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Discovery of a new type of magnetic reconnection

Professor Shay's group has discovered new type of magnetic reconnection in plasmas using massively parallel numerical simulations on large scale supercomputers. Its visualization shown here was also featured as the front cover of Physical Review Letters Vol. 98, Issue 21 in 2007.Read More
Spin pumping in magnetic tunneling nanostructures

Joint experimental and theoretical efforts of researchers from the UD Center for Spintronics and Biodetection have demonstrated for the first time that pure spin currents can be generated in microwave driven magnetic tunnel junctions without any applied voltage. Pure spin currents are not accompanied by any net charge current and offer a pathway toward ultra-low-dissipation nanodevices.Read More
Secrets of water revealed from first principles quantum simulations

Prof. Szalewicz's group has developed new first-principle high performance simulations of water molecules. They will aid science and industry in a broad range of applications, from biological investigations of protein folding and other life processes, to the design of the next generation of power plants.Read More
VERITAS scans gamma-rays from extreme astrophysical phenomena in the universe

The Bartol Research Institute is a part of the VERITAS collaboration which operates the highest sensitive instrument to detect very-high energy gamma-rays from extreme astrophysical phenomena in the Universe. VERITAS is now scanning the night sky searching for remnants of exploded stars, distant active galaxies, powerful gamma ray bursts, and evidence of mysterious Dark Matter particles. Read More
Neutrino research in Antarctica

The UD Astroparticle Physics team led by Prof. Gaisser is part of an international collaboration to build IceCube Neutrino Observatory in a cubic kilometer of the Antarctic Ice. When completed in 2011, it will open super-sensitive new eyes into neutrinos as the high-energy messengers from the universe, formed during such cataclysmic cosmic events as exploding stars and colliding galaxies.Read More

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U.S. Department of Energy innovates with UD Physics and Astronomy on high-energy magnets for hybrid vehicles and alternative energy

August 26, 2010 - High-energy permanent magnets are indispensable for many applications in the electric, electronic, automobile, communications, and information technologies industries. Currently the demand for these magnets is even higher in the emerging markets of hybrid/electric vehicles, windmill power systems, power generation systems, and energy storage systems.

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Daicar-Bata Award: Talks by three physics graduate student finalists

29 Sep 2010

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Dr. Sunita Gangopadhyay

Dr. Sunita Gangopadhyay, an executive director at Seagate Technology, earned her doctorate in physics at UD in 1993 with a specialization in magnetism and magnetic materials. Gangopadhyay leads teams of up to 50 professional engineers at Seagate Technology, the world's largest manufacturer of hard disk drives.

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Discovery of a new type of magnetic reconnection

Spin pumping in magnetic tunneling nanostructures

Secrets of water revealed from first principles quantum simulations

VERITAS scans gamma-rays from extreme astrophysical phenomena in the universe

Neutrino research in Antarctica