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AI-Generated Iceberg Models Could Help Sailors Navigate Arctic Waters
An expert in penetrating thick barriers like tissue or fog to see hidden objects, Christopher Metzler had designed an underwater camera and sonar device that worked in the lab but hadn’t been field-tested.
Interdisciplinary AI Courses to Take This Spring at UMD
These 10 CMNS classes help undergraduates understand and apply artificial intelligence.
Fighting Disease with Artificial Intelligence
Rui Yin (Ph.D. ’24, biological sciences) harnesses the power of AI to take on the challenges of drug discovery at Absci.
The program aims to prepare physicians to care for real communities, particularly those that need it most.
Geology Associate Professor Karen Prestegaard Answers Questions About Hydrology
The College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences hosted a Reddit Ask-Me-Anything spotlighting research on stormwater management and flooding.
UMD-Led Team Wins $2M NSF Grant to Pioneer ‘High-Entropy’ Quantum Materials
The mission of the team is to harness “configurational entropy”—the mixing of multiple elements in a single crystal structure.
The Weather Networks Keeping Marylanders Safe
The University of Maryland is helping to keep the residents and businesses in Maryland safe from severe weather with the Maryland Mesonet and Maryland HydroNet.
Scientists Map the Navigation Styles of Wild Cats and Dogs
A University of Maryland-led study that followed over 1,200 animals across six continents challenges longstanding assumptions about animal movement, with implications for conservation and management of at-risk mammalian carnivores globally.
When Physics and Math Go Viral
Physics Ph.D. student Raunak Dey designs mathematical models to study viruses—the good, the bad and the complicated.
UMD biological sciences Ph.D. student Damani Eubanks is protecting forests and mentoring the next generation of environmental stewards.
Maryland Quantum-Thermodynamics Hub Secures Funding for Three More Years
Since 2022, they have plumbed the intriguing depths of this disciplinary fusion, uncovering a deeper understanding of how the everyday world emerges from the quantum realm of tiny particles.
Entomology doctoral student Helen Craig (B.S. '22, biological sciences) and biological sciences major Maya Hensley chat about six types of bugs you could eat. In Entomology Professor Bill Lamp’s lab, they researched the environmental, nutritional and economic benefits of eating insects and published an article in American Entomologist this spring.