IU and College researchers are leading the charge in the second quantum revolution, harnessing the transformative power of quantum science to redefine technology as we know it. Scholars in physics, computer science, chemistry, and mathematics are breaking new ground in quantum mechanics, and their pioneering work has the potential to revolutionize industries worldwide while unlocking unprecedented possibilities for innovation. By pushing the limits of what’s technologically possible, IU is shaping a future where quantum science changes the very fabric of how we live and work.
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Chemistry’s Georgescu group awarded Dept. Of Energy Early Career Research Program award
The Department of Energy (DoE) has awarded an Early Career Research Program (ECRP) award to the Georgescu group, headed by Alexandru B. Georgescu, assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry... Read more about Chemistry’s Georgescu group awarded Dept. Of Energy Early Career Research Program award
Indiana University senior receives prestigious national space research award
Indiana University senior Bradley Hutchinson ’26 has been named a 2025 Distinguished Undergraduate Award recipient by the Universities Space Research Association (USRA), a prestigious and competi... Read more about Indiana University senior receives prestigious national space research award
Philip Shushkov, Assistant Professor of Chemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University Bloomington, has been named a recipient of two of the nation’s most prestigious early-c... Read more about IU Chemistry professor wins two major Early-Career Awards for groundbreaking quantum information sciences research
GenAI in the classroom: Key considerations
Vivian Halloran thinks so highly of IU’s GenAI in the Classroom Canvas course that she wrote the below feature on it (after she and her co-instructor used it to boldly redesign their Human Dilemm... Read more about GenAI in the classroom: Key considerations
Bright ideas: Chemist’s fluorescent innovation has potential to disrupt health care, tech industries
The world’s brightest fluorescent materials were created by IU’s Amar Flood, and the patented discovery has been licensed to his startup, Halophore.