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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
Tamra Mendelson advocates using human psychology framework to understand animal cognition
Posted: September 30, 2016, 2:04 PM
Astrophysicist Robin Corbet discovers rare, high-energy binary star system beyond the Milky Way
Posted: September 29, 2016, 5:14 PM
Brewster lab to examine “pause button” on embryonic development, with eye on improving organ transplant
Posted: September 20, 2016, 1:44 PM
New research by Curran and Kellogg points to inequities in science education from early age
Posted: September 14, 2016, 7:27 PM
NSF funds Jason Kestner to tackle major obstacle to quantum computing
Posted: September 14, 2016, 6:44 PM
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