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UMD's Timothy Koeth Helps Undergrads Build Particle Accelerators - The Washington Post
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
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
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
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
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
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
Wolpert began his first term as department chair in 2013.
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.
Losert has been serving in the role as interim associate dean.
Jabin has served as associate director of CSCAMM since 2014.
Dormant Black Hole Eats Star, Becomes X-ray Flashlight
UMD astronomers catch X-ray echoes of a tidal disruption event for the first time.