PSD in the news - October 2022

October 26, 2022

Voices

• Prof. Andrew Cleland comments, Explorers of quantum entanglement win 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics

• Listen to the new UChicago News podcast, The Day Tomorrow Began: The ‘legendary’ discovery of black holes

Research

• Huge reflector arrives at University of Chicago for South Pole telescope project

  • Chicago scientists are testing an unhackable quantum internet in their basement closet

  • Using quantum data to create an unhackable Internet: ‘We’re getting close,’ University of Chicago expert leading project says

  • The University of Chicago is working on an ‘unhackable’ internet

• Common deidentification methods don't fully protect data privacy, study finds

• Black holes, explained

• These tiny ultra-porous crystals could transform cancer treatments and more

• The next stage of cosmic microwave background research

• Rock scooped off speeding asteroid suggests it was once comet that lost its tail

• Student uses NASA data to reveal new details on planets in other solar systems

• UChicago research tests whether robots or humans are better game partners

• New technique to determine age will open new era of planetary science, researchers say

• Spray-on ‘metallic’ plastic could be used for wearable electronics

  • University of Chicago scientists discover material that can be made like a plastic but conducts like metal

  • Scientists create entirely new material with plastic and metal properties that ‘can’t be explained’

  • ‘Conductive Play-Doh’ could herald new class of materials

• UChicago researchers take inspiration from soil to create new material with promise for medical, biofuel technology

• Blocking sounds could help you experience VR in a more immersive way

Education and Community

• Yamuna Krishnan wins NIH Director's Pioneer Award for High-Risk, High-Reward Research

• Two UChicago scientists awarded NIH grants for ‘high-risk, high-reward’ research

• UChicago scientists to help lay out vision for future of particle physics

• David Awschalom awarded $1 million for development of South Korea-U.S. quantum center

• Astronomy and astrophysics grad student recognized with Out to Innovate Award for LGBTQ+ activism

• Latinxs and Hispanics in the Mathematical Sciences honors David Uminsky

• Climate policy must transition from goal setting to implementation, say former U.S. and Chinese climate negotiators

• An AIP Oral History with Prof. Wendy Freedman

• PSD Spotlight: Shawn Manner

• Asst. Prof. Weixin Tang, Dept. of Chemistry, receives 2022 Packard Fellowship

• PSD Spotlight: Arnab Bose

• Watch former President Obama visit teens at Chicago Quantum Exchange event

  • Obama surprises Kenwood students on field trip to Chicago Quantum Exchange

• Two UChicago scientists named 2022 fellows of American Physical Society Scholars

• New UpDown Project uses “intelligent data movement” to accelerate graph analytics

New Schmidt Futures fellowship at UChicago to foster next generation of AI-driven scientists

• UChicago to share in $148 million AI initiative

Marcela Carena named DOE Office of Science Distinguished Scientist Fellow

• Discovering the highest energy particles from the top of the Greenland Ice Sheet

Chicago Bets on Quantum Tech as ‘Next Big Thing’ for Its Future

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