In a new study published in Physical Review Letters, JILA Fellow and University of Colorado Boulder physics professor Cindy Regal, along with former JILA Associate Fellow Jose D’Incao (currently an assistant professor of physics at the University of Massachusetts, Boston) and their teams developed new experimental and theoretical techniques for studying the rates at which light-assisted collisions occur in the presence of small atomic energy splittings.

Professor Fabio Boschini is among the 126 recipients announced today by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in seven fields. Sloan Fellowships support outstanding early-career scientists who demonstrate creativity, ambition, and dedication to advance discovery. These rising stars of research come from American and Canadian schools and are definitely names to watch. Many Sloan Fellows have gone on to become Nobel prize winners.

 

INRS Professor Fabio Boschini has just received a prestigious 2025 Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship in physics for his groundbreaking research on quantum materials. Crédit : INRS (CNW Group/Institut National de la recherche scientifique (INRS))

"I am truly honoured to be the first Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow at INRS," said Professor Fabio Boschini, a researcher specializing in quantum materials at INRS and a 2025 Alfred P. Sloan award recipient. "The Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship is an exciting recognition of my team's hard work. It pushes us to aim even higher, dream even bigger, and step out of our comfort zone to dive into the depths of exploratory research and the unknown."

The designation of 2025 as the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology (IYQ) by the United Nations highlights the growing importance of quantum research, exemplified by the prestigious Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship in Physics awarded to Professor Boschini for his groundbreaking work on quantum materials at INRS.

Researchers have demonstrated a new technique that uses light to tune the optical properties of quantum dots – making the process faster, more energy-efficient and environmentally sustainable – without compromising material quality.

An innovative circuit design could enable miniature devices, such as microdrones and other microrobotics, to be powered for longer periods of time while staying lightweight and compact. Using miniaturized solid-state batteries, the circuit combines high energy density with an ultra lightweight design. 

Researchers at the University of Oxford, together with colleagues at the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) and at several other laboratories, have announced results from a new search at the European X-ray Free Electron Laser (European XFEL) Facility at Hamburg for a hypothetical particle that may make up the dark matter of the Universe. The experiment is described in a study published in Physical Review Letters.