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The Flash CenterÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½”devoted to computer simulations to advance understanding of astrophysics, plasma science, high-energy-density physics, and fusion energyÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½”has moved from the University of Chicago to Rochester.

Large-scale, laser-based experiments have recently revolutionized astrophysics, writes Rochester professor Adam Frank, allowing scientists to recreate the cosmos in science labs.

First-of-its-kind experimental evidence defies conventional theories about how plasmas emit or absorb radiation.

The ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™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.

An international research team including ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ scientists has validated a nearly 40-year-old prediction that helium rain is possible inside planets such as Jupiter and Saturn.

The University is the host institution for a NSF-funded national collaboration to explore ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½˜revolutionary states of matter.ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™

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.

The renewed NNSA agreement brings record funding to the Laboratory for Laser EnergeticsÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½”$409.9 million for fiscal years 2019ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½“23ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½”and demonstrates the agencyÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™s long-term support of LLE's mission.

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.

The grant will support research in the growing, multidisciplinary field of Quantum Information Science (QIS), the foundation for the next generation of computing and information processing.