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The controlled manipulation of exotic quasiparticles known as anyons, a process known as “braiding,” is the basis of a powerful computational paradigm known as topological quantum computing.

Assistant Professor Peter P.

Paul Canfield, who designs and discovers new materials and properties, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Zhe Fei, assistant professor of physics, received an NSF CAREER grant for a proposal titled “Exploring chiral edge plasmons in novel two-dimensional materials.” The estimated total award amount is $588,818.

We are pleased to welcome Dr. Thomas Iadecola to the condensed matter physics group in our department.  He received his PhD from Boston University under the supervision of Prof.

Condensed Matter Physics faculty members participate in the new DOE Center for the Advancement of Topological Semimetals (CATS) that was recently established.

The Department of Physics and Astronomy at Iowa State University (ISU) seeks candidates for faculty positions at a junior level for a cluster of positions in theoretical physics and astrophysics. 

Scientists at Ames Laboratory will develop a hybrid quantum and classical computational tool to calculate the properties of quantum materials such as superconductors and rare-earth compounds, funded by an award for $600,000 per year for three year

An article published by Iowa State University Professor and Ames Laboratory researcher Ruslan Prozorov and his group -- "Using controlled disorder to probe the interplay between charge order and superconductivity in N

A team lead by Iowa State Professor and Ames Laboratory Researcher Jigang Wang demonstrated that THz light can be used to control some of the essential quantum properties of superconducting states, including macroscopic supercurrent

Ames Laboratory Scientist Vladimir Kogan was awarded the Abrikosov Prize in Vortex Matter today at the International Workshop on Vortex Matter in Superconductors, at a ceremony in Antwerp, Belgium.

Collaborating scientists at the U.S.

Congratulations to Alan Goldman for winning the Marie Dubois Award for Excellence in Quasicrystal Research.

Costas M. Soukoulis, Ames Laboratory senior scientist and Iowa State University Frances M. Craig Endowed Chair and Distinguished Professor, has been named as a 2018 National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Fellow.

Recent research of Ames Lab Scientist and ISU Professor Rana Biswas together with colleagues from Engineering Departments on nanostructures  has been featured in this month's Physics Today - May 2018 - volume 5, 

Scientists at Ames Laboratory have discovered a state of magnetism that may be the missing link to understanding the relationship between magnetism and unconventional superconductivity.

The catchphrase "Bazinga!" - a zinger commonly uttered by Dr. Sheldon Cooper, a fictional theoretical physicist on the famous TV show "The Big Bang Theory" - has inspired the creation of a novel ternary compound BaZnGa by Paul C.

Jigang Wang, Zhe Fei, Paul C. Canfield and Costas Soukoulis are working to build a powerful instrument capable of exploring and tuning materials in ways that could help solve the world’s energy, information processing and data storage needs.