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Scientific Glass Blowing Allows Researchers to Customize Tools of the Trade

When you’re working with liquid helium at temperatures hovering around 1.38 degrees Kelvin, you can’t simply order the necessary supplies – you have to make them.
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Pittsburgh Federal Statistical Regional Data Center

How federal confidential data contribute to the 'public good'

Read the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette story about our Pittsburgh Federal Statistical Regional Data Center!
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Pitt Celebrates Opening of Federal Statistical Research Data Center on Campus

In collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University, Pitt has opened the Pittsburgh Federal Statistical Research Data Center (FSRDC), a flagship federal program overseen by the U.S. Census Bureau, in the Cathedral of Learning.
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Specialized Datasets Drive New Discoveries

After nearly eight years of coalition building, Pitt is opening a new Federal Statistical Research Data Center (FSRDC)—a secure data facility managed in partnership with Carnegie Mellon University and the U.S. Census Bureau.
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NMR Spectroscopy Lab

Welcome June Spiegel!

Please join us in welcoming June Spiegel as our new NMR Assistant. 
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NMR Spectroscopy Lab

NMR Spectroscopy Yields Exciting Research in Chemistry

When Dennis Curran has a problem, he knows where to turn for help in locating the solution: Damodaran Krishnan, director of the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) facility.

Curran, Distinguished Service Professor and Bayer Professor of Chemistry, has collaborated with Krishnan and his group several times since Krishnan assumed the director’s role 11 years ago. Curran credits the excellence of Krishnan’s work – in conjunction with the caliber of the instruments offered in the facility – with advancing his research on several projects.

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Western Pa. is set to 'level up' its quantum capabilities with an $11.6 million investment from Pitt

Quantum physics can sometimes seem almost metaphysical, but even the field that introduced spooky action at a distance is grounded in the tangible world of computers, networks and sensors.

To usher in the next era of quantum technology, researchers need specialized, made-to-spec equipment that can crunch data faster and bring the field farther.