Closest-ever Comet Orbiter Streams Data from Bi-lobed “Rubber Ducky”
As the spacecraft Rosetta approaches an oddly-shaped “rubber ducky” for the closest comet observations ever made, University of Maryland astronomer Lori Feaga and colleagues are using an instrument...
View ArticleU.S. Cityscapes Show Consistent Patterns of “Urban Evolution”
Urban waters record the salt in our food, cement in our sidewalks, University of Maryland scientist says.(PRWeb September 10, 2014)Read the full story at...
View ArticleUniversity of Maryland and University of Tehran Discovery: Iranian Public...
Widespread Skepticism U.S. Will Not Follow Through on Deal and Lift Sanctions(PRWeb September 17, 2014)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/09/prweb12177760.htm
View ArticleMajor Milestone in the Search for Water on Distant Planets
In a feat of long-distance detection, astronomers led by experts at the University of Maryland have found water vapor in the atmosphere of a Neptune-sized planet nearly 729 trillion miles from Earth....
View ArticleUniversity of Maryland’s New Education Initiative Makes the Community the...
Inaugural year of the “PALS” program launches in Frederick, Maryland(PRWeb September 24, 2014)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/09/prweb12198450.htm
View ArticleEmerging disease could wipe out American, European salamanders
A deadly disease wiping out salamanders in Europe will reach the U.S. through the international wildlife trade unless steps are taken to halt its spread, says University of Maryland amphibian expert...
View ArticleRare 2.5 billion-year-old rocks reveal a hot spot of sulfur-breathing life
Early Earth’s oceans had little sulfur, but sulfur-dependent bacteria still thrived in shallow seas, finds a study published in "Science." A University of Maryland graduate student analyzed rare...
View Article“Green Revolution” Changes Breathing of the Biosphere, Say UMD Researchers
The intense farming practices of the “Green Revolution” are powerful enough to alter Earth’s atmosphere at an ever-increasing rate, boosting the seasonal amplitude in atmospheric carbon dioxide to...
View ArticleUMD Student Leaders Named National University Innovation Fellows
Fellows' Accomplishments and Vision for Future Featured on White House Blog(PRWeb November 19, 2014)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/11/prweb12340323.htm
View ArticleAlgae Use Same Molecular Machinery as Land Plants to Respond to a Plant...
Common genes remain intact after 450 million years of evolution(PRWeb January 08, 2015)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2015/01/prweb12430639.htm
View ArticleRobots Learn to Use Kitchen Tools by Watching YouTube Videos
Autonomous robots can learn and perform complex actions via observation(PRWeb January 13, 2015)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2015/01/prweb12439925.htm
View ArticleCharge Instability Detected Across All Types of Copper-based Superconductors...
Findings published in the journal Science may help researchers synthesize materials that can superconduct at room temperature.(PRWeb January 15, 2015)Read the full story at...
View ArticleRosetta Data Give Closest-ever Look at a Comet, UMD Scientists Say
A special issue of the journal Science, to be published Jan. 23, 2015, reveals details about the shape, evolution and lifespan of comet 67P-Churyumov/Gerasimenko. University of Maryland scientists are...
View ArticleUMD Start-up SD Nanosciences’ Customized Soap Bubbles Set to Transform Drug...
University of Maryland researchers are covering soap bubbles with biomaterials that act as a disguise, tricking the body’s cells into mistaking the capsule for a bacterium, a cancer cell or almost any...
View ArticleBU/UMD Study Provides A New View of the Solar System: Astrophysical Jets...
The magnetic field of the sun plays a crucial role in shaping the heliosphere—the domain of the sun—by accelerating the solar wind into a pair of jets(PRWeb February 19, 2015)Read the full story at...
View ArticleUMD/NASA Study: Massive Amounts of Saharan Dust Fertilize the Amazon Rainforest
New study quantifies the connection between Earth's largest temperate desert and its largest tropical rainforest(PRWeb February 24, 2015)Read the full story at...
View ArticleUMD-invented Compounds Inhibit Formation and Persistence of Biofilms
Patent awarded on Feb. 10, 2015 for compounds capable of fighting antibiotic-resistant bacteria.(PRWeb March 02, 2015)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2015/03/prweb12551129.htm
View ArticleNew University of Maryland Poll Shows Iran Nuclear Deal Backed by Large...
Fifty-one Percent See Netanyahu Speech to Congress as Inappropriate(PRWeb March 03, 2015)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2015/03/prweb12555696.htm
View ArticlePesticides Not the Sole Culprit in Honey Bee Colony Declines: UMD Study
Field-based study shows honey bee colonies are not harmed by realistic levels of exposure to the world’s most common insecticide(PRWeb March 18, 2015)Read the full story at...
View ArticleHAWC Observatory to Study Universe’s Most Energetic Phenomena: UMD Inaugural...
Inaugural ceremony March 19-20 marks completion of powerful system to detect gamma rays and cosmic rays(PRWeb March 20, 2015)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2015/03/prweb12597801.htm
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