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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
Working to diversify and advance environmental science, UMBC, USGS and EPA sign new agreement
Posted: May 5, 2023, 9:09 AM
Black mothers trapped in unsafe neighborhoods signal the stressful health toll of gun violence in the U.S.
Posted: May 3, 2023, 4:18 PM
How do Candida auris and other fungi develop drug resistance? A microbiologist explains
Posted: May 3, 2023, 11:14 AM
New UMBC/Los Alamos research on megafire smoke plumes clarifies what they contain, how they move, and their potential impacts
Posted: April 21, 2023, 8:02 AM
Lighting design to flu treatment: UMBC students share research and creative work at URCAD 2023
Posted: April 20, 2023, 2:16 PM
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