Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND

Amount

$300,000.00

Award Date

8/08/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

The objective of this research is to test Newton's inverse-square law of gravitation to 1% at a 100-micrometer range and to search for extra dimensions or other new physics down to a few tens of micrometers. This research will explore the very nature of