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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 researchers identify where giant jets from black holes discharge their energy
Posted: December 9, 2020, 4:39 PM
BARD Fund honors UMBC’s Yonathan Zohar for aquaculture research with $12B global economic impact
Posted: November 24, 2020, 11:38 PM
NASA awards UMBC team $1.4M to develop AI that improves how computers process climate data from satellites
Posted: October 26, 2020, 4:09 PM
UMBC duo using math to reveal how and why cells move with new NSF grant
Posted: October 6, 2020, 6:52 PM
UMBC’s Tara LeGates is first runner-up for prestigious international neurobiology prize
Posted: October 2, 2020, 6:21 PM
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