Ultra-secure online communications, completely indecipherable if intercepted, are one step closer with the help of a recently published discovery by University of Oregon physicist Ben Alemán. Alemán, a member of the UO’s Center for Optical, Molecular, and Quantum Science, has made artificial atoms that work in ambient conditions. The research, published in the journal Nano…

University of Oregon doctoral student Gabe Rudebusch didn’t let the fact that his mentor was off on a Humboldt Foundation-sponsored sabbatical in Germany hold him back. He moved forward with research in Mike Haley’s chemistry lab and built a stable carbon-based molecule that offered properties sought by scientists for a century. The molecule, which is…