UMD Science 2015 Year in Review
It was an amazing year for science at the University of Maryland's College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences! Below are some of our most-read research stories from 2015:
Evidence Suggests Subatomic Particles Could Defy the Standard Model
Robots Learn to Use Kitchen Tools by Watching YouTube Videos
New Mechanism of Epigenetic Inheritance Could Advance Study of Evolution and Disease Treatment
Massive Amounts of Saharan Dust Fertilize the Amazon Rainforest
Pulsing Light May Indicate Supermassive Black Hole Merger
Customized Soap Bubbles Set to Transform Drug & Vaccine Delivery
Nation's Beekeepers Lost 40 Percent of Bees in 2014-15
1,800 Years of Global Ocean Cooling Halted by Global Warming Geology
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The College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences at the University of Maryland educates more than 7,000 future scientific leaders in its undergraduate and graduate programs each year. The college's 10 departments and more than a dozen interdisciplinary research centers foster scientific discovery with annual sponsored research funding exceeding $150 million.