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Physics
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How an in-between quantum state could boost future technologies
New work by University of Michigan theorists Kai Sun and colleagues describes a physical phenomenon that could open new doors for things like quantum computers. U-M research fellow Kai Zhang and graduate student Chang Shu also contributed to the study.
Dark energy-filled black holes plus DESI data give neutrino masses that make sense
U-M's Greg Tarlé, Uendert Andrade and team helped develop a physical model based on black holes turning matter into dark energy, offering a cure to hiccups in our understanding of the universe, including the mass of ghost-like particles called neutrinos
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Oct
18
Saturday Morning Physics | When “Physic(k)s” Lost Its ‘k’ and other Language Quarks
Anne Curzan, Geneva Smitherman Collegiate Professor of English, Linguistics, and Education (U-M)
10:30 AM
170 & 182
Weiser Hall
Upcoming
Oct
09
Quantum Research Institute | New architectures for neutral atom quantum computing
Jeff Thompson (Princeton University)
11:00 AM
2000PML
Virtual
Oct
09
The Department of Astronomy 2025-2026 Colloquium Series Presents:
Dr. Ralph E. Pudritz, Professor, McMaster University
3:30 PM
411
West Hall
Oct
15
HET Brown Bag Seminar | Testing quantum gravity
Dan Carney (UC Berkeley)
12:00 PM
3481
Randall Laboratory
Oct
20
HEP-Astro Seminar | Spin detection and nuclear magnetic resonance at the quantum sensitivity limit
Alexander Sushkov (Boston University)
3:00 PM
340
West Hall
Oct
22
HET Brown Bag Seminar | Love number matching: uncovering the simplest EFT
Giulia Isabella (UCLA)
12:00 PM
3481
Randall Laboratory