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UMBC’s AXIS Team receives award from NASA for further instrument design

 

 

 

 

The team will further develop the Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS)

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Rachel Brewster advances understanding of how organisms adapt to oxygen deprivation

Rachel Brewster, a professor of biological studies, is working with zebrafish to understand how they mitigate the effects of reduced oxygen. These studies have an eye toward new medical treatments to keep human tissue alive and undamaged under hypoxia for longer periods of time.

Striving for more efficient and equitable healthcare: Ian Stockwell wins major NIH grant

Ian Stockwell recently launched a new project, supported by a five-year, $3.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, to address other healthcare interventions such as healthy foods and safe housing.

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From UMBC News and Magazine

Dennis Coates, Economics, on Econ Journal Watch

Economics Professor Dennis Coates was recently a guest on an Econ Journal Watch podcast discussing his research that found economists mostly frown on government subsidies for professional sports...

Posted: March 25, 2014, 2:51 PM

Jason Schiffman, Psychology, in The Baltimore Sun

Danielle Denenny and Eryn Bentley, two graduate students working as part of Schiffman’s research team, are also quoted in The Baltimore Sun article titled, “UMBC study among efforts to increase...

Posted: March 24, 2014, 7:54 PM

Robert Provine, Psychology, on BBC News Website

A new Duke University study finds that contagious yawning is linked more closely to a person’s age than their ability to empathize, and it shows a stronger link to age than tiredness or energy...

Posted: March 21, 2014, 4:06 PM

UMBC Psychology Research Cited in TES Magazine

A study conducted by researchers at UMBC and the University of Maryland, College Park was featured in a recent Times Educational Supplement article in TES Magazine. The article, titled “To help...

Posted: March 12, 2014, 6:35 PM