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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 Kathleen Hoffman contributes to research on animal decision-making, with robotics applications
Posted: October 26, 2023, 11:06 AM
Morgan Henderson of The Hilltop Institute at UMBC co-authors new research investigating the feasibility of price shopping for two common hospital services
Posted: October 23, 2023, 2:11 PM
The Academic Minute: There’s No Dissertation Like a Done Dissertation
Posted: October 20, 2023, 10:47 AM
Underwater cameras facilitate large-scale study of oyster reef habitat in Chesapeake Bay
Posted: October 19, 2023, 10:16 AM
The Academic Minute: Erhard on the Right to Revolution
Posted: October 10, 2023, 2:23 PM
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