Research Highlights
Winter 2007
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Born in a Blowtorch
Our Sun and its eight planets were born in a rough neighborhood nearly 5 billion years ago. Since then our star has traveled countless light years through the Milky Way... Read More »
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Spin City
Researchers are investigating a new kind of microelectronics called spintronics. These devices will rely on the spindependent behavior of electrons in addition to (or even instead of) conventional charge-based circuitry. Read More »
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Atomtronics
JILA physicists are investigating complex and interesting materials, circuits, and devices based on ultracold atoms instead of electrons. Read More »
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Jupiter Dust Filtration System
If you wanted to see a new planet forming, the first thing you'd think of is looking in an accretion disk with a star forming in its center. The problem is it's virtually impossible to actually see a nascent planet inside a swirling, turbulent, and opaque disk of gas and dust. Read More »
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Tunnel Vision
A key challenge in developing new nanotechnologies is figuring out a fast, low-noise technique for translating small mechanical motions into reasonable electronic signals. Read More »
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Ultimate Relaxation Experience
Scientists anticipate that cold molecules will allow them to explore all kinds of exciting new cold-matter physics. For instance, cold molecules should be able to interact with each other over much longer distances than atoms. Read More »