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  1. A new, Yale-led study has identified a quasar that may help explain how the universe’s “dark ages” finally ended.

    AI-generated image created with researcher illustration, edited by Michael S. Helfenbein.
  2. An undergraduate seminar taught by astrophysicist Meg Urry adds an artistic dimension to scientific concepts of time and space.

    Meg Urry, Israel Munson Professor of Physics and Astronomy, examines art from the perspective of astrophysics with seminar students.
  3. A Yale-led project that aims to develop quantum technology into practical applications has been awarded a prestigious grant from the National Science Foundation.

    AI-generated image, created and edited by Michael S. Helfenbein
  4. Yale physicist Eduardo H. da Silva Neto led an experiment that supports the existence of a new type of superconductor.

    Physicist Eduardo H. da Silva Neto, in an ultra-quiet, vibration-isolated enclosure at Yale’s West Campus. (Photos by Robert DeSanto)
  5. Lehnert is a global leader in quantum science, the fundamental physics of quantum measurements, and the development of quantum technologies.

    Konrad Lehnert
  6. Steven Lamoreaux is an atomic physicist whose research has contributed to our understanding of the dark matter that is bound to our galaxy.

    Steve Lamoreaux
  7. Charles Brown, Ian Moult, and Eduardo Higino da Silva Neto received recognition for their cutting-edge research.

    Charles Brown, Ian Moult, and Eduardo Da Silva Neto, Assistant Professors of Physics
  8. Physicists at Yale’s Wright Lab have pioneered a new method for detecting dark matter, neutrinos, and other elusive particles using a table-top device.

    Schematic plot of a silica sphere
  9. Special software designed, built, and tested at Yale is crucial to the success of the new Simons Observatory in Chile.

     Small Aperture Telescope
  10. In a new study, Yale researcher Alison Sweeney found that giant clams in the Western Pacific may be the most efficient solar energy system on the planet.

    Giant Clam