The Chirps Heard Round the World

The long road to the detection of gravitational waves began at the University of Maryland.

UMD Biologists First to Observe Direct Inheritance of Gene-Silencing RNA

Discovery reveals a key mechanism of non-genetic inheritance.

National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center at UMD Receives $28.5M Renewal from the National Science Foundation

Center focuses on finding solutions to complex environmental problems.

$2.1 Million from the State of Maryland will Match Private Donations for Two Endowed Chairs at UMD

Maryland Department of Commerce initiative matches private donations for endowed chairs in the life sciences and computer science at UMD.

Maryland Center for Women in Computing to Host Inaugural Diversity in Computing Summit

Topics ranging from retaining high-tech women in the workplace to professional development and creating a unique personal brand will be discussed at the one-day summit set for Nov. 7, 2016, at the University of Maryland.

UMD Scientists Help Develop New Drought Early Warning Tool

UMD’s Christopher Hain and colleagues played a key role in transitioning the product from the research phase to NOAA operations.

UMD's Timothy Koeth Helps Undergrads Build Particle Accelerators - The Washington Post

UMD students hope to construct the largest cyclotron ever built by undergraduates, which will allow them to conduct experiments in nuclear physics.

UMD Professors & Alumnus Named 2016 Thomson Reuters Citation Laureates

Yorke, Ott, Grebogi named top contenders for Nobel Prize in physics for developing method to control chaos.

High Number of Pesticides Within Colonies Linked to Honey Bee Deaths

Some compounds commonly regarded as “bee-safe” could be a major contributor to honey bee colony losses in North America.

Scientists Expect to Calculate Amount of Fuel Inside Earth by 2025

With three new detectors coming online in the next several years, scientists are confident they will collect enough geoneutrino data to measure Earth’s fuel level.

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