Robbert Dijkgraaf, Institute Director and Leon Levy Professor, discusses theoretical physics, art, and education in an interview with Nautilus magazine.
The story of how and why the universe began is written in the
sky. Cosmologists believe that details of the Big Bang are encoded
in triangles and other shapes that appear in the distribution of
galaxies. Lately, they’ve made significant progress in...
Ars Technica's John Timmer describes a talk given by
chemist Russel Hemley as part of Dreams of Earth
and Sky, a program held at the Institute on the occassion of
Professor Emeritus Freeman Dyson's
ninetieth birthday, writing "Hemley focuses on...
Abstract: Quantum mechanics governs nature at its smallest
scales—but today we can engineer that quantum world by creating and
controlling entanglement, the unique fingerprint of quantum
physics. Using laser-controlled atoms and ions, researchers...
Organizers:
Nima Arkani-Hamed
Giovanni Maria Tomaselli
Francisco Vazão
Matias Zaldarriaga
This event is the kick-off conference for the Max Planck-IAS-NTU
Center for Particle Physics, Cosmology, and Geometry. It is a
collaboration between the Max Planck...
