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New Computer Simulation Cracks Mystery of Cancer Drug Resistance

UMD-led team uses machine learning to explain why a ‘miracle drug’ might not work in all cases

May 26, 2022
Quantum Computers Are Starting to Simulate the World of Subatomic Particles

In a new paper in PRX Quantum, Zohreh Davoudi, Norbert Linke and their colleagues have combined theory and experiment to push the boundaries of quantum simulations—testing the limits of both the ion-based quantum computer in Linke’s lab and proposals for simulating quantum fields. 

May 24, 2022
UMD Researchers Develop FANA Aptamers to Prevent SARS-CoV-2 Infection

The novel nucleic acid-mimicking molecules can block the entry of SARS-CoV-2 virus into human airway cells.

May 18, 2022
CMNS Spring 2022 Commencement Speakers Announced

Nancy Kopp will be the keynote speaker; Kianté Brantley, Connor Lu and Alythia Vo were selected as student speakers.

May 17, 2022
Where Science Meets Social Justice

Graduating biological sciences major Jackie Liu sets her sights on Washington, D.C.

May 16, 2022
Bringing Health Care’s Vision of Tomorrow Into Focus

UMD leads multi-institutional effort to advance medical innovations, build regulatory framework for extended reality

May 12, 2022
Rooted in Research: Graduating Senior Prepares for Medical School

Biological sciences major Debbie Adam led efforts to raise kidney disease awareness in the community.

May 12, 2022
Biological Sciences Ph.D. Student Nick Bezio’s Research is an Art and a Science

Bezio finds beauty and allure in jellyfish and comb jellies.

May 12, 2022
Two Distinguished University Professors in the College Elected to National Academy of Sciences

Physics’ Edward Ott and Geology’s Richard Walker joined the 120-member class.

May 6, 2022
Bilayer Graphene Inspires Two-Universe Cosmological Model

In a new paper in Physical Review Research, JQI Fellow Victor Galitski and JQI graduate student Alireza Parhizkar have explored the imaginative possibility that our reality is only one-half of a pair of interacting worlds.

May 5, 2022
Taking Science—and Climate Change Research—to New Heights

UMD Alum Katherine Calvin is on a mission at NASA.

May 4, 2022
UMD Geologist Richard Walker Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Walker was recognized for discoveries on the origin and evolution of early solar system materials and the geochemical evolution of the Earth.

May 2, 2022