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Dennis vanEngelsdorp's Passion for Honey Bees Captured in New Short Film

Dennis vanEngelsdorp's Passion for Honey Bees Captured in New Short Film

Entomology's vanEngelsdorp and his dedication to saving the honey bees are the subjects of a film premiering at the Sundance Film Festival.
Rosetta Data Give Closest-ever Look at a Comet

Rosetta Data Give Closest-ever Look at a Comet

Special issue of Science reveals details about shape, evolution and lifespan of comet 67P-Churyumov/Gerasimenko.

Rice-sized Laser, Powered One Electron at a Time, Bodes Well for Quantum Computing

Rice-sized Laser, Powered One Electron at a Time, Bodes Well for Quantum Computing

Jacob Taylor co-authored the paper published in Science about the device.
College Board of Visitors Member Sam Malhotra Named Secretary of Maryland Department of Human Resources

College Board of Visitors Member Sam Malhotra Named Secretary of Maryland Department of Human Resources

Malhotra, founder and CEO of Subsystem Technologies, will lead the state's primary social service provider.

Charge Instability Detected Across All Types of Copper-based Superconductors

Charge Instability Detected Across All Types of Copper-based Superconductors

Findings may help researchers synthesize materials that can superconduct at room temperature.

Test For Caption Troubleshooting

Test For Caption Troubleshooting

Robots Learn to Use Kitchen Tools by Watching YouTube Videos

Robots Learn to Use Kitchen Tools by Watching YouTube Videos

Autonomous robots can learn and perform complex actions via observation.

Algae Use Same Molecular Machinery as Land Plants to Respond to a Plant Hormone

Algae Use Same Molecular Machinery as Land Plants to Respond to a Plant Hormone

Common genes remain intact after 450 million years of evolution.

College Researcher, Three Alumnae Named Fellows of the American Physical Society

College Researcher, Three Alumnae Named Fellows of the American Physical Society

Karen Byrum, Elizabeth Hays, Ana Maria Rey and Peter Yoon were elected APS fellows for their exceptional contributions to the physics enterprise.

Saving Energy with 'Personal HVAC Systems'

Saving Energy with 'Personal HVAC Systems'

UMD Receives $5.5 million from ARPA-E for energy efficiency research projects, including one to develop a thermally responsive fabric.

Study Explains Ancient Animal Fossilization

Study Explains Ancient Animal Fossilization

UMD geologist Alan Kaufman says study may shed light on the lifestyles of the most ancient animals, and of the chemistry of the oceans where they thrived.

Theory Details How ‘Hot’ Monomers Affect Thin-film Formation

Theory Details How ‘Hot’ Monomers Affect Thin-film Formation

UMD, Rice University model offers better control for creation of thin-film electronics .