New statistical method delivers first comprehensive global picture of the mutual prediction of atmosphere and ocean
Oct 6, 2019
Scientists Discover Interaction Between Good and Bad Fungi Drive Forest Biodiversity
Oct 4, 2019
UMD and Chinese Academy of Sciences researchers find that differences in soil fungi explain why individual trees thrive best when among only a few others of their species, a phenomenon that promotes forest diversity.
UMD Researchers to Investigate Effects of Fetal Exposure to Opioids
Sep 27, 2019
Work is part of a broad NIH HEAL Initiative to find scientific solutions to reversing the national opioid crisis
Enzyme Known for Promoting Cancer Also Protects Healthy Cells
Sep 3, 2019
UMD researchers discovered that telomerase, which “immortalizes” cancer cells, also prevents tumors and slows a key stage in normal cell death
UMD-Led Astronomy Team Finds Golden Glow From a Distant Stellar Collision
Aug 28, 2019
Astronomers re-examined data from a 2016 gamma-ray burst and found a signature that perfectly matches a gold- and platinum-producing explosion observed by LIGO in 2017
Seeing How Computers ‘Think’ When Answering Questions Can Lead to More Intelligent Machines Say UMD Researchers
Aug 17, 2019
University of Maryland researchers created 1,213 questions in collaboration with computers to identify flaws in machine-learning language models
UMD Study Shows Positive Impact of Green Infrastructure for Stormwater
Jul 31, 2019
UMD Researchers and Resilinc Corp. Create Index of Climate Change Risk to Company Supply Chains
Jul 12, 2019
NICER View of Black Hole Gives New Insight into Source of Dramatic X-ray Flashes
Jul 11, 2019
Research led by UMD astrophysicist gives detailed picture of X-ray outburst from small black hole actively pulling in star material
UMD Physicist for Apollo Experiment Gets Chance to Send Next Gen Version to Moon
Jul 11, 2019
NASA Selects UMD-Led Proposal to Upgrade Lunar Instruments Placed by Apollo Missions
