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By studying how seismic waves travel through frozen soil on Earth, UMD geophysicist Nicholas Schmerr helped develop a better way to detect water ice on the moon—a critical resource for future astronauts and extended lunar missions.

For UMD junior Jacob Goldman, science and music are in educational harmony.

The new endowed chairs at UMD will conduct research in Parkinson's disease and data assimilation.

The Brin family’s commitment was matched by a $3.25M award from the state for 2 endowed chairs.

A new UMD-led study provides a blueprint for the next generation of antivenoms—using snakes’ natural molecular defenses against their own deadly venom.

Normally invisible as it whizzes around outer space, this supermassive black hole revealed itself to UMD astronomers by shimmering as it swallowed a star.

Sharp, fleeting temperature boundaries on the ocean’s surface transform the atmosphere in ways not yet captured by climate and weather models.

The awards enable the students to conduct research and present at scientific conferences over the summer.

UMD researchers reconstructed the first-ever timeline of a rare form of methane, exploring whether it could be used to assess future climate progress. 

Sylvain Veilleux and his collaborators will equip a ground-based telescope with the observing power of space telescopes for the first time.

Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics Professor Kan Cao’s newly funded research builds on her progeria research to tackle another devastating pediatric disease. 

A new study reveals that viruses exhibit substantial differences in how they shape the fate of host cells, with implications for ecology, evolution and biotechnology.