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September 17, 2026A collaboration between experimentalists and theorists, including quantum physicists at the Simons Foundation’s Flatiron Institute, has developed a new way to study how electrons interact with defects … -
June 23, 2026… benchmark their quantum claims. Researchers at the CCQ are continually working to improve their tensor network libraries to better handle complex systems and incorporate new techniques under … -
May 8, 2026A former Flatiron Institute research fellow, Levy now explores how fault-tolerant quantum computers can advance basic research. -
April 15, 2026Analysis of a first-of-its-kind experiment reveals missing pieces in the decades-old theory of superconductivity. -
January 19, 2026Quantum simulator using ultracold atoms reveals how subtle magnetic patterns shape one of the most puzzling states of matter. -
September 16, 2025Valentin Crépel of the institute’s Center for Computational Quantum Physics is the winner of the 2025 Blavatnik Regional Award for Young Scientists in the physical sciences and … -
June 17, 2025Physicists at Harvard University and the Flatiron Institute have chilled a quantum system called the Hubbard model to temperatures far below those previously reached by such a system … -
May 14, 2025In quantum physics, there’s no such thing as truly empty space. Even the barest of voids has quantum fluctuations, such as particles continually being created and quickly … -
January 14, 2025Nicolas Regnault, a research scientist at the Center for Computational Quantum Physics (CCQ) at the Flatiron Institute, has been named a Condensed Matter Physics Fellow by the American … -
October 29, 2024As the battle between quantum and classical computers rages, scientists are making unexpected discoveries about quantum systems. -
October 17, 2024A new benchmark called the V-score can help researchers determine the best algorithms for studying complex materials, helping optimize quantum simulations leveraged in industries like pharmaceuticals and … -
October 7, 2024The quantum research center will continue its international collaboration for an additional five years with Cornell University as a new partner institution. -
September 19, 2024Timothy Berkelbach, co-director of the Initiative for Computational Catalysis. The American Chemical Society (ACS) today announced that Initiative for Computational Catalysis (ICC) Co-Director Timothy Berkelbach will … -
September 19, 2024A new paper unravels the mysteries of a bizarre physical state known as the pseudogap, which has close ties to the sought-after state called high-temperature superconductivity … -
September 17, 2024The Blavatnik Family Foundation and the New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS) today announced Flatiron Research Fellow Aavishkar Patel as a finalist in the Blavatnik Regional Awards for … -
August 28, 2024Physicist Riccardo Rossi has received the 2024 Hermann Kümmel Early Achievement Award in Many-Body Physics for his groundbreaking research in computational quantum field theory. The award, established … -
May 9, 2024Using the Hubbard model, Flatiron Institute senior research scientist Shiwei Zhang and his colleagues have computationally re-created key features of the superconductivity in materials called cuprates that … -
April 4, 2024The Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities awarded quantum physicist Angel Rubio the Spanish National Research Prize for his achievements in predicting new properties of nanoscale materials … -
March 28, 2024The American Physical Society (APS) has named LaToya Anderson one of the top undergraduate presenters at its 2024 March Meeting in Minneapolis. Anderson is an associate research analyst … -
February 26, 2024Physicist Kun Chen studies the unexpected behavior of many interacting electrons in solids by developing methodologies originating in other areas of physics. -
December 8, 2023For the first time, the five Flatiron Institute research centers (astrophysics, biology, mathematics, neuroscience and quantum physics), as well as its Scientific Computing Core and the Foundation Models … -
September 5, 2023At the Flatiron Institute, computational quantum physicist Bo Xiao is working to understand the importance of materials’ fundamental properties by solving simplified mathematical models on an infinite grid. -
August 28, 2023Center for Computational Quantum Physics associate research scientists Jennifer Cano and Cyrus Dreyer navigated their careers as a couple, each focusing on a different — though increasingly connected — field. -
