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Match Matters: The Right Combination of Parents Can Turn A Gene Off Indefinitely
UMD scientists discover that mating can cause epigenetic changes in nematode worms that last for 300 generations.
Rising Greenhouse Gases Pose Continued Threat to Arctic Ozone Layer
New study shows climate change is increasing ozone depletion over the Arctic.
A new industry hub founded on microscopic atoms could generate massive returns for the D.C. region.
Five Biological Sciences Majors Receive University Medal Honors
Sherry Fan was named University Medalist, and Jackson Devadas, Meron Haile, Kyeisha Laurence and Veeraj Shah were named University Medalist Finalists.
Triple Galaxy Merger Sends Mixed Signals
UMD astronomer finds three merging galaxies that offer insights into black hole mergers and galaxy formation.
Senior Linden Yuan Awarded Competitive Defense Fellowship
Yuan will take the fellowship to the University of Illinois, where he will pursue a Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering.
Leena Pade is a Cosmos Scholar with Chemistry in Her Blood
How this Ph.D. student went from visiting her father at work to working in his industry.
For Theoretical Chemist Pratyush Tiwary, It’s All About Perspective
The assistant professor balances his life of high-level theory with down-to-Earth human connections.
UMD Grad Students to Showcase Their Insect Knowledge at National Entomology Games
Terp team placed second in the region and earned a spot at the national competition this fall.
JQI Researchers Generate Tunable Twin Particles of Light
JQI researchers and their colleagues describe a new way to make entangled twin particles of light and to tune their properties using a method conveniently housed on a chip, a potential boon for quantum technologies that require a reliable source of well-tailored photon pairs.
The Secrets Atoms Hold, Part 2: Gravity
In this episode of Relatively Certain, JQI Adjunct Fellow Marianna Safronova and JQI Fellow Charles Clark return to discuss the limits of our understanding of gravity, and how new experiments with atom interferometers may be the key to not only a higher-precision understanding of gravity but also possible new physics.
Much More Than Just a Building
Associate Professor Efrain Rodriguez sees exciting new research opportunities ahead with new multimillion-dollar chemistry and biochemistry facility.