Black holes are hard to detect, but a UMD team is trying to map them anyway With X-ray technology, scientists can learn more about how black holes are formed. DBK Admin December 31, 0999
Honeybees are dying. In three minutes, a UMD student can tell you why. Samuel Ramsey, a doctoral student at this university, earned two awards for his research on bees in Thailand. DBK Admin December 31, 0999
UMD researchers explore video game sales trends with PS3, Xbox 360 Their research will be published in the International Journal of Research in Marketing next year. DBK Admin December 31, 0999
A $3.6 million grant will help UMD researchers advance cancer research They hope to study a protein that inhibits the ability of cells to fight disease. Mary Dimitrov December 31, 0999
Quantum computers aren’t practical yet — but this UMD-led team wants to change that The team recently won a National Science Foundation grant. DBK Admin December 31, 0999
The new CDC director is a UMD School of Medicine professor Robert Redfield has received praise and criticism for his work with HIV treatment. DBK Admin December 31, 0999
UMD’s Physics Welding Shop will become a new creative space for students The MakerSpace will be the 12th on the campus. DBK Admin December 31, 0999
A UMD team won $20,000 for its Alzheimer’s-detecting device The team members will use their $20,000 prize to patent their software, buy more headsets and invest in clinical trials of their product. DBK Admin December 31, 0999
A new UMD study says today’s Americans are “looser.” Here’s why. According to the study, Americans have become more tolerant of social deviance. Mary Dimitrov December 31, 0999
UMD researchers did “what was thought of as impossible” by decoding the wheat genome The new map of wheat DNA could help combat issues associated with climate change and overpopulation. DBK Admin December 31, 0999