August 17, 2023A new study led by the Flatiron Institute’s Aavishkar Patel has identified a mechanism that explains the unusual behavior of strange metals, considered one of the greatest … -
May 1, 2023… made profound discoveries in superconductivity, statistical physics and nonlinear dynamics. The celebrated Hohenberg-Kohn theorem is foundational to CCQ’s work. The 2023 Pierre Hohenberg Fellow will … -
February 16, 2023The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has awarded its prestigious research fellowship to four past and present Simons Foundation researchers. This year’s 125 fellowship recipients “represent the most … -
November 22, 2022In quantum materials, electrons interact in complicated ways. At the Flatiron Institute, Sophie Beck is modeling how these electron dynamics shape materials properties to help lay the groundwork … -
September 26, 2022Researchers at the Flatiron Institute and their colleagues trained a machine learning tool to capture the physics of electrons moving on a lattice using far fewer equations than … -
September 19, 2022Flatiron Institute’s Jennifer Cano is part of an international team that demonstrates a design principle for predicting whether metallic compounds are likely to host topological states caused … -
September 19, 2022Flatiron applied mathematician Jason Kaye is bringing powerful new approaches to quantum physicists to help them answer big questions about small particles. -
September 14, 2022The International Conference on Recent Progress in Many-Body Theories has awarded the Hermann Kümmel Early Achievement Award in Many-Body Physics to quantum physicist Aavishkar Patel. The … -
September 14, 2022Antoine Georges, the director of the Flatiron Institute’s Center for Computational Quantum Physics (CCQ), received the Feenberg Memorial Medal on September 14 at the International Conference Series … -
August 3, 2022Physicists at the Flatiron Institute’s Center for Computational Quantum Physics and their collaborators have created a new way to simulate quantum entanglement between interacting particles. Their approach … -
July 26, 2022Center for Computational Quantum Physics research fellow John Bonini is developing tools to elucidate quantum systems. -
July 20, 2022By subjecting a quantum computer’s qubits to quasi-rhythmic laser pulses based on the Fibonacci sequence, physicists demonstrated a way of storing quantum information that is less … -
May 6, 2022Eleven Simons Foundation grantees and one board member are among the latest cohort of prominent artists, scholars, scientists and leaders elected as fellows of the American Academy of … -
May 6, 2022Sitting at the juncture of quantum physics and fluid dynamics, Flatiron Institute physicist Nikita Kavokine has been called a “quantum plumber” for having discovered the specifics of how … -
February 15, 2022The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has named theoretical quantum physicist Jennifer Cano a 2022 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow in Physics. The fellowship is one of the most … -
February 2, 2022Flatiron Institute research fellow Nikita Kavokine and his colleagues propose that water molecules interact with electrons in the nanotube walls, so that they push and pull on one … -
December 8, 2021Tai-Danae Bradley of Alphabet Inc.’s Sandbox team and physicist Miles Stoudenmire of the Center for Computational Quantum Physics find their research paths intersect in the use … -
November 10, 2021‘Geometric frustration’ can cause the electrons in materials with atoms arranged in a triangular pattern to organize in three competing ways simultaneously, reveals a new computational study … -
July 21, 2021… harness this property, including in computers,” Rao says. -
June 10, 2021The 33rd Annual Workshop on Recent Developments in Electronic Structure Methods (ES21) will be hosted online by the Center for Computational Quantum Physics (CCQ), Flatiron Institute, July 12 … -
March 23, 2021A many-method study of the Hubbard model demonstrates how the field of computational quantum physics is evolving to be more collaborative. -
February 10, 2021Physicists with the Max Planck–New York City Center for Nonequilibrium Quantum Phenomena discover a new way to program light on an ultra-small scale. -
October 13, 2020By using a sandwich structure, researchers demonstrated the quantum anomalous Hall effect at record-high temperatures. -
September 14, 2020Scientists with the Flatiron Institute and the Simons Collaboration on the Many Electron Problem combined cutting-edge computational methods to probe an endless line of protons surrounded by … -
September 9, 2020With newly published research, an international team of scientists lays fundamental groundwork for a new generation of electronics.