From fusion to exoplanets: How to squeeze matter with light
November 10, 2023
Adam Frank writes in Big Think, “Scientists are studying ultra-high-pressure regimes in the Universe, not through traditional means like physical compression, but by using lasers. The Laboratory for Laser Energetics at the University of Rochester uses a powerful 60-beam Omega laser system to deliver concentrated energy to targets, mimicking the conditions of exoplanet interiors and star centers.”
CMAP Summer School for Undergraduates concludes inaugural on campus program
July 1, 2023
CMAP hosted a one-week residential program for undergraduates from colleges and universities across the country to learn more about the physics of extreme states of matter.
Second CMAP Annual Meeting
May 24, 2023
The second CMAP Annual Meeting, hosted at the University of Rochester on River Campus, was a gathering of the CMAP team partner organizations. We welcomed guests from California State University Northridge; University of Chicago; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; University of Illinois at Chicago; University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Sandia National Laboratories; University of California, Santa Cruz; Imperial College London; and University of Oxford.
Jupiter at its core remains a mystery to science
May 19, 2023
Adam Frank writes in Big Think, “For decades, planetary science was firm on the fact that Jupiter has a rocky core. New data extracted directly from the king of planets by the Juno spacecraft challenged that long-held standard.”
Flash Center moves to Rochester, advances cutting-edge physics research
January 6, 2023
The Flash Center for Computational Science offers researchers worldwide access to a computer code that simulates phenomena in astrophysics, high-energy-density science, and fusion research.
The Universe Is More in Our Hands Than Ever Before
January 3, 2023
Adam Frank writes in The Atlantic, “But across its millennia-long history, astronomy has always been a science of separation.”
Scientists hit key milestone in fusion energy quest
December 13, 2022
The major breakthrough of achieving ignition is cause for celebration at Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics as well.
How do magnetic fields affect star formation and high-energy-density lab experiments?
September 19, 2022
The famous Pillars of Creation in the Eagle Nebulae—a star nursery—are believed to result from the hydrodynamic instabilities that form when plasmas are exposed to high intensity light from neighboring stars.
Rochester researchers go ‘outside the box’ to delineate major ocean currents
September 15, 2022
For the first time University of Rochester researchers have quantified the energy of ocean currents larger than 1,000 kilometers. In the process, they and their collaborators have discovered that the most energetic is the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, some 9,000 kilometers in diameter.
What does it take to become a scientist, part 2?
September 12, 2022
This is the second of a series of conversations on WXXI’s Connections with Evan Dawson about what it means to be a scientist. Our guests describe what it’s like to be new CMAP graduate students.