SBU’s Qiang Li Collaborated on Discovery That Can Advance Quantum Computing
The team discovered a light symmetry switch that creates the opportunity to carry a dissipationless electron current, which can be useful in wide-scale adoption of quantum computing.
Research Leads to New Material for Energy-Efficient Devices
A team of international physicists including SBU's Jennifer Cano has created a superlattice, which at a high temperature is a super-efficient insulator conducting current.
Stony Brook Researchers Explore Moiré Patterns Beyond 2D Materials
Beyond producing interesting and beautiful geometric patterns, materials scientists have explored this geometrical oddity and discovered new physics in the nanoscopic world.
Peter Stephens Named 2019 Barrett Award Recipient
The International Center for Diffraction Data (ICDD) has named Department of Physics and Astronomy Professor Peter Stephens the 18th recipient of the Barrett Award, a biennial award that recognizes outstanding...Read More
Professors Chen and Essig Named SBU’s First Simons Investigators
Xiuxiong Chen, Professor of Mathematics, and Rouven Essig, Associate Professor of Physics at Stony Brook University, have been named 2019 Simons Investigators, becoming the first faculty members at the University...Read More
BNL Experiment Sheds Light on Proton Spin Puzzle
New data from the STAR experiment at Brookhaven National Laboratory‘s Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) add detail—and complexity—to an intriguing puzzle that scientists have been seeking to solve: how the building blocks...Read More