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CRESST II space science consortium to receive $87.5 million from NASA Goddard
The Center for Research and Exploration in Space Science and Technology (CRESST II) is prepared to embark on a new era of innovative research and teaching with the commitment of $87.5 million from...
Posted: March 30, 2017, 4:59 PM
UMBC’s JCET researchers discover new wrinkle in the role of clouds in climate change
Clouds continue to be one of the greatest sources of uncertainty in climate change models. At night, clouds keep Earth warm by preventing heat from escaping. During the day, most clouds cool Earth...
Posted: March 24, 2017, 1:16 PM
Expanded core facilities offer imaging and analysis services for UMBC and local start-ups
Dean Bill LaCourse, of the College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences (CNMS), has been working for 20 years to build up a set of core analysis and imaging facilities at UMBC, open to the full...
Posted: March 10, 2017, 2:44 PM
SmallSat revolution: Physicist Vanderlei Martins explains the rise of tiny spacecraft
Right now, almost 500 SmallSats—spacecraft from the size of a refrigerator to a golf ball—are orbiting 200 miles above Earth’s surface, and 78 percent of them launched after 2013. In The...
Posted: February 3, 2017, 3:47 PM
Physicists Deffner and Ibrahim explain winter’s extra helping of static electricity
Winter has arrived in the northern hemisphere, and along with it an extra dose of static electricity. But do most people know how static electricity works? Why is it more prevalent in the winter...
Posted: January 9, 2017, 8:02 PM
UMBC’s Top 12 Highlights of 2016
UMBC celebrated a banner year in 2016. In thousands of ways, big and small, this golden anniversary has been full of moments to remember for the university community. Here are twelve top...
Posted: January 4, 2017, 6:30 PM
UMBC physicist Sebastian Deffner reimagines the future of computing with biology in mind
“There is no free lunch,” in quantum computing, says Sebastian Deffner, a new assistant professor of physics at UMBC. Every uptick in a computer’s speed, accuracy, or memory comes at the cost of...
Posted: October 14, 2016, 5:35 PM
NOAA funds UMBC to train minority students in remote sensing and atmospheric sciences
UMBC’s demonstrated strength in supporting students from underrepresented groups on their path to success in STEM fields has earned the university another round of funding for STEM education. The...
Posted: October 12, 2016, 3:01 PM
Astrophysicist Robin Corbet discovers rare, high-energy binary star system beyond the Milky Way
Until recently, humans had only detected five binary star systems—pairs of stars orbiting each other—that emit extremely high-energy gamma rays. Robin Corbet, an astrophysicist at UMBC’s Center...
Posted: September 29, 2016, 5:14 PM
NSF funds Jason Kestner to tackle major obstacle to quantum computing
Predictions suggest that advances in quantum computing could lead to computers vastly faster than any that currently exist—computers that could efficiently crunch the more than 2.5 quintillion...
Posted: September 14, 2016, 6:44 PM
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