Shhh! Viruses Could Be Listening – And Watching!
New Research Finds That Viruses May Have “Eyes and Ears” on Us The newly-found, widespread ability of some viruses to monitor their environment could have…
New Research Finds That Viruses May Have “Eyes and Ears” on Us The newly-found, widespread ability of some viruses to monitor their environment could have…
A Different Type of Chaos Physicists from the University of California, Santa Barbara, the University of Maryland, and the University of Washington have solved a…
Viruses may be ‘watching’ you – some microbes lie in wait until their hosts unintentionally give them the signal to start multiplying and kill them….
A recent study headed by University of Maryland scientists explains why small mammals like bats live such long lives. The big brown bat, which is…
Important solar cycle landmarks that are influenced by variations in the sun’s magnetic field might predict changes in weather patterns and risks to telecommunications. We…
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…
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…
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 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….
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…