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Autism May Begin Early in Brain Development
Brains of mice with autism-like symptoms develop neural defects when first circuits take shape.
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.
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.
Over 2,000 students were named to the University of Maryland College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences Dean's List for Fall 2016.
UMD Researchers Share Optimistic Vision for Paris Climate Agreement
New book provides detailed analysis of targets laid out by international community.
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.
Murky Amazon Waters Cloud Fish Vision
South American cichlid fish have restricted use of genes shared with African relatives.
UMD Science 2016 Year in Review
Check out some of our most-read stories from 2016.
Four Seniors Honored as Merrill Presidential Scholars
Malloy, Schwell, Seibert and Xia named as 2016 Merrill Presidential Scholars.
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.
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.
UMD Researchers Crack the Code of a Deadly Virus
Discovery could help the fight against HIV, Zika and other viruses.