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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 mathematician honored with invitation to Stephen Smale’s 95th birthday conference
Posted: August 5, 2025, 2:22 PM
Nurturing peace through daily acts, collaborative research with Afro-Colombian women in Colombia’s Pacific Northwest
Posted: August 5, 2025, 8:58 AM
UMBC’s human services psychology doctoral program is inspiring careers to serve people with opioid use disorders and post-traumatic stress
Posted: August 1, 2025, 12:16 PM
Yasmine Kotturi named one of nine inaugural Computing Research Association Trustworthy AI Research Fellows
Posted: August 1, 2025, 11:50 AM
Internationally minded excellence: Faculty and staff across all three UMBC colleges receive Fulbright U.S. Scholar awards to teach and research abroad
Posted: July 31, 2025, 2:51 PM
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