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@UofMaryland Department of Physics
College Park, MD
Joined July 2011
The #MarylandForward campaign will accelerate @UofMaryland's momentum and impact. With your support, our college can continue to expand opportunities for #ScienceTerps, empower leaders and make scientific discoveries that benefit communities everywhere. https://t.co/6JpatVFcZS
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To learn more about how quantum particles avoid heating up as energy is pumped into them, check out our previous stories on Galitski's work with colleagues at JQI and other institutions: https://t.co/msyaLxrl06
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jqi.umd.edu
The quantum world blatantly defies intuitions that we’ve developed while living among relatively large things, like cars, pennies and dust motes. The quantum behavior of dynamical localization bucks...
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In @PhysicsMagazine, JQI Fellow Victor Galitski commented on a new result showing quantum particles keeping their cool by defying the old rules of heating. The new experiment brought to life a theory he's been developing over the past decade. https://t.co/RTcRIYnMlW
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Quantum effects prevent trapped atoms from thermalizing, despite being repeatedly jiggled through laser excitation.
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A new chip with grooves cut into pure silver can sidestep the diffraction limit, delivering the power from an 800-nanometer laser to experimental samples in peaks and valleys just dozens of nanometers apart https://t.co/u13nVsPHPe
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The #ScienceTerps Pop-Up Shop is back! Order from a selection of T-shirts, Under Armour polos, quarter-zips, hats and more! Open until October 13: https://t.co/QeZfTaWxO5
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.@UMDPhysics Ph.D. student Raunak Dey designs theoretical and mathematical models to understand how viruses interact in microbial communities. Read about his research in @joshuasweitz's group ⤵️
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On Wednesday, @politico is bringing together experts, including JQI Fellow Gretchen Campbell, to discuss potential quantum information science impacts on cybersecurity and how institutions can prepare. Join online at 8:30 AM ET! https://t.co/KDr5S3z6qD
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POLITICO's Policy Outlook Cybersecurity - https://www.politico.com/live-events/2025/10/01/politicos-policy-outlook-cybersecurity-00001625 - #POLITICOCybersecurity
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.@UMDPhysics senior Dhruv Agarwal leads a team of undergraduate students developing satellite components that could launch deep into space with upcoming @NASA missions. Their current #CubeSat project will house a custom GPS and special thermal system ➡️
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Senior physics major Dhruv Agarwal leads a team of undergraduate students developing satellite components that c
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At @wayve_ai, John Wyrwas (B.S. ’07, @UMDPhysics; B.S. ’07, @eceumd) is driving AI innovation for next-generation #AutonomousVehicles ➡️ https://t.co/EkfrgVnoLe "This technology has the promise of saving lives, reducing traffic and making transportation more accessible."
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As software engineering director of AI evaluation at Wayve, John Wyrwas (B.S. ’07, physics; B.S.
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Kartik Srinivasan has taken over as our newest NIST Co-Director! “We are really excited that Kartik Srinivasan was able to step into the role,” says Jay Sau, his UMD Co-Director.@UMDscience @UMDPhysics @NIST
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Over 1,700 new first-time and transfer #ScienceTerps gathered yesterday for our 2025 CMNS New Student Welcome 💛 Students played Science Terp Bingo, learned lessons from their peers on a student panel and shared their personal and academic goals for the semester.
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Since Newton, we’ve had a story of why apples fall. But gravity's actual source remains a little mysterious. Now, researchers are imagining ways that gravity might emerge from a quantum foundation. https://t.co/HEyDIymBKF
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We had a blast hosting The Schrödinger Sessions Revisited workshop earlier this month thanks to support from the @APSphysics Innovation Fund (and in honor of @QuantumYear2025). Quantum physics doesn't have to be spooky! https://t.co/TguWhUZa9D
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In #UMD's @GRADMAP program, summer scholars spend nine weeks tackling ambitious research projects with Astronomy and @UMDPhysics faculty members. Read about the program and its impressive 2025 scholars: https://t.co/3PcoqocRsP
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It's been a long road to developing qubits from quasiparticles called Majoranas. Now, JQI researchers think the end is in sight and the approach has the potential to make up lost time in the race to large quantum computers. https://t.co/uyTQZJXNAR
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In 2010, JQI researchers proposed a method to create Majorana quasiparticles, which have been suggested as a desirable way to make qubits. Since then, researchers have been steadily exploring their...
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#ScienceTerp orientation advisors are taking over our Instagram story today (7/29) and tomorrow (7/30)! Tune in to see the orientation experience behind the scenes: https://t.co/dj3TmcihUK
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"Flavor" physicist Manuel Franco Sevilla (@UMDPhysics) studies fundamental particles in high-energy proton collisions at the Large Hadron Collider at @CERN. Learn about the LHCb and #ParticlePhysics in tomorrow's (7/22) #RedditAMA—submit questions now: https://t.co/jZD38Xz6mP
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Extremely excited to have this result published. We analyzed data from @uw_icecube, with world-leading sensitivity to ultra-high-energy neutrinos, and a new result on the composition of cosmic rays. @UMDPhysics @UMDscience
IceCube (@uw_icecube) finds no neutrinos above 10 PeV in 12.6 yrs of data • In 2.9σ tension with the ~200 PeV KM3NeT neutrino event • Disfavors the proton-only hypothesis for ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays PRL: https://t.co/5u3mMLAzsM PhysMag:
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Two @UMDPhysics researchers discovered how to measure imaginary time. Their study in @PhysRevLett reveals how microwave radiation interacts with imaginary time delay—insights that could improve sensing and storage devices that rely on light. Via @PopMech⏱️ https://t.co/2SbpHjIfAs
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Once seen as a mathematical quirk, a new study shows that the phenomenon can be physically measured.
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Christopher Jarzynski will serve as interim director of @UMD_IPST ➡️ https://t.co/BBM9X0zuiM He is a member of @theNASciences and a Distinguished University Professor who holds appointments in @ChemBiochemUMD, @UMDPhysics and IPST.
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