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Researchers Capture Nanoparticle Organizations to Forge New Materials

A research team, including physicist and co-author Xiaoming Mao and members from the University of Michigan, has unveiled a new observational technique that’s sensitive to the dynamics of the intrinsic quantum jiggles of materials, or phonons.

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‘A more versatile and powerful foundation for future photonic technologies’

Physics research team led by Professor Hui Deng has found more pathways than previously thought that can lead to optical topological insulators, materials with exciting properties that could have future applications in lasers, imaging devices, and more.

- Matt Davenport

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2025 Ta-You Wu Lecture in Physics | Einstein, Gravitational Waves, Black Holes and Other Matters

Gabriela González, Boyd Professor of Physics (Louisiana State University)

4:00 PM
Fourth Floor Ampitheatre Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)

Join us in person for this lecture, or tune in via livestream at: https://myumi.ch/MkzmE

More than a hundred years ago, Einstein predicted that there were ripples in the fabric of space-time traveling...

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