Study Reveals How Two Strains of One Bacterium Combine to Cause Flesh-eating Infection

An international team including University of Maryland scientists revealed how genetic variations in a single species of bacteria can amplify infection.

Who Goes Farthest? The World’s Longest Wild Animal Terrestrial Migrations And Movements

Global study confirms caribou as longest migrator and reveals even greater distances traveled by animals without regular migratory pattern.

Amy Chester to Lead the UMD Science Academy

Chester (B.A. ’05, M.A. ’11) returns to her alma mater to direct new effort that provides graduate STEM programs for working professionals.

Scientists Discover Method to Create and Trap Trions at Room Temperature

A UMD-led team chemically engineered carbon nanotubes to synthesize and trap trions—quasi-particles potentially useful in bioimaging, chemical sensing and quantum computing.

Rare “Lazarus Superconductivity” Observed in Rediscovered Material

In a uranium-based compound once dismissed as uninteresting, scientists watched superconductivity arise, disappear, then return under the influence of high magnetic fields.

Scientists Discover Interaction Between Good and Bad Fungi That Drives Forest Biodiversity

University of Maryland and Chinese Academy of Sciences researchers found that differences in soil fungus explain why tree species fare better in small numbers, a phenomenon that promotes forest diversity

Timothy Canty Named Director of University System of Maryland’s Marine Estuarine Environmental Sciences Graduate Program

Canty will succeed Kennedy Paynter to lead one of the largest environmental graduate programs in the USM.

University of Maryland Launches Science Academy with Professional STEM Programs

Enrollment open for data science and machine learning professional master’s and graduate certificate programs.

UMD-led Study Captures Six Galaxies Undergoing Sudden, Dramatic Transitions

Zwicky Transient Facility observations reveal surprising transformations from sleepy LINER galaxies to blazing quasars within months.

UMD Chemistry and Biochemistry’s YuHuang Wang Receives Kirwan Faculty Research and Scholarship Prize

The award recognizes Wang’s research in fundamental chemistry and advanced materials, which led to development of a textile that automatically regulates heat exchange with the environment.

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