Sau will use the award to build a research program focused on predicting phenomena that could help pave the way for topological quantum computation.

Sankar Das Sarma and Jeremy Selengut included in Thomson Reuters' list again this year.

Analysis of trace elements places the onset of plate tectonics about 3 billion years ago.

Simulations of Hurricane Sandy with warmer ocean temperatures resulted in storms more than twice as destructive.

Karen Lips and Sumant Nigam will each spend a year at the State Department or USAID.

UMD-led team aims to build cutting edge prototype for the next generation of transportation.

Study indicates “biomass burning” may play larger role in climate change than previously realized.

Rodriguez will use the award to develop a new class of materials with functional magnetic and electronic properties

Mathematics alumnus Simon Levin and physics alumnus Robert Fischell will receive medals at White House ceremony in early 2016.

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