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Charge Instability Detected Across All Types of Copper-based Superconductors

Findings may help researchers synthesize materials that can superconduct at room temperature.

January 14, 2015
Robots Learn to Use Kitchen Tools by Watching YouTube Videos

Autonomous robots can learn and perform complex actions via observation.

January 12, 2015
Algae Use Same Molecular Machinery as Land Plants to Respond to a Plant Hormone

Common genes remain intact after 450 million years of evolution.

January 7, 2015
College Researcher, Three Alumnae Named Fellows of the American Physical Society

Karen Byrum, Elizabeth Hays, Ana Maria Rey and Peter Yoon were elected APS fellows for their exceptional contributions to the physics enterprise.

January 5, 2015
Saving Energy with 'Personal HVAC Systems'

UMD Receives $5.5 million from ARPA-E for energy efficiency research projects, including one to develop a thermally responsive fabric.

January 4, 2015
Study Explains Ancient Animal Fossilization

UMD geologist Alan Kaufman says study may shed light on the lifestyles of the most ancient animals, and of the chemistry of the oceans where they thrived.

December 19, 2014
Theory Details How ‘Hot’ Monomers Affect Thin-film Formation

UMD, Rice University model offers better control for creation of thin-film electronics .

December 18, 2014
Lockheed Martin's Ray O. Johnson to Speak at College's Winter Commencement

College commencement will be held on Sunday, Dec. 21, 2014 at 6 p.m. in the Cole Student Activities Building.

December 15, 2014
Partnerships Empower Quantum Leaps

UMD's three quantum centers

December 12, 2014
Their Real World is Quantum

Meet four alumni working in quantum.

December 12, 2014
The New Frontier

JQI's Physics Frontier Center explores mysteries of the quantum realm.

December 12, 2014