Somebody ran an experimental protocol I proposed during my PhD! This was the first major protocol I came up with (with some help), and it led to several more, some already experimentally implemented. Lesson to students: theory dreams can come true! 😁 #OTOC arxiv.org/abs/2512.226...

Welcome to faculty-interview season! Here's my advice about surviving and thriving. Feel free to share with postdocs and students on the market this year. quantumfrontiers.com/2026/01/04/n...

Mini-reunion of two former ITAMP Fellows. Getting together with ITAMP alumni feels a bit like getting together with cousins/uncles/aunts. :)

One of my first encounters with closed timelike curves (CTCs) took place when I read The Eyre Affair as a teen. I didn't expect to become a physicist who co-writes papers about simulating CTCs to improve quantum metrology. quantumfrontiers.com/2025/12/14/m... @jasperfforde.bsky.social

Thanks to Physics Today @physicstoday.bsky.social for hosting my webinar “Useful autonomous quantum machines” in its Editor’s Series! You can watch the video by registering at event.on24.com/wcc/r/513304....

Even before his distinguished lecture, Steven Strogatz @stevenstrogatz.com was mobbed by fans. Anyone seeking insight into the nature of synchronization, why it matters, and what we have yet to uncover, check out Steven's research program. (The line only grew after the lecture!)

At the end of every Nov., I tell my research group that our next meeting is the most important one of the year. That’s when we sign holiday/thank-you cards for our administrative staff. They help keep science chugging along. (Of course the cards have a Victorian aesthetic.)

“I always consider myself a youngster.” Perhaps that's why Jun Ye stays so energetic and creative. @JQI Seminar

Quantum Steampunk has been translated into Greek! And a 20% discount is apparently available. katoptro.gr/index.php?op...

Today marks (at least roughly) the 404th Thanksgiving...and my 150th post for Quantum Frontiers! Only 254 to go to catch up, right? quantumfrontiers.com/2025/11/26/w...

The inimitable Bob Coecke. (I feel like there isn't much more one can say about this photo.) @coecke.bsky.social @Oxford Quantum Centenary Conference

Philosopher of physics David Wallace courts controversy at the Oxford Quantum Centenary Conference.

Lucien Hardy: “It’s useful to be married, because your spouse will tell you things that other people won’t.” For example: “Maybe time isn’t asymmetric.” @Oxford Quantum Centenary Conference

Matt Leifer at the Oxford Quantum Centennial: Not only are we celebrating the 100th anniversary of quantum theory, but Matt is also celebrating the 25th anniversary of his PhD. So he's "25 years more confused."

Pub night with some physicists after my public lecture at Oxford. Thanks to @oxfordphysics.bsky.social, the Oxford Quantum Information Society, and the Oxford Physics Society for hosting!

Thanks to Natalia Ares and postdoc Federico Fedele for the tour of her lab in Oxford engineering!

At the Oxford University Museum of Natural History @morethanadodo.bsky.social in 2013 and in 2025. No, my wearing the same scarf both times was coincidental.

Toward autonomous quantum computation. (If you're an experimentalist who'd like to try out any of these proposals, let me know!) arxiv.org/abs/2510.07372 @umdscience.bsky.social

Please don't tell that joke about being pulled over by a cop for speeding and protesting that you didn't know how quickly you were driving because you knew where you were.

Want a primer on recent developments in quantum complexity? Physics Reports has just published our multidisciplinary review! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Don't worry. We're all physicists here. 👇Amit Te'eni presenting about mutually unbiased bases @oxfordphysics.bsky.social.

What’s working with an artist, as opposed to a physicist, like? Thanks to Hamish Johnston for interviewing steampunk artist Bruce Rosenbaum and me on the Physics World podcast. @physicsworld.bsky.social @ioppublishing.bsky.social physicsworld.com/a/quantum-st...

If you’re a student at the University of Maryland, you can (or will soon be able to) sign up for the quantum-steampunk creative-writing course offered during spring 2026. Seats are limited, so reserve yours ASAP!

