Super Sleuthing to Save Citrus

UMD Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics Professor Anne Simon and her startup Silvec Biologics work to unravel the unsolved mystery of a lethal plant disease.

$3M NIH Grant Supports Genomic Approach to Curing ‘Neglected’ Disease

Najib El-Sayed is leading a team that is using powerful sequencing tools to combat the Leishmania parasite.

Where Did Earth’s Water Come From? Not Melted Meteorites, According to Scientists

A UMD-led study offers new insight into the extraterrestrial origins of our lakes, rivers and oceans.

DAWN Project Launches First Phase of Innovative, Web-Based Decision-Support Tool for Farmers

The DAWN tools will enable producers and specialists to improve water use and nutrient management in agricultural operations.

Warming Makes Droughts, Extreme Wet Events More Frequent, Intense

A new University of Maryland and NASA study confirms that major droughts and pluvials – periods of excessive precipitation and water storage on land – have indeed been occurring more often.

Rehearsals, Recitals and Research

UMD Society of Physics Students president Delina Levine talks about the three passions in her life—astronomy, music and physics—and how they influence her efforts in research and leadership.

New NASA DART Data Prove Viability of Asteroid Deflection as Planetary Defense Strategy

Four studies co-authored by UMD astronomers offer new insight into how deflection missions can protect the planet from future Earth-bound asteroids and comets.

Fruit Flies, Ants and Algorithms

Saket Navlakha (Ph.D. ’10, computer science) finds his research inspiration at the intersection of biology and computer science

When Higgs Fly

How a research decision in college set Physics Assistant Professor Christopher Palmer on a collision course with the Higgs boson.
 

UMD Students Place Fourth in Putnam Mathematical Competition

Clarence Lam, Isaac Mammel and Daniel Yuan earned a No. 4 ranking for UMD among 456 institutions in one of the most prestigious mathematics contests for undergraduates in North America.

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