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In a paper published in the journal Physical Review X, UMD researchers described how they set a record by guiding light in 45-meter-long air waveguides and explained the physics behind their method.

UMD-led team developed a miniaturized analyzer that may revolutionize how astrobiology discoveries are made on faraway moons and planets.

The team's discovery may lead to more effective treatments for venomous snake bites.

Fourkas has been a professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry since 2005.

Tu is a biological sciences and economics double-degree student with a minor in nonprofit leadership and social innovation.

Astronomers studying archival observations of powerful explosions called short gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) detected light patterns indicating the brief existence of a superheavy neutron star shortly before it collapsed into a black hole. This fleeting, massive object likely formed from the collision of two neutron stars.

The multidisciplinary team recently published papers in the journals iScience and eLife.

The grant supports UMD’s participation in a national, collaborative effort to foster undergraduate student success in the sciences.

A team of researchers at JQI struck upon a clever way to combine whispering gallery modes and photonic crystals in one easily manufacturable device.

As 2022 comes to a close, revisit CMNS' most-read stories of the year – students, faculty and staff members made important discoveries, won impressive awards and secured partnerships.

194 students graduated from the college in August 2022 and 506 students graduated from the college in December 2022.

Professorship funded by a $1 million gift from IonQ and matched by $1 million from the Maryland Department of Commerce.