Physicist Jun Ye gives U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse a tour of his lab at JILA on the CU Â鶹ӰԺ campus.

Colorado’s quantum revolution

June 30, 2022

For decades, scientists and engineers from Colorado have explored a universe of tiny things in greater and greater detail. Now, their findings are transforming the state into a new Silicon Valley—this time, a Quantum Valley.

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‘She Has the Floor’ series aims to inspire girls to study science

Oct. 1, 2021

This series, a collaboration between Pretty Brainy and JILA, aims to connect girls and young women with scientists and leaders

Preparing the Fields

Two CU Â鶹ӰԺ scientists named AAAS fellows

Nov. 24, 2020

Anthropologist J. Terrence McCabe and physicist Konrad Lehnert recognized for advancing science or its applications.

Waveguide

Scientists open new window into the nanoworld

July 28, 2020

CU Â鶹ӰԺ researchers have used ultra-fast extreme ultraviolet lasers to measure the properties of materials more than 100 times thinner than a human red blood cell.

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CU Â鶹ӰԺ lab works to bring quanta out of the cold

Aug. 27, 2019

New technique from CU Â鶹ӰԺ and JILA researchers could free quantum technology from cold temperatures.

Deborah Jin

Honoring a visionary, lost too soon

March 25, 2019

New endowed fund will support physics fellowships in honor of the late Deborah Jin.

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Physics lands $75.8M award to fund students, postdocs to work at NIST labs

Feb. 22, 2018

CU Â鶹ӰԺ's Department of Physics has received a $75.8 million award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology to continue the collaborative Professional Research Experience Program through 2022.

Atomic Clock

New JILA atomic clock can outperform all predecessors

Oct. 10, 2017

Physicists have created an atomic clock that reaches the same level of precision as its predecessors but is more than 20 times faster, promising dramatically improved measurements and more.

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Unwinding the mysteries of protein folding

March 2, 2017

Tom Perkins and JILA team unfold proteins with precise new instrumentation, illuminate 85 percent of previously unknown steps.

$24 million NSF grant to establish imaging science center

$24 million NSF grant to establish imaging science center

Sept. 26, 2016

CU Â鶹ӰԺ will expand its role as a national leader in imaging, materials, nano, bio and energy sciences as part of a collaborative partnership awarded $24 million by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to launch a new center.