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Perfect Quantum Portal Emerges at Exotic Interface

“A junction between an ordinary metal and a special kind of superconductor has provided a robust platform to observe Klein tunneling. Researchers at the University of Maryland have captured the most direct evidence to date of a quantum quirk that …

Reversible Chemistry Clears Path for Safer Batteries

“Researchers at the University of Maryland (UMD) and US Army Research Lab (ARL) have taken a critical step on the path to high energy batteries by improving their water-in-salt battery with a new type of chemical transformation of the cathode …

New Experiment Aces Quantum Scrambling Test

“A research team led by scientists in the Joint Quantum Institute at the University of Maryland have implemented an experimental test for quantum scrambling, a chaotic shuffling of the information stored among a collection of quantum particles. The work has …

UMD Researchers Wood-based Technology Creates Electricity from Heat

” A University of Maryland-led team of researchers has created a heat-to-electricity device that runs on ions and which could someday harness the body’s heat to provide energy. Led by UMD researchers Liangbing Hu, Robert Briber and Tian Li of …

Ion experiment aces quantum scrambling test

“Scientists check whether information is lost or merely hidden inside a small quantum computer. Researchers at the Joint Quantum Institute have implemented an experimental test for quantum scrambling, a chaotic shuffling of the information stored among a collection of quantum …

Scientists Develop First Fabric to Automatically Cool or Insulate Depending on Conditions

“Despite decades of innovation in fabrics with high-tech thermal properties that keep marathon runners cool or alpine hikers warm, there has never been a material that changes its insulating properties in response to the environment. Until now. University of Maryland …

Scientists Discover New Type of Magnet

“A team of scientists has discovered the first robust example of a new type of magnet—one that holds promise for enhancing the performance of data storage technologies. “Singlet-Based” Magnet Attracts Promise for Enhanced Data Storage A team of scientists …

A New Dimension for Batteries

“Engineers at the University of Maryland have created a thin battery, made of a few million carefully constructed “microbatteries” in a square inch. Each microbattery is shaped like a very tall, round room, providing much surface area – like wall space …

Pristine quantum light source created at the edge of silicon chip

“The smallest amount of light you can have is one photon, so dim that it’s pretty much invisible to humans. While imperceptible, these tiny blips of energy are useful for carrying quantum information around. Ideally, every quantum courier would …

Inspired by Nature: Autonomous Underwater Robotics

“Since he was a child, Derek Paley has been captivated by how shoals of fish move fluidly as a cohesive group, almost as if a single organism. As the Willis H. Young Jr. Professor of Aerospace Engineering Education and director …