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UMD's Timothy Koeth Helps Undergrads Build Particle Accelerators - The Washington Post

UMD's Timothy Koeth Helps Undergrads Build Particle Accelerators - The Washington Post

UMD students hope to construct the largest cyclotron ever built by undergraduates, which will allow them to conduct experiments in nuclear physics.
UMD Professors & Alumnus Named 2016 Thomson Reuters Citation Laureates

UMD Professors & Alumnus Named 2016 Thomson Reuters Citation Laureates

Yorke, Ott, Grebogi named top contenders for Nobel Prize in physics for developing method to control chaos.

High Number of Pesticides Within Colonies Linked to Honey Bee Deaths

High Number of Pesticides Within Colonies Linked to Honey Bee Deaths

Some compounds commonly regarded as “bee-safe” could be a major contributor to honey bee colony losses in North America.

Scientists Expect to Calculate Amount of Fuel Inside Earth by 2025

Scientists Expect to Calculate Amount of Fuel Inside Earth by 2025

With three new detectors coming online in the next several years, scientists are confident they will collect enough geoneutrino data to measure Earth’s fuel level.

UMD Physicists Discover “Smoke Rings” Made of Laser Light

UMD Physicists Discover “Smoke Rings” Made of Laser Light

3D ring structures made by high-intensity lasers could aid the design of powerful microscopes and more efficient telecommunication lines.

UMD Researchers Discover a Way That Animals Keep Their Cells Identical

UMD Researchers Discover a Way That Animals Keep Their Cells Identical

Unusual collaboration between biologists and linguists yields insights into some cancers and age-related diseases.

Physics Professor S. James Gates Jr. Mentors Undergraduates in Annual Summer Research Program

Physics Professor S. James Gates Jr. Mentors Undergraduates in Annual Summer Research Program

For the past 17 years, undergraduates from across the country have explored topics and published papers in theoretical physics.

Scott Wolpert Reappointed as Chair of UMD Department of Mathematics

Scott Wolpert Reappointed as Chair of UMD Department of Mathematics

Wolpert began his first term as department chair in 2013.

Steve Rolston Named Chair of UMD Department of Physics

Steve Rolston Named Chair of UMD Department of Physics

Rolston joined UMD in 2003 and is also co-director and a fellow of the Joint Quantum Institute.

Physics Professor Wolfgang Losert Named College's Associate Dean for Research, Faculty Affairs and Graduate Education

Physics Professor Wolfgang Losert Named College's Associate Dean for Research, Faculty Affairs and Graduate Education

Losert has been serving in the role as interim associate dean.

Pierre-Emmanuel Jabin Named Interim Director of the UMD Center for Scientific Computation and Mathematical Modeling

Pierre-Emmanuel Jabin Named Interim Director of the UMD Center for Scientific Computation and Mathematical Modeling

Jabin has served as associate director of CSCAMM since 2014.

Dormant Black Hole Eats Star, Becomes X-ray Flashlight

Dormant Black Hole Eats Star, Becomes X-ray Flashlight

UMD astronomers catch X-ray echoes of a tidal disruption event for the first time.