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  • Research News

    Mysteriously Mundane Turbulence Revealed in 2D Superfluid

    Despite existing everywhere, the quantum world is a foreign place where many of the rules of daily life don’t apply. Quantum objects jump through solid walls; quantum entanglement connects the fates of particles no matter how far they are separated; and quantum objects may… Read More
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    A New Piece in the Matter–Antimatter Puzzle

    aOn March 24, 2025 at the annual Rencontres de Moriond conference taking place in La Thuile, Italy, the LHCb collaboration at CERN reported a new milestone in our understanding of the subtle yet profound differences between matter and antimatter. In its analysis of large… Read More
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    Researchers Play a Microscopic Game of Darts with Melted Gold

    Sometimes, what seems like a fantastical or improbable chain of events is just another day at the office for a physicist. In a recent experiment by University of Maryland researchers at the Laboratory for Physical Sciences, a scene played out that would be right… Read More
  • Research News

    IceCube Search for Extremely High-energy Neutrinos Contributes to Understanding of Cosmic Rays

    Neutrinos are chargeless, weakly interacting particles that are able to travel undeflected through the cosmos. The IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole searches for the sources of these astrophysical neutrinos in order to understand the origin of high-energy particles called cosmic rays and,… Read More
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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
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    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
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    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
  • 1 Mysteriously Mundane Turbulence Revealed in 2D Superfluid
  • 2 A New Piece in the Matter–Antimatter Puzzle
  • 3 Researchers Play a Microscopic Game of Darts with Melted Gold
  • 4 IceCube Search for Extremely High-energy Neutrinos Contributes to Understanding of Cosmic Rays
  • 5 Twisted Light Gives Electrons a Spinning Kick
  • 6 Repurposing Qubit Tech to Explore Exotic Superconductivity
  • 7 New Design Packs Two Qubits into One Superconducting Junction
  • 8 HAWC Finds High-Energy Gamma-Ray Emissions from Microquasar V4641 Sagittarii
  • 9 Nobel Prize Celebrates Interplay of Physics and AI

Physics is Phun

Department News

  • World Quantum Day "Capital of Quantum" illustration by Valerie Morgan Happy Quantum Day! If that’s a salutation you’re unfamiliar with, this might not be the last time you encounter it. Celebrated every April 14, World Quantum Day seeks to boost understanding and appreciation of quantum science and technology.… Read More
  • Breakthrough Prize Awarded to CERN Experiments On April 5, 2025, the CMS, LHCb, ALICE and ATLAS collaborations at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN were honored with the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics by the Breakthrough Prize Foundation. The prize is awarded to the four collaborations, which unite thousands of researchers from more than 70 countries, and concerns… Read More
  • Moille Awarded Distinguished Research Scientist Prize Associate Research Scientist Grégory Moille has received the Distinguished Research Scientist Prize from the College of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences at the University of Maryland. The award comes with a $5,000 prize and celebrates his research excellence.  “I'm deeply honored and grateful for this recognition,”… Read More
  • Sclafani Cited for Dissertation Work Post-doctoral Associate Stephen Sclafani has been selected for the American Physical Society’s Ceclia Payne-Gaposchkin Doctoral Dissertation Award, which recognizes doctoral thesis research in astrophysics and encourages effective written and oral presentation of research results.    Sclafani was cited for performing the first observation of diffuse high-energy neutrinos from… Read More
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Anne Suplee
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Carter Hall
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Tom Cohen
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Tom Gleason
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Josiland Chambers
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Angel Torres
Outreach Coordinator		 1309 John S. Toll Physics Bldg. 301.405.5980
Stephanie Williams
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Lester Putnam
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Rebecca Sommer
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Mark Conners
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Naomi Russo
Assistant Director of Finance & Business Operations		 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 0235 Physical Sciences Complex 301.405.7280
Bonnie Seal-Filiatreau
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Sally Megonigal 
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Yodit Giackero
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Susan Dragonette
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Anura Sivanesan
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Cristina Garzon Hernandez
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Sumerum Lehri
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Tielia Bean
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James Ellsworth
Assistant Director		 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 0243 Physical Sciences Complex 301.405.5987
Chaunta Milford
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Kurtis Monroe
Toll Loading Dock		 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 1220 John S. Toll Physics Building 301.405.5950
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Yasser Saleh
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Physics Helpdesk This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 0123 Glenn L. Martin Hall or 1449 A.V. Williams 301.405.8582
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Ayla Hurley
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Tuck Owens
IT Coordinator		 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 3307 John S. Toll Physics Bldg. 301.405.2798

 

 

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Allen Monroe
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Omar Torres
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