Secret Superpower

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Published: Monday, June 13 2011 09:16

The recent issue of Cosmos Magazine included the article Secret Superpower, which highlights the research performed in Johnpierre Paglione's lab at UMD.

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Fireball Fizzles Out

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Published: Wednesday, June 01 2011 10:49

The results of Physics Graduate Assistant Kevin Meagher's dissertation was featured as a Research Highlight in Nature Physics.

The full article can be found at: www.nature.com/nphys/journal/v7/n5/full/nphys2001.html#/fireball-fizzles-out

Ian Appelbaum Awarded 2011 Outstanding Young Scientist Award

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Published: Tuesday, May 17 2011 16:22

Ian Appelbaum was awarded the 2011 Outstanding Young Scientist award by the Maryland Science Center. He is the first recipient of the newly endowed award.

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Carter Hall Receives DOE Early Career Award

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Published: Monday, May 09 2011 11:32

Carter Hall was one of 65 scientists from across the nation selected to receive a prestigious U.S. Department of Energy Early Career Award. The award was designed to bolster the nation's scientific workforce by providing support to exceptional researchers during the crucial early career years when many scientists do their most formative work.

Professor Hall's project was titled, "Search for Weakly Interacting Dark Matter Liquid Xenon." He is a player in the LUX collaboration, one of the premier experiments searching for evidence of Dark Matter.

Go Tell it on the Mountain

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Published: Thursday, May 05 2011 11:51

A podcast of Jim Gates' talk at the 2008 World Science Festival, Go Tell it on the Mountain, is available for free on The Moth.