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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

Mars interior

Scientists Detect Seismic Waves Traveling Through Martian Core for the First Time

24 Apr 23

Nathan Schine

Nathan Schine Twists Photons and Cools Atoms in a Unique Quantum Dance

17 Mar 23

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Sixteen CMNS Projects Receive Inaugural UMD Grand Challenges Grants

16 Feb 23

Associate Professor Nick Schmerr, left, with pilot Troy McKerral, behind a GPS station with a solar panel, recording unit, and antenna. The bamboo pole helps the retrieval team find the equipment, since the ice shelf can move a meter per day.

Research at the Frozen End of the Earth

02 Feb 23

photonic microring

Two Light-Trapping Techniques Combine for the Best of Both Worlds

03 Jan 23

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UMD Establishes Endowed Professorship in Quantum Computing

20 Dec 22

UMD Chemistry and Biochemistry’s Myles Poulin Awarded $1.9M NIH Grant

15 Dec 22

Abba Gumel

Mathematical Biologist Abba Gumel Uses Math to Tackle Grand Challenges and Save Lives

14 Dec 22

Australian wildfires

Australian Wildfires Depleted the Ozone Layer in a Variety of Ways, According to New Article

28 Nov 22

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