Upcoming Events
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Past Events
- CMAP Seminar Series: Friday, February 25, 2022 | 4:00 - 5:00 PM EST
- Wendy Panero, The Ohio State University: "Earth as a Model for Rocky Exoplanets"
- Abstract, flyer and two papers: https://bit.ly/cmap-seminar-panero
- View the talk
- CMAP Seminar Series: Friday, November 5, 2021 | 4:00 - 5:00 PM EDT
- Sakura Pascarelli of European XFEL: “New scientific opportunities for studies of matter at extreme conditions at the European XFEL”
- View the Zoom video recording: http://bit.ly/cmap-seminar-pascarelli
- CMAP Seminar Series: Friday, October 22, 2021 | 4:00 - 5:00 PM EDT
- Stephanie Hansen of Sandia National Laboratories
- View talk information: http://bit.ly/cmap-seminar-hansen
- CMAP Seminar Series: Friday, July 30, 2021 | Noon - 1:00 PM EDT
- Chris Pickard of University of Cambridge
- View the Zoom video recording: http://bit.ly/cmap-seminar-pickard
- CMAP Assistant Scientist Interview Seminar: Tuesday, July 20, 2021 | 4:00 - 5:00 PM EDT
- Yong-Jae Kim, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: "Dynamic compression of statically precompressed low-Z materials"
- CMAP Post-doc Interview Seminar: Thursday, July 15, 2021 | Noon - 1:00 PM EDT
- Patrick Heighway, University of Oxford: "Exploiting texture evolution to characterise plasticity under extreme loading conditions"
- CMAP Seminar Series: Friday, May 7, 2021 | 4:00 - 5:00 PM EDT
- Steven Rose of Imperial College London
- View the Zoom video recording: http://bit.ly/cmap-seminar-rose
- CMAP Seminar Series: Thursday, March 25, 2021 | 4:00 - 5:00 PM EDT
- Eric Mamajek of NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- View the Zoom video recording: http://bit.ly/cmap-seminar-mamajek
- NNSA March Virtual Job Fair: Wednesday, March 31, 2021 | 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM EDT
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Flash Center moves to Rochester, advances cutting-edge physics research
Fri, 06 Jan 2023
The Flash Center—devoted to computer simulations to advance understanding of astrophysics, plasma science, high-energy-density physics, and fusion energy—has moved from the University of Chicago to Rochester.
Continue ReadingLasers usher in a new era of astronomy
Thu, 05 Jan 2023
Large-scale, laser-based experiments have recently revolutionized astrophysics, writes Rochester professor Adam Frank, allowing scientists to recreate the cosmos in science labs.
Continue ReadingHow does radiation travel through dense plasma?
Thu, 17 Nov 2022
First-of-its-kind experimental evidence defies conventional theories about how plasmas emit or absorb radiation.
Continue ReadingFuture physicists experience research firsthand during internship at Rochester
Sun, 31 Oct 2021
The University of Rochester’s Center for Matter at Atomic Pressures (CMAP) hosted a five-week internship program this summer for area high school students to learn about high-energy-density physics, perform lab experiments, and work on projects with Rochester physics and astronomy graduate students.
Continue ReadingRochester laser experiments demonstrate ‘helium rain’ likely falls in the solar system
Tue, 01 Jun 2021
An international research team including University of Rochester scientists has validated a nearly 40-year-old prediction that helium rain is possible inside planets such as Jupiter and Saturn.
Continue ReadingRochester leads effort to understand matter at atom-crushing pressures
Mon, 10 Aug 2020
The University is the host institution for a NSF-funded national collaboration to explore ‘revolutionary states of matter.’
Continue ReadingResearch provides new insights into the evolution of stars
Fri, 24 Apr 2020
The High-Energy-Density Physics Theory Group at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics studied how matter under high-pressure conditions might emit or absorb radiation.
Continue ReadingNew National Nuclear Security Administration agreement authorizes record LLE funding
Mon, 14 Oct 2019
The renewed NNSA agreement brings record funding to the Laboratory for Laser Energetics—$409.9 million for fiscal years 2019–23—and demonstrates the agency’s long-term support of LLE's mission.
Continue ReadingRochester recognized as leader in high-energy-density physics
Thu, 10 Oct 2019
Three of eight national research grants recently awarded by the Department of Energy were given to researchers at the University of Rochester, which is home to the largest university-based DOE research program in the nation.
Continue ReadingA ‘new chapter’ in quest for novel quantum materials
Tue, 27 Aug 2019
Aluminum stops being a metal. Metals turns transparent. Remarkable things happen to materials placed under remarkable conditions, and Rochester scientists are at the forefront of the quest to understand why.
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