Biology
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Using miniature sensors strapped to bats, researchers tracked the animals’ locations and calls to determine whether they searched for food alone or with others.
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Sankar Das Sarma, Daniel Gruner, Mihai Pop, Ian Spielman, Nathan Swenson, Dennis vanEngelsdorp, Chunsheng Wang and Ning Zeng received the honor.
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Popper, who retired in 2014, remains involved in research on hearing and on the effects of man-made sound on marine life.
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The faculty members joined nine departments in the college.
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UMD-led research team observes frog populations persisting in Panamanian forest, a decade after decimation by chytrid fungus.
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Award came from the National Science Foundation’s Enabling Discovery through Genomic Tools (EDGE) program.
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scholarship will provide up to $9,500 per year for two years.
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Rushi Challa and Natalie Ivanina’s experiment tested how well viruses could attack bacteria in microgravity.
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University of Maryland biologists have trained African cichlids, originally from Lake Malawi, to perform behavioral experiments to explore the limits of the fishes' color vision.
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Created by alumni to honor their educator and mentor, this is the first endowed professorship in biology.
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New tools bring together citizen scientists and data-mining experts
