Collaborative work revisiting cold fusion published in Nature (5/27/2019) - The Munday group, in collaboration with the University of British Columbia, MIT, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Google, recently published a paper in Nature disclosing a multi-year effort to revisit cold fusion.
Our Casimir force work is featured in Physics World (1/3/2018) - An article has been published in Physics World describing our upcoming paper on the Casimir force between two spheres.
New video about our switchable solar window posted by UMD (5/21/2017) - The University of Maryland produces a video describing our switchable solar window which was published recently in ACS Photonics. Thanks for your work on the video, Gabe!
University President Loh highlights Munday Lab’s work in annual spring video (4/29/2017) - University of Maryland President Wallace Loh highlights the Munday Lab’s work on switchable solar smart windows in his spring video entitled “Turn Imagination into Innovation.” The video can be found here (see the 2:05 minute mark).
Solar sail work featured on the cover of Advanced Optical Materials (2/16/2017) - Dakang’s work on electrically switchable solar sails is featured on the front cover of Advanced Optical Materials – Congratulations! The work was also highlighted in Advanced Science News in an article entitled “Travelling through Space with Solar Sails” and on the…
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- Our work on self-powered solar smart windows featured in ACS pressroom (11/20/2016)
- Phys Org: Diagnosing better efficiencies for solar cells (12/12/2015)
- Paper on SQ limit picked up by media (9/14/2015)
- SPIE Newsroom article describes our work (5/28/2014)
- Nature Photonics article features paper-based anti-reflection coatings (3/1/2014)
- Lab featured in Washington Post (3/16/2013)
- Dr. Leite’s work on multijunction solar cells that could exceed 50% efficiency is highlighted in media (2/7/2013)
- “Engineering slimmer solar cells” from Nature News (1/11/2012)
- “A new way to a better solar cell” from Greentech Solar (2/7/2011)
- “La Force du vide” from Science & Vie (7/7/2009)
- “Casimir forces: Don’t stick around” from Nature Nanotechnology (2/8/2009)
- ”Casimir forces between solids can be repulsive” from Physics Today (2/7/2009)
- “Repulsive Casimir Measured” from photonics.com (1/8/2009)
- “SEAS Researchers Measure Quantum Repulsive Force” from the Harvard Crimson (1/8/2009)
- “Repulsive Force Could Eliminate Nanofriction” from the MIT Technology Review (1/8/2009)
- “Quantum lubricant could keep nanomachines rolling” from New Scientist (1/8/2009)
- “Researchers measure elusive repulsive force from quantum fluctuations” from Harvard press release (1/8/2009)
- Most Viewed Science News on Yahoo! News (1/8/2009)
- “Learning More About Levitation” from Time (1/8/2009)
- “U.S. scientists learn how to levitate tiny objects” from msnbc.com (1/8/2009)
- “To Levitate Nano-Objects, Researchers Exploit a Force of Quantum Repulsion” from Discover (1/8/2009)
- “Casimir effect goes negative” from Physics World (1/8/2009)
- “Quantum repulsion could make nano devices even tinier” from Scientific American (1/8/2009)
- “Quantum physics: Quantum force turns repulsive” from Nature News and Views (2009) (1/8/2009)
- “Much Ado About Nothing: The Casimir Effect” from The Economist (5/22/2008)
- “Casimir force learns to Swim” from PhysicsWeb (6/8/2007)
- “Feel the force” from Nature (5/22/2007)
- “Speed of light broken with basic lab kit” from New Scientist (9/22/2002)