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May 13, 2026
Pitt Launches WP-QIC
The University of Pittsburgh has officially opened the Western Pennsylvania Quantum Information Core (WP‑QIC), a quantum research lab that brings advanced equipment and shared resources to researchers across Western Pennsylvania.
May 13, 2026
Senate Advances Quantum Initiative Reauthorization
The Senate Commerce Committee has unanimously approved the reauthorization of the National Quantum Initiative Act, and it will now proceed to the Senate floor.
May 13, 2026
World Economic Forum Report: Unlocking Quantum Opportunities for the Energy Transition
The World Economic Forum has released its whitepaper, Quantum for Energy and Utilities: Key Opportunities for Energy Transition, developed with Aramco, exploring how quantum technologies can help tackle growing pressures on energy systems.
April 21, 2026
Petek’s Team Observes Nonadiabatic Tunneling in Optically Dressed Surface Bands
Dr. Hrvoje Petek and collaborators published a study demonstrating how intense, precisely controlled light fields can modify the electronic structure of a copper surface on attosecond timescales.
April 1, 2026
PQI 2026 Best Poster Awards
Congratulations to our PQI 2026 Best Poster Award winners Anoosha Fayyaz, Sayanwita Biswas, and Daniel Vaz!
March 10, 2026
Pitt Engineers Develop Transparent, Flexible EMI Shielding
Engineers at the University of Pittsburgh, led by Mostafa Bedewy and first author Mirza Sahaluddin, created transparent, flexible electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding using a laser-based kirigami technique to pattern graphene into polymer films.
March 2, 2026
Paul Ohodnicki Chosen to Head Pitt's Energy Initiative
Paul Ohodnicki, an associate professor at Pitt’s Swanson School of Engineering, has been selected to lead the university’s Center for Energy, following Heng Ban.
February 17, 2026
Wei Xiong and Albert To Win DARPA Award
Wei Xiong and Albert To have received a $400,000 DARPA award to develop advanced interlocking interfaces that more effectively connect dissimilar materials such as titanium and nickel.
February 17, 2026
Sergey Frolov Advocates for Transparency and Reproducibility in Physics
Physicist Sergey Frolov is confronting the replication crisis in condensed matter physics by promoting rigorous data preservation, transparency, and reproducibility.
February 4, 2026
Lillian Chong Receives UCSF Graduate and Postdoc Alum of the Year Award
Lillian Chong, a professor of chemistry at the University of Pittsburgh, has been named the University of California, San Francisco’s Graduate and Postdoc Alum of the Year
January 25, 2026
Senate Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Strengthen National Quantum Initiative
Senators Todd Young and Maria Cantwell unveiled bipartisan legislation to reauthorize and expand the National Quantum Initiative, an effort built on advocacy from Robert Cunningham and David Hickton, who publicly urged Congress in 2023 to strengthen the initiative through op-eds in support of its passage.
January 25, 2026
Nathan Youngblood Recognized for Breakthroughs in Optical Computing
University of Pittsburgh professor Nathan Youngblood received the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award for his pioneering work in optical computing, which uses light to process data more efficiently than traditional electronics.
January 25, 2026
Safer, High-Density Stainless Steel Neural Probes Transform Brain Research
Carnegie Mellon researcher Maysam Chamanzar and his team developed the first microfabricated stainless steel neural probe, providing a safer and more durable alternative to brittle silicon probes.
January 25, 2026
Pitt Researchers Put Quantum Computing to the Test for Engineering Simulations
Researchers Juan José Mendoza Arenas, Peyman Givi, and Hirad Alipanah of the University of Pittsburgh led a study testing whether quantum computers can solve complex engineering problems governed by the advection-diffusion equation.
January 7, 2026