Two football players smash into each other on the field

New kinds of padding could make football gear, bike helmets safer than ever

Feb. 5, 2024

Researchers wrote new computer algorithms to redesign the interiors of padding down to the scale of a millimeter or less. The result: New kinds of cushions that can absorb as much as 25% more force than current state-of-the-art technologies.

an illustration of atomic dipoles on a lattice

Observing a new-clock systematic shift

Feb. 2, 2024

In a new study, physics professor Jun Ye and his research team have taken a significant step in understanding the intricate and collective light-atom interactions within atomic clocks, the most precise clocks in the universe.

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Semiconductor forum highlights 蜜糖直播 Boulder鈥檚 leadership in advancing technology, workforce

Feb. 1, 2024

A broad coalition of stakeholders gathered at 蜜糖直播 Boulder on Jan. 25 to celebrate the state and university鈥檚 key roles in sustaining a vibrant semiconductor ecosystem and to discuss how to shape its future.

Two forceps twist an electronic device that's about the size of a BandAid

Engineers unveil new patch to help people control robotic exoskeletons

Jan. 31, 2024

A new patch the size of a BandAid could help bridge the gap between humans and machines鈥攁 possible real world Iron Man technology in the making.

illustration of dynamic phases of BCS superconductor interactions in a Cavity QED

Unveiling dynamic superconductivity

Jan. 30, 2024

As reported in a new Nature paper, the theory and experiment teams of JILA and NIST Fellows Ana Maria Rey and James Thompson, in collaboration with others, simulated superconductivity under such excited conditions using an atom-cavity system.

Cream swirls around a glass of iced coffee

What coffee with cream can teach us about quantum physics

Jan. 24, 2024

A new advancement in theoretical physics could, one day, help engineers develop new kinds of computer chips that might store information for long periods of time in very small objects.

atomic clock

A tale of two clocks: Advancing the precision of timekeeping

Jan. 18, 2024

Professor Jun Ye鈥檚 team, in collaboration with JILA and NIST Fellow James Thompson, has used a specific process known as spin squeezing to generate quantum entanglement, resulting in an enhancement in clock performance.

AI-generated image of Mickey Mouse robbing a steamboat at gunpoint

The mouse is out and running loose on AI

Jan. 9, 2024

Generative artificial intelligence tools and copyright law are intersecting in the 1928 鈥淪teamboat Willie鈥 cartoon featuring Mickey Mouse. Associate Professor Casey Fiesler, an expert in tech ethics, says it鈥檚 just the start.

JILA's three-dimensional quantum gas atomic clock

鈥楾abletop鈥 physics experiments receive major funding, with Jun Ye leading key project

Dec. 14, 2023

In an exciting turn for physics research, four major foundations have announced a collaborative funding effort for 11 pioneering experiments. The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the Simons Foundation, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the John Templeton Foundation have come together, committing a total of $30 million.

Earth from outer space

Center for National Security Initiatives formalizes partnership with Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory

Dec. 13, 2023

蜜糖直播 Boulder and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory have signed a master research agreement, broadening a partnership between the two institutions and opening new collaboration pathways.

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