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A project to develop new ultrafast laser transmitter technology at The University of New Mexico is expected to have a revolutionary impact on the physics of semiconductor lasers, with potential applications that could result in ten times the speed of current fiber optic networks.

The University of New Mexico is among the Top 100 Worldwide Universities granted U.S. utility patents in 2016 at No. 33. The report, published by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) and Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) and published...

The University of New Mexico Department of Physics & Astronomy is hosting UNM Physics Day 2017 on Saturday, April 8 at the department facilities at 1919 Lomas Blvd. NE.

A young company developing technology created at the University of New Mexico (UNM) is on a mission to disrupt the landscape of DNA sequencing.

A significant upgrade to equipment at UNM's Center for High Technology Materials (CHTM) is allowing researchers to reach new dimensions of magnification capability. The Electron Beam induced current (EBIC) upgrade was recently applied to the JEOL...

The University of New Mexico has been awarded a $7 million grant from the Air Force Research Laboratory to develop and build new materials and devices for electronics in space. The five-year contract was awarded this month to COSMIAC, a research center...

Growing up in rural Ethiopia, in a village with no running water or electricity, University of New Mexico Assistant Professor Terefe Habteyes says he was always fascinated by light. Now, as a faculty member in UNM’s Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, his research into the interaction between light and material has earned him one of the most celebrated science awards for junior faculty in the nation.

Behsan Behzadi, a research assistant with the Center for High Tech Materials (CHTM) at The University of New Mexico, was recently awarded the ASSL Student Outstanding Poster Prize at the Advanced Solid State Lasers Conference (ASSL). The annual national...

Daniel Feezell, CHTM Nanofabrication Advisor and Assistant Professor with Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of New Mexico (UNM), is the Principal Investigator (PI) for a project which recently brought a grant award to UNM from the...

Arash Mafi has been appointed as the interim director of The University of New Mexico's Center for High Technology Materials (CHTM). Mafi is an associate professor of Physics and Astronomy. Mafi's research interests include quantum and nonlinear...