2024 Gold Medal Award

The team is honored for the design and manufacture of the sensors for Simons Observatory, the world’s most advanced instrument to study the cosmic microwave background. Their seven-year effort culminated in 2023 with the delivery of nearly 70,000 superconducting microwave sensors. Cooled to temperatures near absolute zero, these devices will measure the oldest light in the universe with unsurpassed sensitivity.  The team’s work will provide the clearest picture to date of the early universe, its evolution over cosmic time, and its composition, including both dark matter and dark energy.