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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 to receive $10 million from NASA to support sun and space environment research
Posted: September 14, 2021, 3:41 PM
UMBC’s Matthew Baker gets to the root of how trees cool cities
Posted: September 13, 2021, 9:21 PM
UMBC’s Mercedes Burns to explore spider glues and silks with new $900K NSF grant
Posted: September 2, 2021, 3:08 PM
The Rocky Yet Rewarding Road of Graduate Research
Posted: August 9, 2021, 6:49 PM
Hurricanes, well-being, and AI: START Awards set up UMBC researchers for success
Posted: August 6, 2021, 5:56 PM
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