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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
Nothing but beauty: Noor Zaidi leads an international interfaith team digitizing the history of one of the few shrines to a woman in Islam
Posted: July 29, 2026, 9:43 AM
UMBC researcher awarded high-risk, high-reward NIAID grant to improve HIV prevention drugs
Posted: July 27, 2026, 11:14 AM
UMBC supports promising internal research and creative endeavors with 2026 – 27 START, SURFF awards
Posted: July 6, 2026, 3:17 PM
Who gets to tell the story? The tricky back story of how radio shows can promote empathy but also build up cultural divides
Posted: June 30, 2026, 9:33 AM
A global perspective on aging: Alfred Boakye’s gerontology journey from Ghana to Japan and the U.S.
Posted: June 24, 2026, 12:31 PM
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