UNM to participate in $15 million NSF program to create first practical quantum computer

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Researchers at The University of New Mexico will participate in a $15 million, multi-university collaboration as part of a National Science Foundation program designed with the audacious goal of building the world’s first practical quantum computer. Read the UNM news article.

UNM P&A REU program completes its first summer and it was a great success.

REU students at the Very Large Array in Soccorro

The Physics and Astronomy Department’s summer REU program finished its first summer on August 3 with a final poster presentation event. Our eight students accomplished a tremendous amount in their ten weeks here, and presented their research in a broad range of areas: Astrophysics, Biophysics, Geophysics, Optics, and Quantum Information. See some photos from our poster event and the entire summer here on our Facebook page.