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New Study Zeros in on Plate Tectonics’ Start Date
Analysis of trace elements places the onset of plate tectonics about 3 billion years ago.
Warmer Oceans Could Produce More Powerful Superstorms
Simulations of Hurricane Sandy with warmer ocean temperatures resulted in storms more than twice as destructive.
Two UMD Professors Named 2016-2017 Jefferson Science Fellows
Karen Lips and Sumant Nigam will each spend a year at the State Department or USAID.
UMD Students Head to SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition Design Weekend
UMD-led team aims to build cutting edge prototype for the next generation of transportation.
Fires Burning in Africa and Asia Cause High Ozone in Tropical Pacific
Study indicates “biomass burning” may play larger role in climate change than previously realized.
Chemistry and Biochemistry’s Efrain Rodriguez Receives National Science Foundation CAREER Award
Rodriguez will use the award to develop a new class of materials with functional magnetic and electronic properties
College Alumni to Receive National Medal of Science and National Medal of Technology and Innovation
Mathematics alumnus Simon Levin and physics alumnus Robert Fischell will receive medals at White House ceremony in early 2016.
UMD Science 2015 Year in Review
Check out some of our most-read research stories from 2015.
Two College Alumni Named Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors
Robert Fischell (M.S. '53, physics) and Tobin Marks (B.S. '66, chemistry) receive honor.
New Material Becomes Invisible to Microwave Radiation with the Flip of a Switch
UMD physicists design self-cloaking material with potential applications in telecommunications and next-generation computing.
Computer Science’s Ben Shneiderman Named Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
Shneiderman elected for inventions in human-computer interaction and information visualization.
Sensitivity of World’s Most Sensitive Dark Matter Detector Improves
University of Maryland physicists helped develop and implement the calibration program that led to improvement.