries
Research
- How the Earth and moon formed, explained
- Twelve for dinner: How the Milky Way ‘ate’ smaller star clusters and galaxies
- How to transform vacancies into quantum information
- In-fridge controller could scale up quantum computers, award-winning UChicago research finds
- Scientists simulate ‘fingerprint’ of noise on quantum computer
Education and Community
- Two PSD astronomers named AAS Fellows
- Cheng Chin receives ’21–’22 Marian and Stuart Rice Research Award
- Dietrich Müller, renowned cosmic ray scientist, 1936-2021
- Computer science 4th-year Sophie Veys wins CRA Undergraduate Research Award
- Doomsday Clock remains at 100 seconds to midnight—closest ever to apocalypse
- Computer scientist Prof. Ben Zhao named ACM Fellow
- PSD faculty named 2021 AAAS fellows
- PSD Polsky Fall 2021 I-Corps teams tackle unmet medical needs, data transparency