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Smoke billows from a power plant

UMD Researchers Studying Potential Benefits of Carbon Capture Technology

06 Jul 23

Joshua Weitz Joins UMD’s Department of Biology as the Clark Leadership Chair in Data Analytics

01 Jul 23

An artist's rendering of an array of pulsars affected by gravitational ripples produced by a black hole

Scientists Find First Evidence of Gravitational Waves at Extremely Low Frequencies

28 Jun 23

Krisztina Christmon holds a heap of agricultural plastics while standing in a field.

Entomology Alum Finds Her ‘Repurpose’

27 Jun 23

Mobile Math: Connecting Students to STEM Through Sports

14 Jun 23

closeup of SN Zwicky

Astronomers Discover Supernova Explosion Through Rare ‘Cosmic Magnifying Glasses’

12 Jun 23

A view from Hubble Space Telescope shows a dazzling display of lights in the sky, including the afterglow of GRB 221009A

New Study Finds Unique Structure of the ‘BOAT’—Brightest Gamma-ray Burst of All Time

07 Jun 23

An illustration of NASA's Parker Solar Probe flying in front of the sun

New Study Identifies Mechanism Driving the Sun’s Fast Wind

07 Jun 23

Is AI-Generated Content Actually Detectable?

30 May 23

An illustration of Comet Read

UMD Astronomer Leads Study that Finds Water, and a New Mystery, in Rare Main Belt Comet

15 May 23

Red mechano-chemical waves (actin waves) guide the signaling molecules (green).

Insight into How Cells Get Signals from Physical Senses Could Lead to New Disease Treatments

11 May 23

UMD Leads New $20M NSF Institute for Trustworthy AI in Law and Society

04 May 23

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