![The newly installed dilution refrigerator in the physics and astronomy department being worked on by Joshua Island, Justin Alvarez, and Nicholas Pereira](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/media/image/2024-08/D75668_008%20Dilution%20Refrigerator%20%281%29.jpg?itok=4T-JnlLc)
Aug. 14, 2024
Researchers in the College of Sciences received a $621,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to purchase and install a new dilution refrigerator. The refridgerator, which can experiment with materials and devices such as quantum particles and millimeter-sized superconductors, is expected to lead to advancements in quantum computing, medicine, logistics, manufacturing, finance and more.