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Natalie DeNigris continues work with NASA while completing astronomy Ph.D.
Natalie DeNigris B.S., Physics Magna Cum Laude, Certificate: Honors College Hometown: Kensington, MD Plans: Ph.D., Astronomy, U Mass.-Amherst; Intern, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center UMBC...
Posted: May 13, 2017, 8:22 PM
Fourth annual Cangialosi Business Innovation Competition celebrates student entrepreneurs
At the fourth annual Cangialosi Business Innovation Competition, held on April 26, 2017, six finalists pitched their business ideas to a three-judge expert panel. The projects, selected from 33...
Posted: May 8, 2017, 7:00 PM
UMBC’s Deffner finds “quantum speed limit” may put brakes on “quantum supremacy” in computing
Even computers make mistakes. In classical computers, tens of thousands of atoms are involved in each computation, so the system can tolerate a few mistakes and still give correct output. But in...
Posted: April 11, 2017, 7:13 PM
‘You’re outta here!’: UMBC physicists explain black hole ejected from center of galaxy
A team of researchers including UMBC’s Eileen Meyer and Markos Georganopoulos have found strong evidence of a striking astrophysical phenomenon: a supermassive black hole traveling away from the...
Posted: April 10, 2017, 7:49 PM
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
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