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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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From UMBC News and Magazine
Higher education can be elusive for asylum-seekers and immigrants
Posted: November 6, 2023, 3:23 PM
UMBC team makes first-ever observation of a virus attaching to another virus
Posted: October 31, 2023, 3:34 PM
UMBC’s Vandana Janeja aims to boost high-performance computing know-how to tackle environmental science challenges with a $1 million NSF grant
Posted: October 30, 2023, 3:12 PM
The Academic Minute: Democratizing access to digital tools in the documentation of the Innu language
Posted: October 27, 2023, 1:59 PM
The Academic Minute: The Long History of Financial Fraud
Posted: October 27, 2023, 8:53 AM
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