Quantum Circuits Inc. (QCI), a startup founded by Yale scientists Michel Devoret, Luigi Frunzio, and Robert Schoelkopf, has raised $18 million in venture funding to build and sell the first practical and useful quantum computers.
QCI will focus on...
Yale scientists Hui Cao, Peter Raymond, and Karen Seto have been named by their peers as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
They will be among 396 members elevated to the rank of fellow at the Feb. 17 AAAS annual...
This article originally appeared in Yale Engineering magazine.
Imagine working in an office where, once you’ve finished one task, you had to wait until everyone in all the other cubicles completed the tasks they were working on before you could move on to...
Beneath its rugged, rocky exterior, New England is wicked hot and on the move, a new study says.
Geophysicists at Yale and Rutgers have found a localized region of New England’s upper mantle, centered beneath Vermont and New Hampshire, that is unusually...
New research by Yale University scientists suggests rocky planets orbiting other stars may hide thick layers of diamond beneath the surface.
“A carbon-rich planet likely forms from a material called silicon carbide, but at the high temperatures inside of...
Yale researchers have found an ancient fossil relative of sea urchins and starfish that displays a markedly different water vascular system — used for feeding and movement — compared to its modern counterparts.
The fossil, a specimen of Protasterina...
The unusual melting behavior of the second most abundant mineral in the Earth may affect key processes deep within the Earth, according to a new study.
Research by geoscientists at Yale suggests that convection in Earth’s mantle — the slow movement of...
This article originally appeared in Yale Engineering magazine.
We have a long history of yelling at our machines — cars that break down, televisions broadcasting our failing teams. But now, our machines understand us. And they’re talking back. They’re...