What better way to ring in the new year than to read about electronic structure theory! Check out Yinan’s new paper in JCP on a novel multireference electronic structure approach for excited states: the CISNO-CASCI method. CISNO-CASCI is more computationally efficient than traditional state averaged (SA-) CASSCF, and unlike SA-CASSCF it provides size intensive vertical excitation energies, making it well suited for nanoscale systems composed of multiple excitable subsystems. Enjoy!