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2D hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites
Researchers, working with a subset of 2D hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites -- thin films consisting of alternating organic and inorganic layers in a highly ordered crystalline structure, as shown here – engineered materials that are both stiff and capable of insulating against heat. This extremely unusual combination of properties holds promise for a range of applications.

Credit: Jun Liu, North Carolina State University
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LIGO's vacuum chamber when quantum-squeezing technology is operational and pumped with green laser light.
LIGO's vacuum chamber when quantum-squeezing technology is operational and pumped with green laser light.

Credit: Georgia Mansell/LIGO Hanford Observatory
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Ion implantation using a tandem accelerator on bulk material
Ion implantation using a tandem accelerator on bulk material. Selected ion species are injected towards the terminal, and ions with specific energies are directed towards the sample.

Credit: Ella Maru Studio
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3D-printed SMILES materials containing fluorescent dyes
3D-printed SMILES materials containing fluorescent dyes emit a luminescent glow under ultraviolet light. Also known as small-molecule, ionic isolation lattices,

Credit: James Brosher, Indiana University
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A rendering showing a robot being 'built' layer-by-layer using a new 3D inkjet printing system.
A rendering showing a robot being 'built' layer-by-layer using a new 3D inkjet printing system.

Credit: Moritz Hocher
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A research assistant adjusts OptiDot, a 3D-printed optical device.
A research assistant adjusts OptiDot, a 3D-printed optical device.

Credit: University of Rochester photo / J. Adam Fenster
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In darkness, thumbs hold two small spherical and one small cube objects that light up in vivid yellow, red, and green.
3D photoelastic particles lighted up and change color under external loads.

Credit: Courtesy of the MIT researchers
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designed microchip from the lab
A recently designed microchip from the lab of UW ECE Professor Chris Rudell.

Credit: Ryan Hoover, Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Washington
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microchip
A designed microchip from the lab of UW ECE Professor Chris Rudell.

Credit: Ryan Hoover, Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Washington
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microchip
A designed microchip from the lab of UW ECE Professor Chris Rudell.

Credit: Ryan Hoover, Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Washington
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NSF's supercomputers

NSF supercomputers
NSF’s Frontera supercomputer is one of the world’s most powerful, able to compute in one second what would take an average human more than a billion years.

Credit: TACC
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Super computers lit up.
Super computers lit up.

Credit: Chris Coleman, School of Computing, University of Utah
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up-close view of a microchip
A designed microchip from the lab of UW ECE Professor Chris Rudell.

Credit: Ryan Hoover, Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Washington
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designed microchip
A designed microchip from the lab of UW ECE Professor Chris Rudell.

Credit: Ryan Hoover, Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Washington
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microchip
A designed microchip from the lab of UW ECE Professor Chris Rudell.

Credit: Ryan Hoover, Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Washington
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illustration of electrons moving around with abstract colors
Physicists discovered that isolating five ultrathin flakes of graphite, stacked in a specific order, allows the electrons moving around inside the material to talk with each other, a process known as electron correlation (pictured here). The resulting material can then be tuned to exhibit important properties, from superconductivity to magnetism

Credit: Sampson Wilcox, MIT Research Lab
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Ayar Labs TeraPHY™ optical I/O chiplet wafer.
Ayar Labs TeraPHY™ optical I/O chiplet wafer.

Credit: Ayar Labs
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lighted objects
Laser setup for cooling, controlling, entangling individual molecules

Credit: Richard Soden, Department of Physics, Princeton University
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Image of robotic snake moving in sand.
Carnegie Mellon University researchers who develop snake-like robots have analyzed the motions of sidewinder rattlesnakes and showed how their complex motion can be described in terms of vertical and horizontal body waves.

Credit: College of Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
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In this illustration, an object called a trefoil knot hovers amidst superconducting qubit chips.
In this illustration, an object called a trefoil knot hovers amidst superconducting qubit chips.

Credit: P. Roushan\Martinis lab\UC Santa Barbara
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Beetle wearing a tiny camera on its back.
A pinacate beetle wears a tiny wireless, steerable camera developed by researchers at the University of Washington.

Credit: Mark Stone/University of Washington
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In this illustration, a sheet of paper shows sketches of one of these surfaces, called Kuen's surface, and the expression, called a soliton, which describes it.
"Kuen's Surface: A Meditation on Euclid, Lobachevsky and Quantum Fields," by Dick Palais, University of California, Irvine, and digital artist Luc Benard. In this illustration, a sheet of paper shows sketches of one of these surfaces, called Kuen's surface, and the expression, called a soliton, which describes it.

Credit: ©Luc Benard, University of California, Irvine
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