Adam Kaufman

1 month ago | link.aps.org | Ting-Wei Hsu |Daniel Slichter |Adam Kaufman |Zhenpu Zhang

We present an optical tweezer array of   atoms housed in an cryogenic environment that successfully combines a 4-K cryopumping surface, a <50-K cold box surrounding the atoms, and a room-temperature high-numerical-aperture objective lens. We demonstrate a 3000-s atom-trap lifetime, which enables us to optimize and measure losses at the level that arise during imaging and cooling, which are important to array rearrangement.

1 month ago | lesswrong.com | Katja Grace |Adam Kaufman |Knight Lee |Logan Riggs

I'm very skeptical that a one-year pause would meaningfully reduce this 4% risk. This skepticism arises partly because I doubt much productive safety research would actually happen during such a pause. In my view, effective safety research depends heavily on an active feedback loop between technological development and broader real-world applications and integration, and pausing the technology would essentially interrupt this feedback loop.

1 month ago | now.fordham.edu | Adam Kaufman

Teresa Baker, a 2008 graduate of Fordham’s visual arts program, has been named a 2025 Guggenheim Fellow—one of 198 artists and scholars to receive the prestigious fellowship this year, which marks the award’s 100th anniversary. “Receiving the Guggenheim is an incredible affirmation of support and belief in my practice, and a reminder of the importance of process, which pushes the work forward,” Baker said.

1 month ago | now.fordham.edu | Adam Kaufman

Dick Barnett, a two-time NBA champion with the legendary New York Knicks teams of the 1970s and, later, a passionate educator who earned a doctorate from Fordham, died on April 27 in Largo, Florida. He was 88. Barnett was born in Gary, Indiana, and attended Tennessee Agricultural & Industrial State University (now Tennessee State), where he led the school’s basketball team to three consecutive National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics championships, from 1957 to 1959.

2 months ago | now.fordham.edu | Adam Kaufman

Determination. Focus. Flexibility. These traits not only drive New York City Ballet dancers to the top of their profession but also help them thrive as students at Fordham, where many gain the education to launch a fulfilling second career when they retire from the stage. Just ask Jonathan Stafford, the company’s artistic director.