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Radioactive Material Detected Remotely Using Laser-induced Electron Avalanche Breakdown
New method developed by UMD researchers could be scaled up to improve security at ports of entry Physicists at the University of Maryland have developed a powerful new method to detect radioactive material. By using an infrared laser beam to induce a phenomenon known… Read More -
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Ion experiment aces quantum scrambling test
Researchers at the Joint Quantum Institute have implemented an experimental test for quantum scrambling, a chaotic shuffling of the information stored among a collection of quantum particles. Their experiments on a group of seven atomic ions, reported in the March 7 issue of… Read More -
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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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Maryland Day 2019 was a huge success!
Check out photos from the big day here. See you next year!
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Fangli Liu (left) and Daniel Campbell (right) are Wylie Fellows
Physics Ph.D. candidates Daniel Campbell and Fangli Liu have both recieved the Ann G. Wylie Semester Dissertation Fellowship. The Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship is a full-time fellowship that provides support to University of Maryland doctoral candidates who are in the
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May 10, 2019
Professors Chris Monroe and Jake Taylor Describe the National Quantum Initiative in Science Magazine
UMD physics professors Christopher Monroe and Jake Taylor, together with Michael Raymer of the University of Oregon, published an article on the National Quantum Initiative (NQI) in the May 3 issue of Science. The NQI Act, which was signed into law on December 21, 2018,…
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May 9, 2019
Three Physics Undergraduates Named 2019 Goldwater Scholars
Three University of Maryland physics undergraduates have been awarded scholarships by the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation, which encourages students to pursue advanced study and research careers in the sciences, engineering and mathematics. Over the last decade, UMD’s nominations yielded 33 scholarships—the most…
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Apr 18, 2019
UMD Physics Team Receives Invention of the Year Award at Innovate Maryland 2019
From quantum computing and augmented reality to biomedical advances and innovative new materials, the 2018 Invention of the Year award winners spanned the range of research and entrepreneurship at Maryland. Winners in four categories and one overall winner were announced Thursday at the Hotel at…
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Apr 8, 2019
Irving and Renee Milchberg Endowed Lecture Premiered April 16
On April 16, the UMD Department of Physics and College of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences held the first Irving and Renee Milchberg Endowed Lecture. Professor Howard Milchberg, his wife Rena, and their three children established this lecture series in honor of Howard's parents. It aims to highlight the…
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