CREATING THE QUANTUM FUTURE WITH MATERIALS & LIGHT
The rules of quantum mechanics are more than just a curiosity: they’re becoming the foundation of real-world technologies, like ultra-powerful computers, perfectly secure communication systems, and ultra-capable sensors, that go far beyond what today’s technologies can do.
Columbia Scientists Are Making This New Quantum Future a Reality
Building this future requires systems that behave in uniquely quantum ways, like materials that can conduct electricity with no resistance, sense tiny changes in magnetic fields, and combine with light itself.
At Columbia, we are exploring entirely new kinds of matter and devising new devices that will enable the next generation of breakthroughs—from curing diseases to securing global communications to tackling climate change…and more.
Recent News
Columbia Wins National Science Foundation Materials Research Science and Engineering Center for the Third Consecutive Time
Building on discoveries from its prior iteration, the center will shift its focus to developing advanced electronic materials for semiconductors, quantum devices, and more.
Columbia University Projects Receive Genesis Mission Funding
The Department of Energy mission aims to integrate artificial intelligence into transformative scientific discovery.
In Physics Magazine | Evidence Emerges for a Fractional Topological Insulator
Experiments show signs of a material that conducts electricity in opposite directions along its edges through fractionally charged quasiparticles.