Jasper Lewis and Simone Lolli just received the 2016 Alan Berman Research Publication Award for results that show a new role for wispy cirrus clouds in regulating Earth's temperature.
March 24, 2017
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“The leaders of these facilities really are your allies as you are trying to gain new knowledge,” says Karl Steiner. “They bring their expertise to your problem and work with you to get somewhere...
March 10, 2017
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Right now, almost 500 SmallSats—spacecraft from the size of a refrigerator to a golf ball—are orbiting 200 miles above Earth’s surface. “These SmallSats are poised to change the way we do science...
February 3, 2017
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From office copiers to cutting-edge nanotechnology, static electricity is all around us. In an article published in newspapers nationwide, Deffner and Ibrahim demystify this phenomenon and give...
January 9, 2017
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UMBC celebrated a banner year in 2016. In thousands of ways, big and small, this golden anniversary has been full of moments to remember for the university community. Here are 12 top highlights.
January 4, 2017
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“There is no free lunch,” in quantum computing, says Sebastian Deffner. He and colleagues are setting out to quantify the trade-offs between the costs and benefits of faster or more powerful...
October 14, 2016
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This cooperative program "allows our students to be at the forefront of what NOAA is doing,” says Ruben Delgado, and it bridges the gap between scientists and engineers.
October 12, 2016
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“These are more massive than our own Sun but squeezed down to something about the size of Washington, DC,” explains Corbet. The forces required to create gamma rays are intense, he says, "It's...
September 29, 2016
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Budding collaborations with experimental physicists may soon put Kestner's theories to the test. The goal? "Use quantum weirdness to actually do something useful."
September 14, 2016
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Students come away from summer research with new perspectives and skills. “People don’t think about how math can overlap with other things,” says Danielle Sykes ‘19.
September 1, 2016
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