Steve Rolston is New Chair of the Department of Physics
Steve Rolston is New Chair of the Department of Physics
Dormant Black Hole Becomes X-ray Flashlight
Dormant Black Hole Becomes
X-ray Flashlight
UMD astronomers catch X-ray echoes of a tidal disruption event for the first time.
Gravitational Waves Detected a Second Time
Gravitational Waves Detected a Second Time
UMD physicists help identify new gravitational wave event using data from Advanced LIGO detectors.
Magnetic Reconnection in Space
Magnetic Reconnection in Space
NASA mission, with help from UMD physicists, makes critical step in understanding space weather.
Nation’s Beekeepers Lost 44 Percent of Bees in 2015-16
Nation’s Beekeepers Lost 44 Percent of Bees in 2015-16
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Maryland Department of Commerce initiative matches private donations for endowed chairs in the life sciences and computer science at UMD.
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Topics ranging from retaining high-tech women in the workplace to professional development and creating a unique personal brand will be discussed at the one-day summit set for Nov. 7, 2016, at the University of Maryland.
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UMD’s Christopher Hain and colleagues played a key role in transitioning the product from the research phase to NOAA operations.
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UMD students hope to construct the largest cyclotron ever built by undergraduates, which will allow them to conduct experiments in nuclear physics.
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Astronomy's A'Hearn and Bodewits contribute to new study of outburst activity on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.
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Yorke, Ott, Grebogi named top contenders for Nobel Prize in physics for developing method to control chaos.
