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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
Ann Christine Frankowski, Center for Aging Studies, in The New York Times
Posted: June 13, 2014, 3:09 PM
Robert Provine, Psychology, on The Atlantic Video and ABC Australia Radio
Posted: June 6, 2014, 3:04 PM
Devin Hagerty, Political Science, Named 2014-2015 Lipitz Professor
Posted: May 30, 2014, 2:54 PM
Rebecca Adelman, Media and Communication Studies, on WYPR’s Maryland Morning
Posted: May 27, 2014, 7:14 PM
UMBC Again Named to Times Higher Ed List of “Top 100 Under 50” Universities Worldwide
Posted: May 1, 2014, 4:01 PM
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