Research team that includes UMD astronomer discovered an asteroid with one of the shortest "years" known.
Research team that includes UMD astronomer discovered an asteroid with one of the shortest "years" known.
New high-resolution maps show limited ocean capacity to absorb excess carbon dioxide.
UMD neurobiologists show that the reactivation of a mechanism called synaptic proteolysis by darkness can be used to promote recovery from visual disorders.
UMD astronomer Sylvain Veilleux helped discover the farthest galaxy group to date.
As 2019 comes to a close, revisit our most-read stories of the year and discover some that you may have missed.
Rafael Andrade spoke at the Dec. 2019 Science on Tap lecture about how forest fires cause local extinction of specialized species.
In the largest-ever caribou study a University of Maryland-led team disputes long-held assumptions about migration timing and suggests warming summers may negatively affect calving.
UMD mathematicians provide a mathematical explanation for a previously uncertain law of physics, revealing when the law applies and when it doesn’t.
TV’s Somara Theodore opens window into translating science for viewers.
A study of diverse datasets, including pollen, coinage and funeral practices, reveals that the effects of the plague pandemic commonly known as the Justinianic Plague may have been overestimated.