U of I joins U of C quantum research partnership

Crain's Chicago Business (Oct. 30) The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is teaming up with the University of Chicago, Argonne National Laboratory and Fermilab on quantum physics. U of I, which has its own quantum research effort underway in Urbana-Champaign, is joining U of C’s Chicago Quantum Exchange, which also includes the two national labs. The partnership announced today by U of C and  U of I would bring together a nucleus of more than 100 scientists and engineers at a time when science is starting to attract money and attention. A potential pool of $1.3 billion in federal research funding looks good to cash-starved research universities. Also: Chicago Tribune (Oct. 30), Chicago Sun-Times (Oct. 30), News-Gazette (Oct. 31), Bellingham Herald (Nov. 4)