Simons Foundation 2021 Annual Report • 21st June 2022 ‘Strange’ Connections The reigning theory of how electrons move through solids has its limits. At the Flatiron Institute’s Center for Computational Quantum Physics, researchers are tackling this quandary head on.
Simons Foundation 2021 Annual Report • 21st June 2022 Worlds Away Astronomers have cataloged nearly 5,000 planets orbiting other stars. The Flatiron Institute’s Center for Computational Astrophysics is helping write the next chapter of exoplanet discovery.
symmetry magazine • 19th January 2022 More than one way to make a qubit Scientists are exploring a variety of ways to make quantum bits. We may not need to settle on a single one.
Physics • 16th December 2021 Redefining How Neutrinos Impede Dark Matter Searches A new definition of the “neutrino floor” in dark matter experiments clarifies the challenges ahead in differentiating neutrinos from WIMPs.
Physics • 30th November 2021 A Faster Atomic Compass An update to the polarization of the laser light used in an atom-based compass allows the technology to reveal the 3D alignment of a magnetic field in one snapshot rather than many.
Physics • 10th November 2021 How CRISPR/Cas9 Finds Genetic Targets A model of facilitated diffusion and the theory of Anderson localization help explain how the Cas9 protein explores DNA in search of its targets.
Physics • 7th October 2021 Pinning Down the Fate of Fluorine The first results from the Jinping Underground Nuclear Astrophysics particle accelerator refine a key reaction rate for the destruction of fluorine in stars.
Knowable Magazine | Annual Reviews • 17th September 2021 Understanding just how big solar flares can get Recasting the iconic Carrington Event as just one of many superstorms in Earth’s past, scientists reveal the potential for even more massive, and potentially destructive, eruptions from the sun
Physics • 14th September 2021 Superpositions of Chiral Molecules Matter-wave diffraction can put chiral molecules into superpositions of left- and right-handed forms, enabling new studies of how the two states interact with their environment.
Physics • 1st September 2021 The Minimum Temperature for Levitating Droplets For water on hot surfaces, the Leidenfrost effect endures at temperatures much lower than those needed for onset, regardless of surface or fluid properties.
Science News • 31st August 2021 How radio astronomy put new eyes on the cosmos A century ago, radio astronomy didn’t exist. But since the 1930s, it has uncovered cosmic secrets from planets next door and the faint glow of the universe’s beginnings.
Science News • 24th August 2021 ‘Flashes of Creation’ recounts the Big Bang theory’s origin story In ‘Flashes of Creation,’ author Paul Halpern tells the story of George Gamow , Fred Hoyle and their decades-long sparring match about the Big Bang.
Physics • 18th August 2021 Visualizing Microscopic 3D Displacements of Things over Large Areas Researchers demonstrate a technique that can track displacements as small as 10 nm with a sensitivity that is independent of field-of-view.
Physics • 29th July 2021 Testing the Security of Quantum Key Distribution Bell nonlocality is insufficient to ensure the security of a type of secure quantum-communications protocol known as DI-QKD.
Science News • 21st July 2021 NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has begun its first science campaign Now about 1 kilometer south of its landing spot, the rover has spotted several promising spots in its search for hints of ancient life.
Physics • 24th June 2021 Predicting the Population of Self-Assembling Droplets in Cells The number of distinct droplet types in a cell depends on the cell’s molecular components and on how many types of molecules end up in a droplet.
Simons Foundation • 3rd June 2021 Revolutionizing Simulations of the Universe With AI Reverse engineering the universe is a tricky thing. That’s where machine learning is starting to help, by immensely speeding up computer simulations of vast volumes of space enclosing millions of galaxies.
Simons Foundation • 3rd June 2021 Otto X. Cordero Explores the Relationships Within Microbial Communities Microbial ecologist Otto X. Cordero leads a multidisciplinary effort to understand how microbes assume their well-defined roles and how multispecies microbial communities respond to and influence Earth’s ever-changing environment.
Simons Foundation • 3rd June 2021 A Collaborative Paradigm for Cracking the Code of Quantum Systems By marrying disparate computational techniques to analyze electron interactions, physicists at the Flatiron Institute aim to kick-start a new era of materials design and take on grand challenges such as developing practical superconductors.
