A Summer School Unlike Any Other

A Q&A with ESSIC’s Santiago Gassó, who spent a month at sea teaching remote sensing to graduate students from around the world.

Enzyme Known for Promoting Cancer Found to Also Protect Healthy Cells

UMD researchers discovered that telomerase, which “immortalizes” cancer cells, also prevents tumors and slows a key stage in normal cell death.

Chemistry and Biochemistry’s Dolores Jackson receives UMD President’s Distinguished Service Award

Jackson serves as the department’s executive director of administrative services.

NIH Awards UMD $557,085 to Purchase State-of-the-Art Confocal Microscope

Accessible to all UMD researchers, students and collaborators, the new microscope will provide higher resolution and more speed while being gentler on live samples.

Astronomers Find a Golden Glow From a Distant Stellar Collision

UMD-led team re-examined data from a 2016 gamma-ray burst and found a signature that perfectly matches a gold- and platinum-producing explosion observed by LIGO in 2017.

University of Maryland Launches Quantum Technology Center

The new research center will catalyze the development of high-impact quantum technologies.

UMD Astronomer Suvi Gezari Named Kavli Foundation Plenary Lecturer at 235th American Astronomical Society Meeting

Lecture will focus on Gezari’s research into stars ripped apart by supermassive black holes.

Three Named 2019 Distinguished University Professors in College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences

Sean Carroll, Ming Lin and Richard Walker received the university's highest academic honor.

Lai-Xi Wang Named Fellow of The American Chemical Society

The honor recognizes the chemistry and biochemistry professor’s groundbreaking contributions to glycoscience and leadership in the society.

Distant “Heavy Metal” Gas Planet is Shaped Like a Football

UMD astronomer contributes to discovery of first known exoplanet hot enough for heavy elements to evaporate and escape its atmosphere.

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