The Sahara Desert Is Expanding, According to New UMD Study
Mar 29, 2018
Study finds that the world’s largest desert grew by 10 percent since 1920, due in part to climate change.
New Technology for Use in Military Vehicles May Protect Warfighters from Blast-induced Brain Injury
Mar 6, 2018
Elastic frame design reduces blast acceleration up to 80 percent; technology could be adapted for vehicle bumpers, athletic helmets.
New UMD Study Traces the Origins of a Major Potato Pest
Mar 5, 2018
Research has implications for effective management strategies against a Beetle that decimates potato crops.
Durable Wood Carbon Sponge Could Be the Future of Wearable Sensors, Pollutant Treatment
Mar 1, 2018
Wood carbon sponge overcomes several limiting factors of other lightweight, compressible carbon sponges.
UMD Researcher Awarded $1.4M NIH Grant to Study Effects of Copper on Heart Health
Oct 30, 2017
Research aims to provide answers to unexplained heart attacks that occur frequently in animals and humans.
UMD College of Education Launches Center for Educational Innovation and Improvement
Oct 11, 2017
New Center will foster collaborations between the university, school systems and educational organizations that focus on improving pre-K-12 education.
UMD Partners with Signature Science, Fraunhofer on DNA Screening to Detect Biological Threats
Oct 6, 2017
With funding from IARPA, researchers will work on next-generation computational and bioinformatics tools to screen DNA sequences.
NSF Funds $1.2 M in UMD Work on Neural Engineering of Complex Behaviors
Aug 10, 2017
Three University of Maryland engineers have been awarded new National Science Foundation (NSF) grants to research how human neural and cognitive systems interact and intersect with advances in engineering, computer science and education.
UMD Scientists Find First Clear Evidence of an Upper Level Atmosphere on an Exoplanet
Aug 7, 2017
Distant “hot Jupiter” has a glowing water stratosphere hot enough to boil iron
University of Maryland Strategic Partnership Breaks Ground on Research and Academics at Cole Field House
Aug 4, 2017
Key partners gathered to celebrate state-of-the art facility that will bring research, innovation, athletics and clinical practice under one roof.
