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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
Thirsty in paradise: Water crises are a growing problem across the Caribbean islands
Posted: May 14, 2024, 8:31 AM
From solar energy harvesting to advanced batteries: Cohort of new engineering faculty bolster UMBC’s commitment to Earth-friendly research
Posted: May 10, 2024, 2:05 PM
COEIT convenes inaugural research day to encourage interdisciplinary collaborations
Posted: May 8, 2024, 12:50 PM
How 19th-century Spiritualists ‘canceled’ the idea of hell to address social and political concerns
Posted: May 8, 2024, 12:11 PM
UMBC’s first Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence shares unique research on neurodiversity in language teaching and learning
Posted: May 7, 2024, 1:43 PM
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