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$32.5M Cooperative Agreement Between NASA and UMD Expands Public Access to Data on Comets, Asteroids and Other Small Bodies

16 Nov 21

Two hexagonal grids, which individually reflect the structure of carbon joined into sheets of graphene, create repeating patterns when rotated relative to each other. (Credit: Paul Chaikin with modifications by Bailey Bedford)

Graphene’s Magic Act Relies on a Small Twist

18 Oct 21

white dwarf system

New Discovery Offers a Glimpse of Our Solar System’s Potential Fate when the Sun Dies

12 Oct 21

UMD Chemistry and Biochemistry’s Pratyush Tiwary Receives $1.9M Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award

12 Oct 21

quantum sensing diamonds

Diamonds Are a Quantum Sensing Scientist’s Best Friend

11 Oct 21

A chip containing an ion trap that researchers use to capture and control atomic ion qubits (quantum bits). (Credit: Kai Hudek/JQI)

Foundational Step Shows Quantum Computers Can Be Better Than the Sum of Their Parts

04 Oct 21

New computer simulations from UMD reveal that much like earthquakes cell “quakes”—sudden restructuring of the cytoskeleton, or scaffolding, inside animal cells—is caused by the slow buildup and rapid release of mechanical energy. This image shows a simulated model cytoskeleton (red, green and blue mesh) contained within a cell membrane depicted in light blue. Click image to download hi-res version. (Image credit Haoran Ni, University of Maryland)

Cell “Quakes” May Help Cells Respond to the Outside World

30 Sep 21

Rendering of a light-guiding lattice of micro-rings that researchers predict will create a highly efficient frequency comb. (Credit: S. Mittal/JQI)

Novel Design May Boost Efficiency of On-Chip Frequency Combs

27 Sep 21

The deer mouse sperm above have wide heads which are associated with sperm aggregation and swimming as a group.

Wide Heads Help Sperm Swim Together

21 Sep 21

UMD Scientists Help Put a New Face on National Weather Service Forecast Maps

16 Sep 21

Comet ATLAS May Have Been a Blast from the Past

19 Aug 21

The brain makes sense of math and language differently

16 Aug 21

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