Skip to main content

‘It is critical’: UW physics professors stress importance of federal funding

“There is no prize for second place,” said Greg Keenan of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation. “It is critical that the U.S. win the race for quantum technologies. Fortunately for us, UW-Madison is home to some of the world’s most significant breakthroughs in quantum science.”

University of Wisconsin-Madison students, alumni and professors who came to Washington to lobby for more research funding got schooled on just how important that funding is.

University researchers explained how federally funded work in quantum physics and mechanics led to the invention of GPS, lasers and MRI technology.