Ambient computing is an invisible yet useful concept of blending computing power into our everyday lives by embedding it into our surroundings.

In a paper published in the journal Physical Review X, UMD researchers described how they set a record by guiding light in 45-meter-long air waveguides and explained the physics behind their method.

UMD-led team developed a miniaturized analyzer that may revolutionize how astrobiology discoveries are made on faraway moons and planets.

The team's discovery may lead to more effective treatments for venomous snake bites.

Fourkas has been a professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry since 2005.

Tu is a biological sciences and economics double-degree student with a minor in nonprofit leadership and social innovation.

Astronomers studying archival observations of powerful explosions called short gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) detected light patterns indicating the brief existence of a superheavy neutron star shortly before it collapsed into a black hole. This fleeting, massive object likely formed from the collision of two neutron stars.

The multidisciplinary team recently published papers in the journals iScience and eLife.

The grant supports UMD’s participation in a national, collaborative effort to foster undergraduate student success in the sciences.