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Twisted Light Gives Electrons a Spinning Kick
It’s hard to tell when you’re catching some rays at the beach, but light packs a punch. Not only does a beam of light carry energy, it can also carry momentum. This includes linear momentum, which is what makes a speeding train hard to… Read More - Research News
Repurposing Qubit Tech to Explore Exotic Superconductivity
Decades of quantum research are now being transformed into practical technologies, including the superconducting circuits that are being used in physics research and built into small quantum computers by companies like IBM and Google. The established knowledge and technical infrastructure are allowing researchers to harness quantum technologies in… Read More - Research News
New Design Packs Two Qubits into One Superconducting Junction
Quantum computers are potentially revolutionary devices and the basis of a growing industry. However, their technology isn’t standardized yet, and researchers are still studying the physics behind the diverse ways to build these quantum devices. Even the most basic building blocks of a quantum… Read More - Research News
HAWC Finds High-Energy Gamma-Ray Emissions from Microquasar V4641 Sagittarii
A new study in Nature, “Ultra-high-energy gamma-ray bubble around microquasar V4641 Sgr," has revealed a groundbreaking discovery by researchers from the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) observatory: TeV gamma-ray emissions from V4641 Sagittarii (V4641 Sgr), a binary system composed of a black hole and a main sequence… Read More - Research News
Nobel Prize Celebrates Interplay of Physics and AI
On October 8, the Nobel Prize in physics was awarded to John Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton for their foundational discoveries and inventions that have enabled artificial neural networks to be used for machine learning—a widely used form of AI. The award highlights how… Read More - Research News
High Altitude Water Cherenkov Observatory Sheds Light on Origin of Galactic Cosmic Rays
HAWC observes Ultra-High Energy gamma rays confirming Galactic Center as a source of Ultra-High Energy cosmic ray protons in the Milky Way The High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory, located on the slopes of the Sierra Negra volcano in Mexico, has achieved a groundbreaking milestone… Read More - Research News
UMD Physicists Advance NASA’s Mission to ‘Touch the Sun’
Those who say there’s “nothing new under the sun” must not know about NASA’s Parker Solar Probe mission. Since its launch in 2018, this spacecraft has been shedding new light on Earth’s sun—and University of Maryland physicists are behind many of its discoveries.At its… Read More - Research News
How Does Quantum Mechanics Meet Up With Classical Physics?
In physics, there is a deep disparity between the quantum and classical perspective on physical laws. Classical mechanics is used to describe the familiar world around us. This is the physics that you may have been exposed to in high school or early college… Read More - Research News
LZ Experiment Sets New Record in Search for Dark Matter
Figuring out the nature of dark matter, the invisible substance that makes up most of the mass in our universe, is one of the greatest puzzles in physics. New results from the world’s most sensitive dark matter detector, LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ), have narrowed down possibilities… Read More
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Jan 16, 2025 Zohreh Davoudi Awarded Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers Zohreh Davoudi, an associate professor of physics at the University of Maryland and Maryland Center for Fundamental Physics, received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers . The award, which was established in 1996 to recognize young professionals who have demonstrated exceptional potential for… Read More -
Jan 15, 2025 Next Gen Retroreflectors Launch to the Moon On January 15, 2025, a precision prism reflector devised by UMD physicists once again headed to the moon, continuing a tradition begun in 1969, when the Apollo 11 crew positioned still-functioning Lunar Laser Ranging Retroreflectors (LLRR). One of the physicists responsible for the original retroreflectors,… Read More -
Nov 18, 2024 UMD Awarded $2 Million to Build a Quantum Biosensing Test Bed Physics Professor Wolfgang Losert, Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics Professor Kan Cao, Chemistry and Biochemistry Professor John Fourkas, and Electrical and Computer Engineering Associate Professor Cheng Gong were awarded $2 million by the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research to build a test bed to study… Read More -
Oct 15, 2024 Sasha Philippov Awarded 2024 Packard Fellowship Assistant Professor Sasha Philippov has been named one of 20 members of the 2024 class of Packard Fellows for Science and Engineering. Sponsored by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the $875,000, five-year award for early-career researchers provides “flexible funding and the freedom to take… Read More
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