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Coastal Wetlands Excel at Storing Carbon

New analysis supports mangrove forests, tidal marshes and seagrass meadows as effective climate buffers.

January 31, 2017
Autism May Begin Early in Brain Development

Brains of mice with autism-like symptoms develop neural defects when first circuits take shape.

January 31, 2017
UMD Students Competing in Finals of SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition

The competition is designed to advance the Hyperloop concept for a new form of transportation in which passenger-carrying pods travel between cities through above-ground tubes at very high speeds.

January 27, 2017
College Receives Fourth NIH Training Grant in the Life Sciences

New grant in virology and renewal of host-pathogen interactions grant add to programs in comparative and evolutionary biology of hearing, and cell and molecular biology.

January 17, 2017
Dean's List: Fall 2016

Over 2,000 students were named to the University of Maryland College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences Dean's List for Fall 2016.

January 13, 2017
UMD Researchers Share Optimistic Vision for Paris Climate Agreement

New book provides detailed analysis of targets laid out by international community.

January 9, 2017
From College Park to Earth Orbit, UMD Scientists Improve Quality of Global Weather Satellite Data

UMD, NOAA researchers develop improvements in weather satellite data calibration.

January 9, 2017
Murky Amazon Waters Cloud Fish Vision

South American cichlid fish have restricted use of genes shared with African relatives.

January 4, 2017
UMD Science 2016 Year in Review

Check out some of our most-read stories from 2016.

January 2, 2017
Four Seniors Honored as Merrill Presidential Scholars

Malloy, Schwell, Seibert and Xia named as 2016 Merrill Presidential Scholars.

December 12, 2016
Rita Colwell and Iain San Hoi Forrest to Speak at College’s December Commencement Ceremony

The ceremony will be held on December 21, 2016, at 3:30 p.m. at the Xfinity Center on campus.

December 7, 2016
Modeling Offers New Perspective on How Pluto’s “Icy Heart” Came to Be

New UMD-led study suggests heart’s location and Charon’s existence led to heart’s formation.

November 30, 2016