OU research team creates new molecule

An OU physicist is leading a research team that has created a new molecule, resulting in an article in Science magazine and a possible pathway to quantum computers.

James Shaffer, a professor of atomic, molecular and optical physics, led a team that included Hossein Sadeghpour of Harvard University; Seth Rittenhouse, assistant professor of physics and astronomy at Western Washington University; and OU graduate students Don Booth and Jin Yang.