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July 27, 2020

A Hub for Quantum Insights

Optical cavity between two mirrors showing vacuum fluctuations of light (yellow wave)

July 23, 2020

CCA’s Brian Metzger Receives 2020 Blavatnik Award for Young Scientists By Thomas Sumner

A photo of Brian Metzger

July 23, 2020

Quantum Physicists Crack Mystery of ‘Strange Metals,’ a New State of Matter By Thomas Sumner

Strange Metals Phase Diagram

July 15, 2020

New View of Nature’s Oldest Light Adds Fresh Twist to Debate Over Universe’s Age By Thomas Sumner

An image of the polarization of the cosmic microwave background.

July 13, 2020

Artificial Intelligence Predicts Which Planetary Systems Will Survive

A view of the potential planetary orbits of three planets in the Kepler-431 system.

July 10, 2020

Computing the Egg: The Effort to Calculate Biological Development By Susan Reslewic Keatley, Ph.D.

Wild type ventral furrow (left) and ventral furrow interrupted by ERK signaling (right). Blue arrows indicate the boundary of blue light and the synthetically placed ventral furrow border

July 01, 2020

The Eternal Sky (Trailer)

Satellite with background of starry sky

June 29, 2020

Plasticity May Make Neurons Vulnerable to Alzheimer’s Disease By Thomas Sumner

Principal neurons of the entorhinal cortex layer II assist with memory and navigation and are among the most vulnerable to Alzheimer’s. Researchers generated a line of mice for studying ECII neurons (highlighted using a green fluorescent protein). The neurons are at such high risk because they frequently remodel, making them prone to fatal dysfunctions, the researchers found.