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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 over $63 million in NASA renewal of CRESST II space science consortium
Posted: May 21, 2021, 4:08 PM
UMBC’s 2021 grads advance research with public impact—from disaster response to assistive tech
Posted: May 20, 2021, 3:02 PM
UMBC’s Ryan Kramer confirms human-caused climate change with direct evidence for first time
Posted: April 12, 2021, 5:03 PM
Meet “The Terminator”: UMBC-led research connects solar cycle with climate predictions in a new way
Posted: April 5, 2021, 10:07 PM
UMBC ranks in the top 100 public universities to receive federal research funding
Posted: March 29, 2021, 9:40 PM
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