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The rankings appear in a new study that used citation metrics to help gauge scientific impact in a broad range of fields. 

NASA also announces successful storage of asteroid Bennu sample, after a 36-hour marathon operation.

Insights from the research will inform missions to land on the moon, asteroids and planets.

The doctoral students will recreate the conditions found on asteroids and comets in a lab at UCF to better understand their dynamics.

The ultrafast measurement of the motion of electrons inside atoms, molecules and solids at their natural time scale is known as attosecond science and could have important implications in power generation, chemical- and biological-weapon detection, and medical diagnostics.

The American Physical Society created the Bridge Program in 2015 to help increase diversity in the field by encouraging and supporting underrepresented students to pursue doctoral degrees in physics. UCF was among the first universities to adopt the program and has seen good results.

The work has implications in creating nighttime camouflage and methods for anticounterfeiting, tagging and energy management.

The results may help future missions land on and sample asteroids.

Over the next five year, the DOE will fund Li Fang’s work, which may lead to new developments for ultrafast detectors and sensors, storing and moving energy, and controlling chemical reactions.