Philip Makotyn joins CUbit Quantum Initiative as executive director

Philip Makotyn joins CUbit Quantum Initiative as executive director

April 28, 2021

“Phil has a great combination of enthusiasm and energy, scientific vision, technical competence and academic-industry relationship expertise,” said CUbit Director Jun Ye. Makotyn will work with Ye to set the strategic direction of the initiative.

Quantum technology: Can the Denver, Boulder area be an epicenter for the next great tech boom? (Daily Camera)

Quantum technology: Can the Denver, Boulder area be an epicenter for the next great tech boom? (Daily Camera)

April 16, 2021

Colorado, specifically, the Denver-Boulder area, is putting its stamp on the quantum realm. The area sports decades of research expertise, a pipeline of talent and a roster of ambitious companies aiming to make waves.

Highlighting the research centers within JILA

Highlighting the research centers within JILA

April 2, 2021

JILA is the host of multiple centers within its campus, including the CUbit Quantum Initiative and the NSF-funded Q-SEnSE. Each center focuses on specific topics to advance knowledge, education and research on some of the biggest ideas within physics.

New Buff Innovator Insights podcast spotlights Margaret Murnane, Jun Ye

New Buff Innovator Insights podcast spotlights CUbit Director Jun Ye, Margaret Murnane

March 31, 2021

The podcast offers a behind-the-curtain look at some of the most ground-breaking innovations emanating from the CU Boulder campus. The first two episodes feature interviews with physicists and JILA Fellows Jun Ye and Margaret Murnane.

Molecules in Flat Lands: an entanglement paradise

Molecules in Flat Lands: an entanglement paradise

March 31, 2021

By compressing molecular gas molecules into a stack of pancake-shaped arrays, the Rey and Ye groups at JILA can explore the exciting many-body phenomena that occur once molecules are brought to quantum degeneracy.

Former Zayo CEO Dan Caruso joins Boulder quantum startup primed for scale-up

Former Zayo CEO Dan Caruso joins Boulder quantum startup primed for scale-up

March 31, 2021

Boulder-based ColdQuanta today announced that Caruso has joined its team as executive chairman and interim CEO. The fast-growing startup is focused on Cold Atom Quantum Technology, a scalable, versatile and commercially viable area of quantum tech.

Using quantum knots to build a secure internet

Using quantum knots to build a secure internet

March 31, 2021

For scientists at JILA, a quantum internet is a way to resolve security threats. Essentially, a quantum internet connects different quantum computers or users into a network to achieve coordinated quantum tasks.

Scientists develop new, faster method for seeking out dark matter

Scientists develop new, faster method for detecting axion signals

Feb. 25, 2021

Using a new method called "quantum squeezing," researchers at JILA may have found a potential explanation for dark matter in the form of a new particle called an axion, which were likely created during the Big Bang in humungous numbers.

CU Boulder physicist aims to find new quantum states of matter

Nandkishore named 2021 Simons Fellow in Theoretical Physics

Feb. 25, 2021

Rahul Nandkishore, associate professor of physics at CU Boulder, is one of five theoretical physicists nationwide to win this honor. He plans to use his sabbatical year to make new breakthroughs in many-body quantum mechanics.

The Conversation: The search for dark matter gets a speed boost from quantum technology

The Conversation: The search for dark matter gets a speed boost from quantum technology

Feb. 10, 2021

Writing for The Conversation, Benjamin Brubaker—a CU Boulder physics postdoc and a collaborator on HAYSTAC—describes how he and his colleagues used a bit of quantum trickery to double the rate at which their detector can search for dark matter.

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