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Quantum Device Simulates Matter “Popping” into Existence

Written on September 25, 2026.

A team led by faculty at the Duke Quantum Center (DQC) , in collaboration with researchers at the JQI, has used a small number of atoms to simulate an aspect of the extreme physics at play in modern...
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Researchers Unlock High-Res View of 2D Materials by Doing a Microscopic Twist

Written on August 06, 2026.

By rapidly twisting a microscopically small tip back and forth, researchers at the University of Maryland (UMD) have unlocked a new way to detect subtle changes on the surface of a material flexing...
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Researchers Explore How Quantum Computers—and Their Errors—May Enhance AI

Written on July 24, 2026.

Quantum computing and AI are among the most rapidly developing modern technologies. AI, in the form of machine learning, has been deployed for decades to recommend movies and TV shows and make it...
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A New Kind of Entanglement Helps Quantum Sensors Tune Out Noise

Written on June 17, 2026.

In a quest to build the most accurate sensors in the world, scientists are constantly improving their performance. Making them more precise, stable and reliable. But eventually, physical constraints...
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Lepton Flavor Universality Tests Using Bc+ Decays at LHCb

Written on May 19, 2026.

UMD graduate student Emily Jiang delivered a CERN seminar on May 19, 2026, unveiling an important new result on studies of Lepton Flavor Universality using decays of the heaviest B meson, B c + ,...
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Sudden Breakups of Monogamous Quantum Couples Surprise Researchers

Written on January 05, 2026.

Quantum particles have a social life, of a sort. They interact and form relationships with each other, and one of the most important features of a quantum particle is whether it is an introvert—a...
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Zohreh Davoudi

Zohreh Davoudi Named 2026 Schmidt Polymath

University of Maryland Associate Professor of Physics Zohreh Davoudi is one of eight academics around the globe named a 2026 Schmidt Polymath. Founded in 2021, the Schmidt Sciences Polymath Program...
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James Drake Selected for John Adam Fleming Medal

Distinguished University Professor James F. Drake has been selected for the John Adam Fleming Medal of the American Geophysical Union (AGU). The medal is awarded for original research and technical...
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John Biddle

Sensing Innovations

John Biddle (Ph.D. ’13, physics) is often inspired by a challenging problem at work: How do you locate, identify or inspect something that you can’t actually see? “It’s something that’s very...
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Richard Isaacson

Three UMD Physics Adjunct Faculty Members Receive Federal Recognition

Physicists Nicholas Butch, Michael Gullans and William Phillips of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will be honored with awards for their federal service. Butch and Gullans...
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