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Research News
Researchers Develop First Fabric to Automatically Cool or Insulate Depending on Conditions
Physics Professor Min Ouyang and Biochemistry Professor YuHuang Wang have created a fabric that dynamically regulates heat passing through it. Despite decades of innovation in fabrics with high-tech thermal properties that keep marathon runners cool or alpine hikers warm, there has never been a… Read More -
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Glass Fibers and Light Offer New Control Over Atomic Fluorescence
Electrons inside an atom whip around the nucleus like satellites around the Earth, occupying orbits determined by quantum physics. Light can boost an electron to a different, more energetic orbit, but that high doesn’t last forever. At some point the excited electron will relax… Read More -
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Cold Atoms Offer a Glimpse of Flat Physics
In a pair of papers published this week in Physical Review Letters, Physics researcher and JQI Fellow Alexey Gorshkov, along with several collaborators, proposed new ways of studying flat physics. Read More -
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Researchers Measure Casimir Torque for the First Time
Physics researchers and members of the Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics worked with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering to measure for the first time an effect that was predicted more than 40 years ago, called the Casimir torque. Read More -
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Four New Gravitational Wave Events Detected from Black Hole Mergers
The Virgo Collaboration and the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, which includes UMD Physics Professors Peter Shawhan and Alessandra Buonanno, announced the detection of four new gravitational wave events from black hole mergers. (Image: LIGO-Virgo/Frank Elavsky/Northwestern) Read More -
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Fast-flowing electrons may mimic astrophysical dynamos
A powerful engine roils deep beneath our feet, converting energy in the Earth’s core into magnetic fields that shield us from the solar wind. Similar engines drive the magnetic activity of the sun, other stars and even other planets—all of which create magnetic fields… Read More -
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Mountaintop Observatory Sees Gamma Rays from Exotic Milky Way Object
The HAWC collaboration has detected highly energetic light coming from the outermost regions of an unusual star system within our own galaxy. The source is microquasar SS 433—a black hole that is gobbling up stuff from a nearby companion star and blasting out two… Read More -
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Modified Superconductor Synapse Reveals Exotic Electron Behavior
Electrons tend to avoid one another as they go about their business carrying current. But certain devices, cooled to near zero temperature, can coax these loner particles out of their shells. In extreme cases, electrons will interact in unusual ways, causing strange quantum entities… Read More -
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Pristine Quantum Light Source Created at the Edge of Silicon Chip
Protected Pathways for Light Offer a way to Streamline Single Photon Production. The smallest amount of light you can have is one photon, so dim that it’s pretty much invisible to humans. While imperceptible, these tiny blips of energy are useful for carrying quantum… Read More
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The University of Maryland chapter of the Society of Physics Students (SPS) has won an Outstanding Chapter Award from the SPS National Office. This is the fifth time the chapter has been recognized for its excellence as a
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On the MD STEM Festival Podcast, Donna Hammer and Oluchi Ofoha discuss the many outreach programs run by the University of Maryland Department of Physics. Listen here.
Department News
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Feb 6, 2019
Norbert M. Linke Joins UMD Physics
Norbert M. Linke has joined the Department of Physics as an assistant professor. He has been a member of the department since 2015, first as a post-doc and then as a research scientist at the Joint Quantum Institute. Working in the group of Chris Monroe,…
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Feb 5, 2019
Daniel Lathrop Comments on Earth's Changing Magnetic Poles in Phys.org Article
Professor Daniel Lathrop commented on the movement of Earth's magnetic poles and an eventually flipping of the poles in an article titled, "Check Your Compass: The Magnetic North Pole is on the Move" on Phys.org this week.
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Jan 28, 2019
Weber Garden Dedication Set for March 12
The Department of Physics and College of Mathematical and Natural Sciences will hold a dedication of the Weber Garden on Tuesday, March 12 at 3 p.m. At 4 p.m., Nobel Laureate Rainer Weiss will give a colloquium in room 1412 of the John. S. Toll Physics Building. …
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Jan 10, 2019
Christopher Monroe Quoted in Gizmodo Article on IBM's New Quantum Computer
Distinguished University Professor & Bice Seci-Zorn Professor Christopher Monroe was quoted in the Gizmodo article, "Why Experts Are Skeptical of IBM's New Commercial Quantum Computer," which explores "Q System One, or as the IBM team described it, “the world’s first fully integrated universal quantum computing system designed…
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