In an extensive numerical study just published in Physical Review Letters, Boettcher and Emory undergrad Honor student, Ginger E. Lau, explored the properties of ground states of a spin glass with three-body interactions. The corresponding two-body problem, known as the Sherrington-Kirkpatrick model (whose solution earned Parisi the 2021 Nobel prize), is widely recognized as one … More With interacting spins, three’s company
Associate Teaching Professor Jed Brody‘s has published a new book on the joys of quantum computing! Get your copy today at your favorite book retailer! Book Synopsis An engaging and accessible presentation of the most famous algorithms and applications of quantum computing The Joy of Quantum Computing introduces quantum computing succinctly, and with minimal mathematical formalism. … More The Joy of Quantum Computing
Graduate student Tianhong Lu and Prof. Luiz Santos from Emory Physics Department have made exciting discoveries about exotic quantum states in a special material called twisted bilayer MoTe₂. Their research, published in Physical Review Letters, explores how electrons in this material can form Fractional Chern Insulators (FCIs)—a rare type of quantum phase supporting fractional quasiparticles that … More Mapping the Physics of Moiré Quantum Materials
Prof. Shashank Shekhar, an Assistant Professor of Physics, has been named a “Cell Scientist to Watch” by the Journal of Cell Science. As a community-focused journal, Journal of Cell Science is particularly keen to support the next generation of cell biologists. The interview series Cell Scientists to Watch features talented researchers who have recently set … More Prof. Shashank Shekhar named “Cell Scientist to Watch”
How should professors respond when students are faced with turmoil in their campus community? Should they alter assignments, and if so, how? Emory Physics Professor Erin Wells Bonning gives her take on these questions in the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Recent work from the Shekhar lab (led by graduate student Ekram Towsif) was featured in The Scientist magazine! Their pre-print on how actin filaments assemble and disassemble is changing the field. Read more about it here! https://www.the-scientist.com/complicated-cap-does-it-all-71765
RNA polymerases must transit through protein roadblocks to produce full-length transcripts. Building on preliminary work by Finzi lab alumni Yan Yan and Wenxuan Xu, graduate student Jin Qian recently used magnetic tweezers to discover that RNA polymerases can backtrack and ram into longer lived protein roadblocks to transit through them during transcription. He was helped in … More Battering the roadblocks of RNA transcription
The Emory Planetarium, nestled within the Mathematics and Science Center on the Atlanta campus, serves as a celestial sanctuary like no other. This 56-seat classroom differs from your typical learning space – it’s both a cosmic theater designed for teaching undergraduate astronomy as well as a wholly unique event space. As the house lights dim, … More Hidden Emory: The Planetarium
The American Physical Society has named Emory biophysicist Laura Finzi as one of its 2023 Fellows, a distinction given to researchers who have made significant contributions to the application of physics to science and technology and advanced physics through original research. The APS honors only about half of a percent of its members with the Fellows distinction. … More Professor Laura Finzi named American Physical Society Fellow