University of Maryland Scientists Contribute to Federal Climate Science Report

UMD climate model contributes to key finding, and UMD Professor Ross Salawitch serves as review editor.

Joelle Presson Receives UMD President’s Distinguished Service Award

Presson joined the university in 1987 and is assistant dean of undergraduate academic programs in the College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences.

New Molecule Shows Promise in HIV Vaccine Design

Vaccine candidate spurs animals to produce antibodies against protective sugars of multiple HIV strains.

Spinning Comet Slows Down During Close Approach to Earth

Astronomers observe the most drastic slowing of a comet's rate of spin ever measured.

Neutron Star Merger Directly Observed for the First Time

University of Maryland researchers contribute to historic detection of gravitational waves and light created by event.

Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded to Gravitational Wave Pioneers

University of Maryland physicists have played important roles in the search for gravitational waves since the 1950s.

International Competition Benchmarks Metagenomics Software

University of Maryland professor helped evaluate the ability of software to assemble, classify and analyze complex pools of bacterial DNA.

College Welcomes 15 New Faculty Members this Fall

Faculty joined six departments and three research institutes in the college.

Black Holes with Ravenous Appetites Define Type I Active Galaxies

New research suggests that the central black holes in Type I and Type II active galaxies consume matter at different rates, upending popular theory.

Gravitational Waves Detected a Fourth Time

University of Maryland physicists contribute to identification of fourth gravitational wave event using data from Advanced LIGO and Virgo detectors.

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