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Philip Johnson played a key role in Svante Pääbo’s research on the Neanderthal genome.

UMD computer science major Genevieve Sampson shares thoughts on her first Technica and her current role as co-executive director of the world’s biggest hackathon for underrepresented genders.

Steven Armentrout (Ph.D. ’94, computer science) and his company Parabon NanoLabs are creating breakthrough products in forensics and nanotechnology.

At the spike’s peak, up to 1 person per 1,000 annually contracted malaria that normally would not have had the amphibian die-off not occurred.

Learn how our alumni are fighting for a better future.

Karin Burghardt studies how cities can select the right trees to plant as part of their strategy to adapt to climate change.

Zhanqing Li says you have to know where all the energy goes.

Kimberly Slinski can’t stop droughts from happening, but she can see them coming.

The new five-year, $95 million cooperative agreement supports research, teaching and career training in Earth system science.

Craters discovered by UMD geophysicist Nicholas Schmerr and his team hold interesting clues about the planet's atmosphere and interior, including how it formed and evolved over time.

The 100 terawatt system will be the highest intensity laser on the east coast of the U.S.

The department also ranks in the Top 10 among the country’s public universities in four computer science specialties.