The Harvard Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology has wrapped up its second annual High School Lab Skills summer intern program, providing an immersive learning experience for a group of local high school students to experience the world of cutting-edge research. The department celebrated the success of the program with a breakfast event on August 17 that highlighted and honored commitment of all its participants.

For six weeks, a cohort of talented and motivated Brighton-llston High...

On June 1st, CCB kicked off the second annual High School Lab Skills Summer Research Program with “Match Day” at the Harvard Ed Portal in Allston. The afternoon highlighted the work of the six Brighton-Allston High School students enrolled in the program and provided an opportunity for CCB program staff, graduate and postdoc mentors, Ed portal staff and Brighton-Allston high school science teachers to meet and celebrate the work of this program. The high school students were handed a letter which contained their highly anticipated summer lab placement assignments. Once the matches were...

Kang-Kuen Ni, professor of chemistry and chemical biology and of physics, has been named among the first cohort Moore Experimental Physics Investigators. Each of these investigators is pushing the boundaries of what is known and what is possible.

“The breadth and scientific audacity of experiments proposed by these individuals is stunning and inspiring,” said Theodore Hodapp, program director in the Experimental Physics Investigators Initiative. “Stunning as well, is the creativity and capabilities of these scientists.”

Ni’s research will focus on correlated atoms...

Kang-Kuen Ni, Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, has received the 2023 New Horizons in Physics Prize from the Breakthrough Prize Foundation. The New Horizons prizes are awarded to early-career scientists who have made significant contribution to the fields of Fundamental Physics, Life Science, and Mathematics. The Breakthrough Prizes were founded by sponsors Sergey Brin, Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg, Yuri and Julia Milner, and Anne Wojcicki.

“Congratulations to all of the Breakthrough Prize winners, whose incredible discoveries will pave the way for scientific...

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Static, long-lasting molecules are key to molecule-based quantum simulation and information processing

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Energy Department creates 5 science research centers in field, 3 with Harvard groups

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By manipulating ultracold molecules mid-chemical reaction, researchers crack a molecular disappearing act

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For faculty pursuing innovative and high-impact research

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Kang-Kuen Ni and Daniel Nocera will lead cross-institution teams to develop novel technologies like quantum computers and next-generation diving suits... Read more about Two CCB faculty earn competitive MURI awards

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With ultracold chemistry, researchers get a first look at exactly what happens during a chemical reaction... Read more about The coldest reaction

In a first, optical tweezers give Harvard scientists the control to capture ultracold molecules... Read more about Tiny tweezers

The ultra-cold molecule pioneer is crowned the Morris Kahn Associate Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and of Physics... Read more about Kang-Kuen Ni earns a new title

The Prize serves to recognize and encourage outstanding research in Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics... Read more about Kang-Kuen Ni awarded the I. I. Rabi Prize