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Meteor showers significantly impact moon’s exosphere, says NASA-UMBC scientist
NASA scientists and researchers released data showing that physical processes like meteoroid stream impacts, helium and hydrogen particles from the sun, and thermal absorption impact the...
Posted: December 17, 2015, 10:17 PM
New NASA camera gives scientists an EPIC perspective of Earth, UMBC researcher explains
The Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) connected to NOAA’s Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) is NASA’s new tool to provide scientists with a unique perspective of the Earth’s clouds,...
Posted: December 17, 2015, 9:57 PM
UMBC honors over 1,000 new graduates at 2015 Winter Commencement
UMBC celebrated the accomplishments of over 1,000 new Retriever alumni at 2015 Winter Commencement, with a graduate ceremony held on December 16 and undergraduate ceremony on December 17. The...
Posted: December 17, 2015, 8:55 PM
Collaboration and community key to supporting diverse students in STEM fields
A U.S. News article on strategies to attract diverse students to STEM fields, and support their success in those fields, highlights the new STEM BUILD at UMBC program, which launched with its...
Posted: December 17, 2015, 5:37 PM
UMBC and U.S. Navy celebrate partnership establishing Maryland’s first NROTC unit
On Monday, November 30, 2015, Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Navy Dennis McGinn and U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski joined President Freeman Hrabowski for a ceremony to formally celebrate the...
Posted: December 8, 2015, 8:20 PM
Contrary to Darwin’s assumptions, female and male songbirds can be equally musical, say UMBC biologists
Contrary to the popular belief, made famous by evolutionary theorist Charles Darwin, that only male songbirds sing, female birds can be as musical as males of the same species. This is the...
Posted: December 4, 2015, 9:56 PM
Inaugural Inventors’ Luncheon honors UMBC faculty innovators across disciplines
UMBC’s inaugural Innovators Luncheon, held November 30, 2015, celebrated faculty innovators from across the university who are forging new paths in their fields. Sponsored by the Office of the...
Posted: December 4, 2015, 7:39 PM
NASA’s Operation IceBridge confirms observations on ice shelf collapse, JCET researcher Shuman explains
NASA’s Operation IceBridge, a survey of polar ice, carried out parallel flights in the north and south poles for the first time in seven years. The mission to the Antarctic Peninsula recorded a...
Posted: December 1, 2015, 1:59 AM
UMBC researchers raise Atlantic bluefin tuna on land for first time in North America
A team of UMBC researchers has made history by successfully raising Atlantic bluefin tuna from eggs to juvenile stage in a recirculating, land-based mariculture system for the first time in North...
Posted: November 21, 2015, 2:52 AM
Yoni Zohar says FDA approval of genetically engineered salmon could have environmental benefits
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just approved the first genetically modified animal for sale as food: AquaAdvantage salmon,. The FDA determined that the salmon is not biologically...
Posted: November 20, 2015, 7:13 PM
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