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When fires break out, it’s not always flames that do the only damage – sometimes the scorched earth can cause even more destruction in the form of landslides. That’s why Chris Lippitt, assistant professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at The University of New Mexico, is working on a project that would give emergency management crews state-of-the-art imaging technology to mitigate potential slides before they happen.

When most people think about lasers, they usually imagine them generating heat and even setting something on fire. But, for a group of scientists in The University of New Mexico’s Department of Physics & Astronomy, lasers are actually being used to reach temperatures colder than the arctic circle.

A chemistry professor at The University of New Mexico is building synthetic molecules that would revolutionize data storage capacity. Those molecules, along with a variety of other applications, could be used to develop three dimensional holographic...

When University of New Mexico Physics & Astronomy Professor Greg Taylor turned on the first Long Wavelength Array (LWA1) station in 2011, he wasn’t exactly sure what they were going to find. Fast forward five years, and now, Taylor and recent Ph.D. graduate Ken Obenberger have detected and studied a strange, meteoric phenomenon no one else had ever seen.

Getting middle and high school students excited and involved in science isn’t always the easiest thing to do. But, for The University of New Mexico Department of Physics & Astronomy, being able to break out some big ‘toys’ is something that usually gets...

The University of New Mexico’s Department of Physics & Astronomy hosted more than a hundred local high school students, their parents, and teachers during its annual open house on Nov. 4.

A study of spiral galaxies seen edge-on has revealed that the "halos" of cosmic rays and magnetic fields above and below the galaxies' disks are much more common than previously thought.

Innovative optical fiber, developed by researchers from the University of New Mexico, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Corning Incorporated and Clemson University, was chosen as one of Physics World’s Top Ten Breakthroughs of 2014.

UNM Professor John McGraw, Department of Physics and Astronomy, has been appointed interim vice president for Research and Economic Development announced Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Chaouki Abdallah. The appointment is ...

The University of New Mexico and the Department of the Air Force as represented by the Air Force Research Laboratory, Directed Energy and Space Vehicles Directorates, today signed an Educational Partnership Agreement.The agreement's objective is to ...