The gift aims to accelerate four high-impact research initiatives at the university: quantum technologies, brain health, fusion energy and national security. A $27 million investment from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) will accelerate four …
Month: August 2026
Lab-to-Market Translation of 2D Semiconductors for Advanced Computing
Wisconsin CHIPS faculty Daniel Rhodes and collaborator Yangchen He are commercializing new materials for advanced computing. With support from the NSF I-Corps program and the Wisconsin MRSEC Advanced Materials Industrial Consortium, Rhodes and He have …
New UW-Madison center accelerates discovery where materials meet their limits
A team of University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers has received nearly $25 million from the U.S. National Science Foundation for an initiative that leverages AI to accelerate discovery and development of “super” materials that can withstand …
UW–Madison and SKKU Team Identifies ‘Zinc Oxide Spin Qubit’ — A Semiconductor-Based Quantum Technology
Insider Brief Researchers from Sungkyunkwan University, the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and the University of Washington identified a molybdenum–oxygen-vacancy defect in zinc oxide that theoretical simulations indicate could serve as a high-performance spin qubit for quantum computing, communications, and …