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Physics Receives High Marks in 2015 Graduate School Rankings

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Category: Department News
Published: Wednesday, March 12 2014 11:18

Maryland Physics was ranked 14th by U.S. News and World Report's 2015 Best Graduate Schools -- with four specialties in the top 10. Our rankings included:

The plasma specialty ranked 3rd
The atomic/molecular/optical specialty ranked 6th
The quantum specialty ranked 8th
The condensed matter specialty ranked 10th
The cosmology/gravity/relativity specialty ranked 13th

 
The College of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences' full Best Graduate School rankings are available here.

Researchers Demonstrate Long-Lived High-Power Optical Waveguides in Air

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Category: Research News
Published: Monday, March 10 2014 21:29

In a recent experiment, published in Physical Review X, Howard Milchberg and his colleagues in the intense laser-matter interactions group demonstrate that femtosecond filaments can set up an extended and robust thermal waveguide structure in air with a lifetime of several milliseconds, making possible the very-long-range guiding and distant projection of high-energy laser pulses and high-average power beams. This is the subject of articles that appear in the latest issues of APS Viewpoint, Physics Today and Science News.

 

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Paglione Appointed CIFAR Associate

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Published: Monday, March 10 2014 14:43

Johnpierre Paglione was appointed an Associate for the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR). CIFAR brings together a network of nearly 400 researchers to focus on important questions with the potential to improve human health and the environment, transform technology, build strong societies, understand human culture and even chart the universe.

Professor Paglione will serve as an Associate of the Quantum Materials research program.

For the full list of 2014 research appointments, visit: http://ter.ps/522

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