Neural Networks and ‘Ghost’ Electrons Accurately Reconstruct Behavior of Quantum Systems
Simons Foundation, August 2022Physicists are (temporarily) augmenting reality to crack the code of quantum systems.
Strange New Phase of Matter Created in Quantum Computer Acts Like It Has Two Time Dimensions
Simons Foundation, July 2022By shining a laser pulse sequence inspired by the Fibonacci numbers at atoms inside a quantum computer, physicists have created a remarkable, never-before-seen phase of matter. The phase has the benefits of two time dimensions despite there still being only one singular flow of time, the physicists report July 20 in Nature.
Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain Announces Inaugural Class of Transition to Independence Fellows
Simons Foundation, July 2022Three talented early-career scientists in systems and computational neuroscience have been selected as the first Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain Transition to Independence fellows. The fellowship aims to support neuroscientists from historically underrepresented backgrounds, recognizing that diversity improves scientific innovation and collaboration in the field of cognitive aging.
Seven Neuroscientists Awarded Transition to Independence Fellowships by the Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain
Simons Foundation, July 2022The Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain (SCGB) has announced its first class of Transition to Independence fellows. The program facilitates the transition to research independence of outstanding systems and computational neuroscientists from historically underrepresented backgrounds.
Mathematicians, Including Simons Foundation Grantees, Awarded Top Honors by the International Mathematical Union
Simons Foundation, July 2022The Simons Foundation congratulates the nine outstanding mathematicians honored this year by awards bestowed by the International Mathematical Union (IMU). Five of this year’s awardees are past or present Simons Foundation grantees, including two Fields Medal winners.
Simons Foundation President David Spergel Elected to the American Philosophical Society
Simons Foundation, June 2022The American Philosophical Society has elected astrophysicist and Simons Foundation president David Spergel as one of the newest members of its ranks.
Flatiron Institute Partners With the European Space Agency for Latest Gaia Data Release
Simons Foundation, June 2022From its orbit hundreds of thousands of kilometers above Earth, the European Space Agency’s Gaia spacecraft has observed and mapped our galaxy’s stars with unprecedented detail since its launch in 2013. Today, ESA will release the latest batch of the mission’s data: data release 3 (DR3). For this release, the Flatiron Institute has joined the ESA as a partner data center and will host the full DR3 dataset for the public to access.
Quanta Magazine‘s Natalie Wolchover and Staff Awarded the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Writing
Simons Foundation, May 2022The staff of Quanta Magazine, notably senior editor Natalie Wolchover, have won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for explanatory writing “for coverage that revealed the complexities of building the James Webb Telescope, designed to facilitate groundbreaking astronomical and cosmological research.”
Math and Dance Collide at ‘Dance of the Diagram’
Simons Foundation, May 2022Unless you’re a math whiz, “cohomology” is a word you’ve probably never heard. An oversimplified (though still hard to understand) explanation is that cohomology is a tool to extract the algebraic structure from complicated geometric spaces.
CCB Director Michael Shelley and Simons-Supported Researchers Elected to National Academy of Sciences
Simons Foundation, May 2022Eleven researchers affiliated with the Simons Foundation have been elected as 2022 members of the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. The new members include Michael Shelley, director of the Flatiron Institute’s Center for Computational Biology.