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I'm trying to build a quantum computer in sunny Los Angeles, CA, USA. I like discussing other people's research papers and ideas. As always, any insights should be credited to the authors themselves, and any misconceptions to me alone.
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Can't stop thinking about these lovely pictures of atoms doing their thing from the Zwierlein group. Left: bosons condensing into a Bose-Einstein condensate. Center: fermions avoiding each other. Right: molecules paired up.

submitted 47 days ago • 2 comments

One of the finest explainers of quantum physics for the public is, for now, a victim of political suppression. @mattstrassler.bsky.social profmattstrassler.com/2025/04/17/b...

submitted 68 days ago • 1 comment

To be clear, one of my major grants is among the 75 stop work orders sent to Cornell yesterday. This means that, as of yesterday, we are not allowed to spend on this grant. The grant funds the work of several graduate students, all of whom are extremely dedicated & doing outstanding research

submitted 77 days ago • 3 comments

🧪⚛️. This is self-defeating and objectively bad for the country and beyond. www.npr.org/2025/03/26/n...

submitted 88 days ago • 3 comments

This is a super cool story: a problem from quantum physics led to pure math research that led to better bulbs.

submitted 87 days ago • 1 comment

This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH

submitted 102 days ago • 733 comments

I've seen it happen more times that I can count: a physics press release announces the discovery of a "new phase of matter", and the public interprets this as being a bigger deal than it really is. So, I made a short blog post to explain what this actually means: wmorong.github.io/wills-blog/b...

submitted 115 days ago • 1 comment

I doubt that anyone following me needs to be convinced of the importance of basic research, but the details here are fun and fascinating.

submitted 135 days ago • 0 comments

Inspired by this post, I'm curious if anyone has suggestions for especially well-written papers. Here's one I stumbled on recently, on a subject I know almost nothing about, and really enjoyed: arxiv.org/abs/1903.12621

submitted 191 days ago • 0 comments

I have a soft spot for textbooks that present some aspect of physics in an ideosyncratic or unconventional way. Any I should add?

submitted 205 days ago • 3 comments