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Quantum Computers Are Starting to Simulate the World of Subatomic Particles
In a new paper in PRX Quantum, Zohreh Davoudi, Norbert Linke and their colleagues have combined theory and experiment to push the boundaries of quantum simulations—testing the limits of both the ion-based quantum computer in Linke’s lab and proposals for simulating quantum fields.
UMD Researchers Develop FANA Aptamers to Prevent SARS-CoV-2 Infection
The novel nucleic acid-mimicking molecules can block the entry of SARS-CoV-2 virus into human airway cells.
CMNS Spring 2022 Commencement Speakers Announced
Nancy Kopp will be the keynote speaker; Kianté Brantley, Connor Lu and Alythia Vo were selected as student speakers.
Where Science Meets Social Justice
Graduating biological sciences major Jackie Liu sets her sights on Washington, D.C.
Bringing Health Care’s Vision of Tomorrow Into Focus
UMD leads multi-institutional effort to advance medical innovations, build regulatory framework for extended reality
Rooted in Research: Graduating Senior Prepares for Medical School
Biological sciences major Debbie Adam led efforts to raise kidney disease awareness in the community.
Biological Sciences Ph.D. Student Nick Bezio’s Research is an Art and a Science
Bezio finds beauty and allure in jellyfish and comb jellies.
Two Distinguished University Professors in the College Elected to National Academy of Sciences
Physics’ Edward Ott and Geology’s Richard Walker joined the 120-member class.
Bilayer Graphene Inspires Two-Universe Cosmological Model
In a new paper in Physical Review Research, JQI Fellow Victor Galitski and JQI graduate student Alireza Parhizkar have explored the imaginative possibility that our reality is only one-half of a pair of interacting worlds.
Taking Science—and Climate Change Research—to New Heights
UMD Alum Katherine Calvin is on a mission at NASA.
UMD Geologist Richard Walker Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Walker was recognized for discoveries on the origin and evolution of early solar system materials and the geochemical evolution of the Earth.
Math Alum Returns to UMD, Earns Her Master’s in Data Science and Analytics
Not long after Casey Tarman (B.S. ’19, mathematics; M.P.S. ’21, data science and analytics) graduated with her bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland and landed a job as a data scientist with the Department of Defense, she decided the time was right to get her master’s degree.