{"id":108276,"date":"2024-12-12T15:28:58","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T20:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;eventDate=2025-12-18#038;eventDate=2025-05-15#038;p=105434"},"modified":"2025-11-12T16:27:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T21:27:20","slug":"science-cafe-quantum-tunneling-on-a-macroscopic-scale","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/event\/science-cafe-quantum-tunneling-on-a-macroscopic-scale\/","title":{"rendered":"Science Caf\u00e9: Quantum Tunneling on a Macroscopic Scale"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_114964\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-114964\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-114964 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Weijian-Chen-e1755268088852-1-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"headshot of Professor Weijian Chen\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Weijian-Chen-e1755268088852-1-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Weijian-Chen-e1755268088852-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Weijian-Chen-e1755268088852-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Weijian-Chen-e1755268088852-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Weijian-Chen-e1755268088852-1.jpg 1537w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-114964\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NC State University<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Join us in person or <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/live\/mQoznQRuwOs?feature=share\">watch the livestream on YouTube<\/a>.<\/h3>\n<p>Every year, the Department of Physics at North Carolina State University joins us to talk about the winning science behind the Nobel Prize in Physics. This year\u2019s Nobel Prize in Physics honors groundbreaking research that demonstrated that bizarre properties of the quantum world could be made large.<\/p>\n<p>Join Dr. Weijian Chen and Dr. Xiang Li to explore the scientific journey that led to the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunneling and energy quantization in an electric circuit, an achievement honored by the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics. These discoveries provide opportunities for developing new generations of quantum technology, including quantum cryptography, quantum computers, and quantum sensors.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. Weijian Chen is an Assistant Professor of Physics at NC State University. His research group uses superconducting circuits and qubits to explore quantum physics and quantum information science applications. Dr. Xiang Li is a Postdoctoral Research Scholar from Chen\u2019s lab and an expert in cold atom experiments.<\/p>\n<p>Grab a bite from the Daily Planet Caf\u00e9 and join host Chris Smith for our monthly Science Caf\u00e9. Gather with other curious minds at this after-hours event for an informal presentation and conversation about current science topics with guest experts. 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Every year, the Department of Physics at North Carolina State University joins us to talk about the winning science behind the Nobel Prize in Physics. This year\u2019s Nobel Prize in Physics honors groundbreaking research that demonstrated that bizarre properties of the quantum world could be&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/event\/science-cafe-quantum-tunneling-on-a-macroscopic-scale\/\">Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[3,13,14,15,26,47],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/108276"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108276"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/108276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":114965,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/108276\/revisions\/114965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108276"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=108276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}