What happens when you blend the art of steampunk with the science of quantum physics? Find out in this podcast with Nicole Yunger Halpern and Bruce Rosenbaum. 🧪⚛️ ow.ly/sjrR50Xkgxg

The Quantum-Steampunk Laboratory goes out for a group lunch at Bagels ’n Grinds. Verdict: the everything bagels are worth trying. @umdscience.bsky.social

Toured the beautiful Brin Mathematics Research Center at the University of Maryland for the first time today. Its structure deftly reflects an important priority of mathematicians'.

Author Philip Pullman published a long-awaited sequel last week. Less excitingly to most people—but, I’d argue, as excitingly for physics enthusiasts!—the Maryland Quantum-Thermodynamics Hub embarked on the sequel to its first 3 years around the same time. quantumfrontiers.com/2025/10/26/t...

Matthias Christandl: Want to build a quantum network, perform a distributed quantum computation, communicate quantum information, etc.? Don’t forget to extend fault tolerance to quantum inputs and outputs. @QuICS @christandl.bsky.social

Approximately as thrilling as the Nobel Prize for superconductor physics. #publicationday

2025 UMD Quantum postdoc job thread. We start with the Quantum Optics Fellowship, intended for AMO and QI. Anyone who would have applied for the JQI Fellowship should apply to this one. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/fellowsh...

As it turns out, a sphere does model a cow remarkably accurately.

Our measuring devices report on quantities different from the quantities we actually want to learn about. Mapping the reported-on quantities to the desired quantities requires “cool physics.” –Amir Yacoby presenting the UMD physics colloquium

Happy physics Nobel Prize to all my superconducting-qubit friends!

About a decade ago, I was presenting about majorization at the University of Maryland as a PhD student. Now, a PhD student of mine is. arxiv.org/abs/2507.22986 @umdscience.bsky.social

Grateful to belong to this cohort. When the QuICS Fellows hold a retreat, one can expect ideas mentioned there to reverberate across the globe over the next few years… @umdscience.bsky.social

Most quantum information scientists detest the noise that erodes the performance of quantum computers. QuICS postdoctoral fellow Yuxin Wang sees the glass as half-full: noise is a fascinating subject to study. From this week's JQI Seminar.

The world needs more of the creativity, humor, and warmth of Diana Wynne Jones’s novels. quantumfrontiers.com/2025/09/21/b...

I had fun speaking today at the Quantum World Congress panel on Demystifying Quantum: How to Communicate Cutting Edge Science to Diverse Audiences. Alongside the fantastic moderator @csrday.bsky.social and esteemed panelists @nicoleyh11.bsky.social and Ben Stein #QWC2025

Until today, I've managed to stick to scientific quantum conferences. Seeing so many suits at a quantum gathering is bizarre. #qwc2025

Summer REU students investigating Captain Okoli's Magnificent Steampunk Quantum Engine. (Mine's the one in the back, on the right.) @umdscience.bsky.social

David Gross (at an excellent QuICS Seminar): “I don’t know if you’ve realized it, but there’s quite a lot of hype about quantum computation.”

How many miles to Babylon? You'll get there sometime after ten...

Feynman was an impressive thinker. Just, I'm saddened by how many people let the one-liner "Nobody understands quantum mechanics" limit their, and humanity's, horizons. @conorfeehly.bsky.social

Useful advice from @nicoleyh11.bsky.social. quantumfrontiers.com/2025/08/10/n...

Applying for a postdoc or faculty position this fall? This blog post relates my advice about how to write a research statement. quantumfrontiers.com/2025/08/10/n...

The term "quantum steampunk" is appearing in the wild. 😄 @physicsworld.bsky.social physicsworld.com/a/quantum-th...

"...leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay." ...but at least Quantum Steampunk has made it to a second printing. 🌞 @JHUPress

"I can hear his French-Canadian accent in my memory, but not without hearing him smile at the ends of most sentences." A blog post for Ray Laflamme. @quantumiqc.bsky.social @perimeterinstitute.ca @majidy.bsky.social quantumfrontiers.com/2025/07/27/l...

Loads of research groups across the world have been studying the Mpemba effect, according to which ice cream freezes more quickly if the mixture begins hot than if it begins cold. But how many groups have a student who *makes* ice cream? 🍦😋🍧

With local applied physicist @uffizi