Saluting an ‘amazing’ year in quantum science — and how we got there

In a recent public lecture, Yale’s Robert Schoelkopf outlined the decades of research that preceded a Yale colleague’s recent Nobel Prize — and a remarkable year in quantum science.

Taking quantum circuits from a vague academic notion to the factory floor in just over 40 years might sound daunting — even impossible. But as Yale physicist Robert Schoelkopf explains, it all came down to small groups of researchers with a willingness to learn and the patience to keep “pulling on strings.”

“We’ve had an incredible time exploring this playground,” Schoelkopf, a Sterling Professor of Applied Physics in the Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science, told a standing-room-only Sloane Physics Lab audience during a lecture on the groundbreaking research that culminated in the 2025 Nobel Prize in physics.

“It’s been kind of an amazing year, hasn’t it?” he added.

Full article here, YaleNews.