University of Maryland Scientists to Present at AAAS Annual Meeting

Scientists in the college will cover ecology, atmospheric science, astrophysics, science communication and international collaboration.

UMD-led Team Advances in SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition

Twenty-two student teams will head to California this summer to test their design prototypes on the world’s first Hyperloop Test Track during Competition Weekend.

Physics’ Jay Deep Sau Receives National Science Foundation CAREER Award

Sau will use the award to build a research program focused on predicting phenomena that could help pave the way for topological quantum computation.

Two from College Named 2015 Highly Cited Researchers

Sankar Das Sarma and Jeremy Selengut included in Thomson Reuters' list again this year.

New Study Zeros in on Plate Tectonics’ Start Date

Analysis of trace elements places the onset of plate tectonics about 3 billion years ago.

Warmer Oceans Could Produce More Powerful Superstorms

Simulations of Hurricane Sandy with warmer ocean temperatures resulted in storms more than twice as destructive.

Two UMD Professors Named 2016-2017 Jefferson Science Fellows

Karen Lips and Sumant Nigam will each spend a year at the State Department or USAID.

UMD Students Head to SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition Design Weekend

UMD-led team aims to build cutting edge prototype for the next generation of transportation.

Fires Burning in Africa and Asia Cause High Ozone in Tropical Pacific

Study indicates “biomass burning” may play larger role in climate change than previously realized.

Chemistry and Biochemistry’s Efrain Rodriguez Receives National Science Foundation CAREER Award

Rodriguez will use the award to develop a new class of materials with functional magnetic and electronic properties

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