News in 2024
Nordita’s Day of Open Doors welcomed 35 Master’s students for a day of research presentations, fika mingle, and tours of the institute.
This year’s Nobel Prize in Physics recognizes groundbreaking work on artificial neural networks and their capacity for emergent behavior across complex systems.
Nordita has partnered with the Novo Nordisk Foundation Quantum Computing Programme (NQCP) to develop materials for next-gen quantum technologies.
A team from Nordita recently visited the Tsung Dao Lee Institute (TDLI) in Shanghai to strengthen their ongoing collaboration. The visit included meetings with local researchers, seminars, and tours of key facilities. A highlight was the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding, setting the stage for future joint research initiatives.
Nordita's collaborations with KTH and WACQT are driving advancements in quantum research. In this interview, Assistant Professor Vaishali Adya discusses her work in gravitational wave research and quantum optics, and highlights the dynamic synergy between WACQT, WINQ, and Nordita.
Nordita researchers Beatriz Villarroel and Ralf Eichhorn have been awarded Vetenskapsrådet grants to support their research.
Join ScientiFika at Nordita, where students and junior researchers gather for Swedish fika, engaging talks, and cross-disciplinary connections. Every Friday afternoon, ScientiFika welcomes attendees to broaden their knowledge, exchange ideas, and gain peer support. From cosmology to medieval studies, each session highlights diverse topics presented in an open and welcoming atmosphere.
Sofia Qvarfort is Nordita’s new WINQ Assistant Professor, specializing in quantum systems with nonlinear dynamics for state preparation and quantum sensing. She completed her PhD at University College London and brings experience from fellowships at Imperial College and Stockholm University.
Sreenath Manikandan is a researcher in Professor Frank Wilczek's group at Nordita. "My research is mainly about Q-ball which is a hypothetical form of matter in theoretical physics.
Each year Nordita celebrates the day of the institute with a mix of social and academic activities. Traditionally the day starts out with a group activity in the morning, followed by an afternoon of scientific talks, and ends with a social dinner where family is also invited.
Gravitons, the quantum particles of gravity, were thought to be impossible to observe. Scientists have now worked out how they can be detected by using quantum sensing technology.
This year's summer school runs from 9 to 22 June at Högberga konferensgård on Lidingö outside Stockholm. It is a summer school organized for PhD students and postdocs, both theoretical and experimental, in all aspects of quantum limits.
On August 19th, a one-day meeting took place at Nordita and KTH, where the newly recruited young faculty from the WINQ and WACQT initiatives presented themselves and their research to one another as well as to the general research community.
As of 1 January 2024, Nordita has a new director. Professor Mikael Fogelström has taken over this role from previous director Professor Niels Obers. With his extensive experience in the field of physics, Professor Fogelström is expected to bring a fresh perspective to Nordita.
Frank Wilczek was interested in mathematics and big numbers even as a child. His father was an electrical technician who fixed broken radios and tvs. Frank was inspired and liked to take apart and put together things to see how they worked.
Researchers at Stockholm University, at the Nordita and at the Ca’Foscari University of Venice have succeeded in demonstrating for the very first time how laser light can induce quantum behavior at room temperature – and make non-magnetic materials magnetic.
