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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
College students from across the U.S. gain summer research experience at UMBC
Each summer dozens of college students from around the nation travel to UMBC to take advantage of the university’s leading research facilities and faculty. This year, 28 students studied climate...
Posted: September 1, 2016, 6:32 PM
Two bwtech@UMBC companies win 2016 Maryland Incubator Company of the Year awards
AirPhoton and Phoenix Operations Group are the newest bwtech@UMBC companies to win Maryland Incubator Company of the Year (ICOY) awards. AirPhoton won best technology product company, and Phoenix...
Posted: July 8, 2016, 2:14 PM
“Smog Blog” run by UMBC students becomes go-to air quality reference for national audience
When Jill Engel-Cox Ph.D. ’04, marine-estuarine environmental sciences, started the Smog Blog in 2003, it served as “kind of an online lab notebook,” she says. In the early 2000s, there were...
Posted: June 30, 2016, 6:37 PM
Eight bwtech@UMBC companies named 2016 Maryland Incubator Company of the Year finalists
The bwtech@UMBC Research & Technology Park is home to more than a third of all finalists for the 2016 Maryland Incubator Company of the Year Awards (ICOY). These eight (of 22) ICOY finalists...
Posted: June 16, 2016, 1:43 PM
Zhibo Zhang wins prestigious International Radiation Commission Young Scientist Award
Zhibo Zhang, assistant professor of physics, has his mind in the clouds. Fortunately, Zhang is an atmospheric physicist focusing on the role clouds play in climate, so his eye on the sky has...
Posted: May 5, 2016, 3:58 PM
Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement Day celebrates 20 years of remarkable student work
The University Center Ballroom was humming on Wednesday, April 27, with the voices of hundreds of UMBC students presenting their research and creative work to proud long-time supporters and...
Posted: April 29, 2016, 3:16 PM
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