UMD "Time Reversal" Research: Sending Back to Future Tech
13. Februar 2013 14:53 ET
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University of Maryland, College Park
COLLEGE PARK, Md., Feb. 13, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Imagine a cell phone charger that recharges your phone remotely without even knowing where it is; a device that targets and destroys tumors,...
Comet Debuting in New Deep Impact Movie Expected to Star This Winter
05. Februar 2013 15:01 ET
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University of Maryland, College Park
COLLEGE PARK, Md., Feb. 5, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The newly discovered comet ISON, which late this year could give sky watchers one of the brightest shows ever, shines in a new movie made by a...
Scientists Discover Protein That Allows the Body to Safely Recycle Iron From Old to New Blood Cells
05. Februar 2013 13:42 ET
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University of Maryland, College Park
COLLEGE PARK, Md., Feb. 5, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Humans survive by constantly recycling iron, a metal that is an essential component of red blood cells, but which is toxic outside of those cells....
University of Maryland to Join the Big 10 Conference
19. November 2012 15:13 ET
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University of Maryland, College Park
COLLEGE PARK, Md., Nov. 19, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Big Ten Council of Presidents/Chancellors (COP/C) announced unanimous approval today for the University of Maryland to join the Big Ten...
New NIH Grant to Advance Joint UCMP & UMB Brain Surgery Robot Development
16. Oktober 2012 08:10 ET
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University of Maryland, College Park
ADELPHI, Md., Oct. 16, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A research team from the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP) and the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) have been awarded a new $2 million...
Unusual Cavefish Navigate in Darkness by the Teeth on Their Skin
20. September 2012 15:21 ET
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University of Maryland, College Park
COLLEGE PARK, Md., Sept. 20, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a single cave in Ecuador, a species of cavefish has evolved to do something perhaps unique to them, navigate with their teeth.
The sensory...
UMD Debuts Coursera 'MOOC' Offerings
19. September 2012 08:08 ET
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University of Maryland, College Park
COLLEGE PARK, Md., Sept. 19, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The University of Maryland plans to offer four popular courses free this spring via Coursera - the international platform that hosts "MOOCs,"...
UMD Researchers Develop New Methods to Combat Terrorist Group
11. September 2012 04:24 ET
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University of Maryland, College Park
COLLEGE PARK, Md., Sept. 11, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Effectively reducing the likelihood and intensity of attacks by the Pakistani terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), the perpetrators of the...
'Carrot' Works Better Than 'Stick' Against Terror in Israel: UMD-Led Study
07. August 2012 10:40 ET
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University of Maryland, College Park
COLLEGE PARK, Md., Aug. 7, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Israeli policies that reward Palestinian efforts to contain violence are more effective than violent crackdowns that punish terrorists and civilians...
Fatal 2007 Bridge Collapse Spurs New, Affordable, Instant Warnings
31. Juli 2012 12:06 ET
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University of Maryland, College Park
COLLEGE PARK, Md., July 31, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On August 1, 2007, without warning, the roadway suddenly disappeared beneath drivers on Minneapolis' I-35W Bridge. The collapse sent more than 100...