Press Releases

August 04, 2022

One of the Universe’s Earliest Galaxies Revealed Using the James Webb Space Telescope

August 03, 2022

Neural Networks and ‘Ghost’ Electrons Accurately Reconstruct Behavior of Quantum Systems By Thomas Sumner

July 20, 2022

Strange New Phase of Matter Created in Quantum Computer Acts Like It Has Two Time Dimensions By Thomas Sumner

February 03, 2022

Origin of Supermassive Black Hole Flares Identified: Largest-Ever Simulations Suggest Flickering Powered by Magnetic ‘Reconnection’ By Thomas Sumner

A digital illustration of a supermassive black hole with bright flares coming from either side of it.

February 02, 2022

‘Quantum Friction’ Slows Water Flow Through Carbon Nanotubes, Resolving Long-Standing Fluid Dynamics Mystery By Thomas Sumner

Water molecules flow near the honeycomb-patterned walls of a carbon nanotube. Interactions between the molecules and electrons in the walls can cause ‘quantum friction,’ researchers propose in a new study.

November 10, 2021

Paradoxical Material a Mashup of Three Different Phases at Once, Quantum Physicists Find By Thomas Sumner

A digital illustration of multiple 3-D spheres connected to each other with diagonal and parallel lines. The spheres colored red have through them white arrows pointing upwards and the spheres colored blue have white arrows going through them that are pointing downwards.

October 24, 2021

Astrophysicists Reveal Largest-Ever Suite of Universe Simulations By Thomas Sumner

A snapshot of the distribution of dark matter throughout the universe in an AbacusSummit simulation.

August 17, 2021

Cracking a Mystery of Massive Black Holes and Quasars with Supercomputer Simulations

A digital photo of a misty, quasar-like formation in what appears to be outer space. A plus-shaped crosshairs is at the center of the formation and surrounded by a dotted circle. White text above this circle reads,