You Can Help Save the Bees

UMD crowdfunding campaign supports early warning systems for beekeeper hives.

UMD crowdfunding campaign supports early warning systems for beekeeper hives

You walk into the gro

- 25 September 2014
Major Milestone in the Search for Water on Distant Planets

UMD astronomers find water vapor on the smallest planet yet.

Astronomers have found water vapor in the atmosphere of a planet about four times bigger than Earth, in the constella

- 18 September 2014
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College Receives $38M for New Computer Science Building, Scholarships, Endowed Professorships

The Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Innovation will expand research in virtual and augmented reality, computer vision, and immersive science.

The University of Maryland announced today a gift of $31 million from Oculus co-founder and CEO and UMD alumnus Brend

- 12 September 2014
U.S. Cityscapes Show Consistent Patterns of “Urban Evolution”

Urban waters record the salt in our food, cement in our sidewalks, UMD scientist says

Urban waters record the salt in our food, cement in our sidewalks, UMD scientist says

- 10 September 2014
Study Puts Some Mussels into Bay Restoration

Study shows that mussels that typically colonize a restored oyster reef can more than double its overall filtration capacity.

Restoring oysters—and their ability to filter large volumes of water—is widely seen as a k

- 8 September 2014
Ultra-thin Detector Captures Unprecedented Range of Light

University of Maryland research opens the door to future applications in medicine and security.

New research at the University of Maryland could lead to a generation

- 6 September 2014
Closest-ever Comet Orbiter Streams Data From Bi-lobed “Rubber Ducky”

UMD astronomers see comet’s surprising shape in far-ultraviolet light.

As the spacecraft Rosetta approaches an oddly-shaped “rubber ducky” for the closest comet observations ever made, the

- 4 September 2014
New Synthesis Method May Shape Future of Nanostructures, Clean Energy

Study led by Physics' Min Ouyang may advance efficient solar splitting of water into hydrogen fuel.

A team of University of Maryland physicists has published new nanoscience advances that they and other sci

- 2 September 2014
A Fast First Step Toward Defeating Stink Bugs

UMD team's new way to quickly sequence the insects’ genes could lead to biological controls.

Investigators at the University of Maryland School of Medicine’s Institute for Genome Sciences and the University of

- 29 August 2014
Fascinating Rhythm: Light Pulses Illuminate Rare Black Hole

UMD and NASA astronomers track an intermediate-mass black hole from syncopated flares of light.

The universe has so many black holes that it’s impossible to count them all.

- 14 August 2014
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