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Volodymyr Sivak successfully defends thesis, "Quantum Error Correction Beyond Break-Even"

November 17, 2022
On November 8, 2022, Volodymyr Sivak successfully defended the thesis: “Quantum Error Correction Beyond Break-Even” (advisor: Michel Devoret). Sivak explained, “Recently,...

Yale Physics' Wright Lab co-hosts GAINS outreach conference at Yale

November 17, 2022
Yale and Wright Lab have partnered with the GAINS Network again to host the 2022 Girls Advancing in STEM (GAINS) Conference  on November 13-15, 2022. The GAINS conference...

2022 Hoodie Ceremony!

November 15, 2022
On Friday, November 11, 2022 the physics department held the 8th consecutive hoodie ceremony to welcome the class of 2024 to the physics ranks! Due to the weather the...

Yale Physics' Wright Lab welcomes Harvey Moseley

November 11, 2022
On November 11, Wright Lab welcomed Harvey Moseley, a new research affiliate, to the Wright Lab community. Moseley gave a talk called “From astrophysics to quantum...
In a new study, Yale researchers genetically modified fly antennae to detect light and then watched how the flies responded to changes in fictive odor packets of light. The research revealed new insights into how flies are able to independently detect the motion of odor packets.

Emonet and Clark study finds that "Flies smell the motion of odors and use it to navigate"

November 9, 2022
The survival of all animals and insects, from wolves to bees, depends upon their ability to find the source of odors, which is a challenge when wind disperses and obscures...