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Diamonds Are a Quantum Sensing Scientist’s Best Friend

In this episode of Relatively Certain, Ronald Walsworth explains how diamond defects can be used as superb magnetic field sensors and discusses recent strides toward using them to image the insides of individual cells.

October 11, 2021
Foundational Step Shows Quantum Computers Can Be Better Than the Sum of Their Parts

Researchers have made progress toward ensuring we can trust the results of quantum computers even when they are built from pieces that sometimes fail.

October 4, 2021
Foundational Step Shows Quantum Computers Can Be Better Than the Sum of Their Parts

Researchers took a step toward a more reliable, practical quantum computer in recent experiment.

October 4, 2021
Cell “Quakes” May Help Cells Respond to the Outside World

UMD researchers explain how recently discovered earthquake-like disturbances occur in living cells.

September 30, 2021
Novel Design May Boost Efficiency of On-Chip Frequency Combs

A collaboration of UMD researchers has proposed a way to make chip-sized frequency combs ten times more efficient by harnessing the power of topology—a field of abstract math that underlies some of the most peculiar behaviors of modern materials.

September 27, 2021
Wide Heads Help Sperm Swim Together

New study from UMD shows that machine learning can help identify cell shapes associated with complex cell behaviors.

September 21, 2021
Foot in the Door for Sustainability

Kelley Baek (B.S. ’05, biological sciences; MBA ’11) helps make sure Nike’s sneakers are all green.

September 21, 2021
UMD Scientists Help Put a New Face on National Weather Service Forecast Maps

Data visualization research helped guide a redesign to make long-term forecasts easier to understand.

September 16, 2021
UMD’s Computer Science Undergraduate Program Ranks No. 9 Among Public Institutions

Program ranks in the Top 10 for the second year in a row.

September 13, 2021
Undergrads Explore Tech Careers by Building Apps to Solve Transportation Challenges

Break Through Tech DC hosts its first summer Guild at UMD.

September 8, 2021
Elevating the Humble Neutrino

Rabindra Mohapatra published a book targeted toward non-scientists called “The Neutrino Story: One Tiny Particle’s Grand Role in the Cosmos.”

September 8, 2021
John Mather Looks to the Past and Keeps Moving Forward

NASA will launch a revolutionary instrument into space—and Mather is the senior project scientist.

September 8, 2021