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The math (and the man) behind our national security
In the 1960s, a common routine for elementary school students was to practice hiding under their desks in case of a nuclear blast. Following the Bay of Pigs standoff in 1961, international...
Posted: April 7, 2023, 4:36 PM
Innies, outies and omphalophobia: 7 navel-gazing questions about belly buttons answered
Written by Sarah Leupen, senior lecturer of biological sciences, UMBC Everyone has one, but you might not know much about it. Here biologist Sarah Leupen, who teaches human and comparative...
Posted: April 5, 2023, 1:34 PM
Declines in math readiness underscore the urgency of math awareness
Written by Manil Suri, professor of mathematics and statistics, UMBC When President Ronald Reagan proclaimed the first National Math Awareness Week in April 1986, one of the problems he cited...
Posted: March 31, 2023, 4:59 PM
UMBC’s Ivan Erill demonstrates fast, low-cost method to monitor spread of antibiotic resistance over time
Growing resistance to antibiotics and other antimicrobial treatments is a serious global healthcare challenge. A new study in Antibioticsdemonstrates a method for tracking the spread of genes for...
Posted: March 24, 2023, 4:54 PM
Deepak Koirala to grow understanding of how enteroviruses replicate with $786K NSF CAREER Award
Diseases such as polio, the common cold, and meningitis are all caused by closely related viruses and the way these viruses multiply in the body is poorly understood. Deepak Koirala, assistant...
Posted: March 13, 2023, 3:17 PM
Pi gets all the fanfare, but other numbers also deserve their own math holidays
Written by Manil Suri, professor of mathematics and statistics, UMBC March 14 is celebrated as Pi Day because the date, when written as 3/14, matches the start of the decimal expansion...
Posted: March 8, 2023, 12:31 PM
Mercedes Burns to study arachnid evolution in Japan through prestigious NSF CAREER Award
Mammals are “all-in” on sexual reproduction, explains Mercedes Burns, assistant professor of biological sciences at UMBC. They even have “mechanisms that reinforce the maintenance of sex and make...
Posted: March 6, 2023, 1:11 PM
UMBC’s Smith lab discovers enzyme ATE1’s role in cellular stress response, opening a door to new therapeutic targets
A new paper in Nature Communications illuminates how a previously poorly understood enzyme works in the cell. Many diseases are tied to chronic cellular stress, and UMBC’s Aaron T. Smith and...
Posted: March 6, 2023, 11:51 AM
Creating pathways for UMBC student success in Maryland’s growing biotech industry
The biotech industry—or technology-based business that harnesses the power of biology—is booming in Maryland. And with more than 3,000 biotech companies currently operating in the state (with more...
Posted: March 2, 2023, 2:25 PM
Meet a Retriever: Basil Udo ’22, entrepreneur and bwtech@UMBC technologist
Meet Basil Udo ’22, biochemistry and molecular biology, an entrepreneur and technologist in the third cohort of bwtech@UMBC’s Maryland New Venture Fellowship for Cybersecurity program, where teams...
Posted: February 9, 2023, 4:04 PM
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