The Quantum Mechanics of Chiral Spin Selectivity | Newswise

The Quantum Mechanics of Chiral Spin Selectivity | Newswise

BYLINE: By Jeremy Levy and Andrew Daley Newswise — A new platform for engineering chiral electron pathways offers potential fresh insights into a quantum phenomenon discovered by chemists—and exemplifies how the second quantum revolution is fostering transdisciplinary collaborations that bridge physics, chemistry, and biology to tackle fundamental questions. In the late 1990s, Ron Naaman at…

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Pitt’s Peng Elected to National Academy of Engineering | Newswise

Pitt’s Peng Elected to National Academy of Engineering | Newswise

Newswise — The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) today announced that University of Pittsburgh Professor Fang Peng, an internationally acclaimed power electronics researcher, is among the newest cohort elected to the prestigious academy. The NAE is recognizing Fang for “contributions to the development of high-powered electronic technologies for advanced power grid and energy conversion.” Peng,…

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Does D.E.I. Help or Hurt Jewish Students?

Does D.E.I. Help or Hurt Jewish Students?

After anti-Israel protests over the war in Gaza upended college campuses last year, many universities set up task forces to examine whether antisemitism was on the rise. The answer was yes. But one of the factors they identified was perhaps surprising: diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Reports from Stanford University, Columbia University and the University…

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