“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.
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 UMD group went to Liberia over spring break to train locals in agricultural practices
They “worked from sunup to almost midnight every day.”
The new CDC director is a UMD School of Medicine professor
Robert Redfield has received praise and criticism for his work with HIV treatment.
UMD researchers make strides in quantum computing research
Researchers made a new design for photonic crystals.
UMD researchers want to create a stormwater system that will remove and destroy toxins
A ditch across from Xfinity Center will be one of the training sites for the project.
UMD professors create “super wood,” a material stronger than most steels
It’s 11.5 times stronger than natural wood.
A former UMD student created an app that cancels your alarm on snow days
The SleepIn Alarm app is available for free on the Apple App Store.
A UMD startup uses virtual reality to tell the story of Syrian refugees crossing Europe
The startup partnered with a Georgetown University alumna for the project.
A new robotic camera will allow UMD researchers to study asteroids and black holes
This will be the flagship project of a NASA survey.