Your Blood Type May Predict Your Risk of Having a Stroke Before Age 60
Research could lead to potential new ways to predict and prevent strokes in young adults. A person’s blood type may be linked to their risk…
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New Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine Found To Be Safe and Effective in Trial – “Highly Efficacious and Very Safe”
An investigational COVID-19 vaccine made by Novavax was found to be 90 percent effective at preventing COVID-19 illness, according to results from a Phase 3…
Astronomers Discover Largest-Known Comet Was Active at Near-Record Distance
University of Maryland astronomers discovered that comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein is among the most distant active comets from the sun, providing key information about its composition. The…
Viruses Are Both the Villains and Heroes of Life As We Know It – Nature’s Powerhouses for Genetic Innovation
Viruses have a bad reputation. They are responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic and a long list of maladies that have plagued humanity since time immemorial….
Experiments Show Quantum Computers Can Be Better Than the Sum of Their Parts
Quantum computer experiments at UMD show that combining quantum computer pieces doesn’t have to mean combining their error rates. Pobody’s nerfect—not even the indifferent, calculating…
Privilege and Politics Influence Vaccine’s Racial Disparity – “Structural Inequities Pose a Serious Threat To Progress”
Researchers break down social factors behind differing black, white COVID-19 vaccination rates. Income, educational attainment, and political ideology all play into racial disparities in vaccination…
Unconventional Superconductor May Unlock New Ways To Build Quantum Computers
If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck. Scientists on the hunt…
Scientists Discover That Mating Can Cause Epigenetic Changes That Last for 300 Generations
University of Maryland scientists discover that match matters: The right combination of parents in nematode worms can turn a gene off indefinitely. Evidence suggests that…
Were Scientists Wrong About the Planet Mercury? Its Big Iron Core May Be Due to Magnetism!
Proximity to the sun’s magnetic field determines a planet’s interior composition, according to new research from the University of Maryland. New research disputes the prevailing…
When T. rex Dominated, Medium-Sized Predators Disappeared – Replaced by Juvenile Tyrannosaurs
New University of Maryland study suggests that everywhere tyrannosaurs rose to dominance, their juveniles took over the ecological role of medium-sized carnivores. A new study…
New and Improved CRISPR 3.0 System for Highly Efficient Gene Activation in Plants
Multiplexed gene activation system allows for four to six times the activation capacity of current CRISPR technology, with simultaneous activation of up to seven genes…
SOFIA Captures First Clear View of a Boiling Cosmic Cauldron Where Stars Are Born
UMD-led team used NASA’s SOFIA telescope to capture high-resolution details of a star nursery in the Milky Way. University of Maryland researchers created the first…
Rising Greenhouse Gases Pose Climate Change Threat to Arctic Ozone Layer
New research shows climate change is increasing ozone depletion over the Arctic. There is a high-takes race going on high in the atmosphere above the…
Physicists Demonstrate Swarm of Photons That Somersault in Lockstep
Spinning or rotating objects are commonplace, from toy tops and fidget spinners to spinning figure skaters. And from water circling a drain to far less…
Significant Brain Changes Found in Children Who Regularly Snore – May Explain Hyperactivity and Aggression
Finding could explain why snoring and disrupted sleep are associated with behavioral problems including inattention, hyperactivity, and aggression. Children who regularly snore have structural changes…
Climate Change Has Cut Global Agricultural Productivity by 21% Since 1961
Collaborative research shows more severe slowdowns in warmer regions like Africa and Latin America. The University of Maryland (UMD) has collaborated with Cornell University and…
Accurate Aging of Wild Animals Thanks to Discovery of First Epigenetic Clock for Bats
UMD-led research identifies age-related changes to DNA and reveals longevity-related differences between bat species. A new study led by University of Maryland and UCLA researchers…
Landmark Study: Sequencing of 64 Full Human Genomes to Better Capture Genetic Diversity
64 Human Genomes Sequenced Will Serve as New Reference for Genetic Variation and Predisposition to Human Diseases Researchers at the University of Maryland School of…
