August 2020 News

In this stationary image, viewers should see the circles rotating in different directions. The effect is particularly pronounced when the viewer’s eyes move or blink. (Illusion credit to A. Kitaoka; illustrated by R. Tanaka)
August 25, 2020
Optical illusions explained in a fly’s eyes Why people perceive motion in some static images has mystified not only those who view these optical illusions but neuroscientists...
August 21, 2020
On August 14, 2020, Scott Jensen successfully defended his thesis , “Lattice Auxiliary-Field Quantum Monte Carlo Studies of the Unitary Fermi Gas” (Advisor Yoram Alhassid)....
August 19, 2020
On August 17, 2020, Shany Danieli successfully defended her thesis, “Clues to the Nature of Dark Matter from Low-Mass Galaxies Outside the Local Group” (Advisor Pieter van...
August 17, 2020
Shelly Lesher, professor of physics at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, who was a Yale Presidential Fellow in residence at Wright Lab for the 2019-20 academic year, has...
(Illustration by Michael S. Helfenbein)
August 17, 2020
Michel Devoret research in Yale News (August 12, 2020), “Yale quantum researchers create an error-correcting cat”. Yale physicists have developed an error-correcting cat — a...