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UMBC physicists develop cost-saving tech for detecting gravitational waves and other applications
In 2016, Jane Sprigg, Ph.D. ’16, physics, submitted a research paper demonstrating a technique that would enable a camera to snap crystal clear images from an airplane or satellite, even over...
Posted: February 12, 2018, 9:02 PM
UMBC scientist opens a “new chapter for biochemistry” with $1.5 million NIH grant to study sugar metabolism
UMBC’s Songon An is on a quest to explain how enzymes direct sugar metabolism through research with implications for cancer treatment. Scientists already know a great deal about how individual...
Posted: January 30, 2018, 5:21 PM
UMBC space scientist further confirms Einstein’s theory through new solar research
New research by Sander Goossens, associate research scientist at UMBC’s Center for Space Science and Technology, and colleagues offers a fresh perspective on a question of universal importance....
Posted: January 29, 2018, 10:14 PM
UMBC’s Sebastian Deffner explains how the “quantum speed limit” may put brakes on quantum computers
Classical computers have been getting faster, more powerful, and more compact for decades, but they may be reaching their limits, writes Sebastian Deffner, assistant professor of physics, in The...
Posted: January 18, 2018, 9:55 PM
UMBC’s Top 12 Highlights of 2017
The calendar may have flipped to 2018, but there are so many great milestones achieved by the UMBC community to recognize from 2017. Here are twelve top highlights: 1. Rhodes Scholar Naomi...
Posted: January 12, 2018, 3:43 PM
UMBC physicists’ finding has potential to springboard quantum computing to major advances
A discovery by UMBC theoretical physicists could improve the performance of one type of quantum computer enough to stimulate major progress in its development, enabling more practical uses of...
Posted: January 10, 2018, 7:31 PM
UMBC study challenges established paradigm, suggests males pickier than females in mate choice
“Males are showy, females are choosy” has been the accepted paradigm in sexual selection research for decades. By extension, scientists expect females to carefully select members of their own...
Posted: December 19, 2017, 8:42 PM
UMBC students take flight to study weather, pollution in multi-institution initiative
On November 16, Brian Carroll and Christiana Sasser ‘18, mechanical engineering, rose at 3:45 a.m. to drive to Lancaster, PA. After a briefing, they, a student from Millersville University, a...
Posted: December 14, 2017, 3:47 PM
UMBC biologists discuss human health applications of studying plants’ circadian rhythms in The Conversation
Humans have been observing the circadian rhythms of plants for millennia, even if they couldn’t fully explain what they saw. In a new piece for The Conversation, Hua Lu, associate professor of...
Posted: December 1, 2017, 8:06 PM
Idea competition serves as springboard for young entrepreneurs
Each fall, student entrepreneurs at UMBC pitch their big ideas – Shark Tank-style, no less – for potential funding. And each year, their ideas span disciplines, including everything from a comic...
Posted: November 29, 2017, 8:55 PM
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