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UMBC’s Rebekah Hounsell is helping unlock the mystery of dark energy with NASA’s Roman Telescope
Rebekah Hounsell is co-PI and project manager of the Roman Supernova Cosmology Project Infrastructure Team (PIT), tasked with determining the best way for the telescope to collect data about cosmic phenomena called type Ia supernovae.
UMBC’s Aaron Smith lab reveals how a harmful bacterium senses iron – and why it matters for fighting infection
A two-protein system inside the bacterium operates like a sensitive switch. The pair detects iron outside and inside the cell and then rewrites large parts of the microbe’s metabolism. The results suggest this system could become a target for more effective treatments for infections.
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Research Headlines
From UMBC News and Magazine
UMBC physicist Sebastian Deffner reimagines the future of computing with biology in mind
Posted: October 14, 2016, 5:35 PM
Christy Chapin explains the evolution of the U.S. healthcare system
Posted: October 7, 2016, 5:37 PM
UMBC researchers explore and explain new virtual and augmented reality systems
Posted: October 6, 2016, 7:12 PM
UMBC faculty win four new Maryland Innovation Initiative grants, bringing total MII awards to $2.4M
Posted: September 30, 2016, 7:20 PM
Sarah Shin publishes new book on English language teaching as a second career
Posted: September 30, 2016, 5:15 PM
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