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.
Science has created wood that looks like glass
The material has the transparency of glass and the strength of wood.
UMD researchers contribute to discovery and ongoing study of gravitational waves
Scientists have been looking for this phenomenon for 100 years — and a number of UMD researchers helped along the way.
Want to enjoy the solar eclipse at the University of Maryland? Here’s how.
Monday’s total solar eclipse will be the first to to cross the United States in 99 years.
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.
The University of Maryland Golf Course will soon have a monarch butterfly garden
The milkweed garden was sponsored by a program called Monarchs in the Rough.
UMD researchers make strides in quantum computing research
Researchers made a new design for photonic crystals.
Companies can create custom DNA fragments. UMD researchers want to make sure they’re safe.
Researchers are creating a tool to screen orders of requested DNA strands and make sure the sequence isn’t harmful.
Urbanization and economic development could curb infectious diseases, UMD study finds
The study analyzed infectious diseases in 60 different countries and their potential causes.
UMD researchers make headway in effort to save honeybees from parasitic mite
Varroa destructor has infested almost all honeybee colonies in the United States.