“Not just a chore”: UMD students develop app to incentivize recycling
Recyclify rewards students’ efforts with points that can be redeemed for food at Stamp.
Research shows more mothers opting for out-of-hospital births
About 1.5 percent of all U.S. births now occur outside hospitals.
UMD Hillel hosts JHacks, its first national hackathon
The event lasted two days — but made time for religious services.
This group is investing in UMD-based ventures, from wood stoves to tea
The University System of Maryland is operating the investment fund.
A revamped electric car charger is UMD’s Invention of the Year
It’s 50 percent lighter and cheaper than ordinary electric vehicle chargers.
A new robotic camera will allow UMD researchers to study asteroids and black holes
This will be the flagship project of a NASA survey.
STUDY: People often overestimate how friends think of them romantically, but it can work out in their favor
Research suggests there may still be hope for people who pine for friends who don’t initially reciprocate their feelings.
Should preschoolers take naps? These UMD researchers want to find out.
They'll monitor children's memory and cognitive development.
University of Maryland scientists are working to develop a Zika vaccine
The first phase of vaccine trials began Aug. 2.
UMD researchers among first ever to observe supernova shockwave flash
Scientists caught the flash of a shockwave from an exploding star — known by astronomers as “shock breakout” — thanks to NASA’s Kepler space telescope.