First Global Antineutrino Emission Map Highlights Earth’s Energy Budget

Tiny particles reveal information about Earth’s geologic past and human-made radioactivity.

UMD’s Antonio Busalacchi Named Co-Chair of NRC’s Decadal Survey for Earth Observations

Committee will develop priorities and support observation activities for NASA, NOAA and USGS.

Evidence Suggests Subatomic Particles Could Defy the Standard Model

Large Hadron Collider team finds hints of leptons acting out against time-tested predictions.

UMD-led Study Identifies the Off Switch for Biofilm Formation

New discovery could help prevent the formation of infectious bacterial films on hospital equipment.

New Internet Routing Method Allows Users to Avoid Sending Data Through Undesired Geographic Regions

The new system offers advantages over existing systems: it is immediately deployable and does not require knowledge of—or modifications to—the Internet’s routing hardware or policies.

1,800 Years of Global Ocean Cooling Halted by Global Warming

Comprehensive analysis of ocean surface temperature data shows a cooling trend preceding the Industrial Revolution.

Physics Professor Wolfgang Losert Named College's Interim Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Graduate Education

Losert's new position will be in addition to his current role as the college's associate dean for research.

"Terpaholics" Can’t Stop Giving

Philip Schneider (B.S. '79, biochemistry) and his wife Joyce (B.A. '79, criminology) established a TerpStart scholarship for first-generation college students with financial need who enroll in CMNS.

UMD Team to Teach Climate Change to High School Students

$105,000 seed grant awarded by the Maryland Council on the Environment to multidisciplinary UMD team.

Math Whiz Wins Wall Street

Ali Hirsa (M.A. '97, Ph.D. '98, applied mathematics) is managing partner at Sauma Capital and an adjunct professor at Columbia University.

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