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The University of Maryland and a College Park-based leading firm in quantum computing are collaborating on a new system to advance the use of quantum computers in national security, the university announced Tuesday. UMD’s Applied…

As a middle distance runner, Albert P. Carey ’74 arrived at a glorious time in the University of Maryland’s track and field history. The team won conference championships every year he competed, part of a string of 24 consecutive ACC…

From South Africa to Baltimore to the Eastern Shore of Maryland, psychology researcher Jessica Magidson has spent much of her career studying the struggles of individuals with substance use disorders and devising ways to aid in their…

High-strength “engineered wood” is gaining popularity as a renewable building material, but manufacturing it creates chemical waste products and uses considerable energy. Now, researchers at the University of Maryland have genetically…

The rise of RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics is spurring hopes for more effective ways to precisely target and “silence” the genes behind various diseases and disorders, but fundamental questions remain about how long RNAi benefits…

The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced Wednesday that it has awarded six engineering schools, including the University of Maryland’s A. James Clark School of Engineering, $26 million to establish a major engineering research…

When NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft smashed into an asteroid moon called Dimorphos as part of an experiment in 2022, the resulting crater and other changes dramatically reshaped the moon. A new study led by a…

Four projects launched from or based at the University of Maryland received more than $2.3 million in grants through a state program aimed at bolstering innovation infrastructure development, Gov. Wes Moore announced Tuesday. The…

Ten Terps will study language and culture abroad this academic year through David L. Boren Scholarships and Fellowships, making UMD a top recipient of the awards. A federal initiative designed to strengthen the foreign language and…

A team led by University of Maryland computer scientists has invented a camera mechanism that improves how robots see and react to the world around them. Inspired by how the human eye works, its innovative camera system mimics the tiny…