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Quantum computing, but even faster? UMBC researchers explore the possibilities with new NSF grant
Quantum computers have the potential to revolutionize communications, cybersecurity, and more, by dramatically speeding computation, researchers say. But as Sebastian Deffner notes, “Even quantum...
Posted: January 21, 2021, 11:05 PM
UMBC’s newest computing grads, from bachelor’s to Ph.D., share stories of connection, support, opportunity
UMBC’s newest graduates in computing and data science fields include students at all stages in their education and careers. Undergraduates, master’s students seeking to access new career...
Posted: December 14, 2020, 8:40 PM
UMBC team reveals possibilities of new one-atom-thick materials
New 2D materials have the potential to transform technologies, with applications from solar cells to smartphones and wearable electronics, explains UMBC’s Can Ataca, assistant professor of...
Posted: December 11, 2020, 5:30 PM
UMBC researchers identify where giant jets from black holes discharge their energy
The supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies are the most massive objects in the universe. They range from about 1 million to upwards of 10 billion times the mass of the Sun. Some of...
Posted: December 9, 2020, 4:39 PM
How the darter got its stripes: New UMBC research expands on sexual selection theory to explain complicated animal patterns
Samuel Hulse, Ph.D. candidate in biological sciences, has spent a lot of time in waders over the last two years. He has traipsed from stream to stream across the eastern U.S., carefully collecting...
Posted: May 22, 2020, 12:44 PM
UMBC team makes breakthrough discovery in HIV research, opening path to new, better therapies
New research on the structure of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has revealed a promising novel drug target for treating HIV infection, which affects more than 1 million Americans and 40...
Posted: April 23, 2020, 6:03 PM
UMBC’s Rickesh Patel determines how mantis shrimp find their way home
Mantis shrimps have earned fame for their powerful punching limbs, incredibly unusual eyes, and vivid exoskeletons. And, it turns out, they’re also really good at finding their way home. Through a...
Posted: April 9, 2020, 3:17 PM
International team led by UMBC identifies new bird species in the South Pacific
In the 1930s, famed biologist Ernst Mayr became the first to study Pacific Robins. Based on his observations of the robins and other birds on Australia and its outlying islands, he developed...
Posted: March 6, 2020, 6:36 PM
Preparing for impact: Four new UMBC grads share what drives their research
It’s 3 a.m., and Cindy Chelius rolls out of the pull-out couch in the grad student lounge. Time to check on her fungi. For this experiment, measurements must be taken every four hours for forty...
Posted: December 17, 2019, 10:49 PM
UMBC’s Mustafa Al-Adhami wins national Three-Minute Thesis competition
Mustafa Al-Adhami M.S. ‘15, Ph.D. ‘20, mechanical engineering, won the national Three-Minute Thesis competition last week, during the annual conference of the Council of Graduate Schools. His...
Posted: December 13, 2019, 6:52 PM
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