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Researchers Unlock High-Res View of 2D Materials by Doing a Microscopic Twist

Written on August 06, 2026.

By rapidly twisting a microscopically small tip back and forth, researchers at the University of Maryland (UMD) have unlocked a new way to detect subtle changes on the surface of a material flexing...
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Researchers Explore How Quantum Computers—and Their Errors—May Enhance AI

Written on July 24, 2026.

Quantum computing and AI are among the most rapidly developing modern technologies. AI, in the form of machine learning, has been deployed for decades to recommend movies and TV shows and make it...
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A New Kind of Entanglement Helps Quantum Sensors Tune Out Noise

Written on June 17, 2026.

In a quest to build the most accurate sensors in the world, scientists are constantly improving their performance. Making them more precise, stable and reliable. But eventually, physical constraints...
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Lepton Flavor Universality Tests Using Bc+ Decays at LHCb

Written on May 19, 2026.

UMD graduate student Emily Jiang delivered a CERN seminar on May 19, 2026, unveiling an important new result on studies of Lepton Flavor Universality using decays of the heaviest B meson, B c + ,...
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Sudden Breakups of Monogamous Quantum Couples Surprise Researchers

Written on January 05, 2026.

Quantum particles have a social life, of a sort. They interact and form relationships with each other, and one of the most important features of a quantum particle is whether it is an introvert—a...
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When Superfluids Collide, Physicists Find a Mix of Old and New

Written on November 18, 2025.

Physics is often about recognizing patterns, sometimes repeated across vastly different scales. For instance, moons orbit planets in the same way planets orbit stars, which in turn orbit the center...
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John Biddle

Sensing Innovations

John Biddle (Ph.D. ’13, physics) is often inspired by a challenging problem at work: How do you locate, identify or inspect something that you can’t actually see? “It’s something that’s very...
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Richard Isaacson

A Gravitational Gift for the Future

Fifty years ago, long before he gained international recognition and “hero” status for his contributions to gravitational wave theory and the game-changing Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave...
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Assembling a Multi-Purpose Tool for Materials Science Research

Ryo Mori was intimidated by quantum physics when he took a quantum chemistry class as an undergraduate in Japan. He was studying applied physics, which he found more approachable, and thought he...
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NSF Renews Maryland-Led Quantum Simulation Institute’s Funding

A University of Maryland-led institute focused on robust quantum simulation will launch a new phase of research with a five-year U.S. National Science Foundation award expected to total $37.5...
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