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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
Wind, solar, and…flutter? UMBC’s Justin Webster is using math to move this emerging tech forward
Posted: August 14, 2019, 8:19 PM
NASA and DoE fund UMBC’s Zhibo Zhang to pursue ambitious atmospheric research
Posted: August 6, 2019, 9:32 PM
UMBC’s Qianqian Song receives FINESST Fellowship from NASA for research on dust clouds and climate
Posted: August 2, 2019, 8:47 PM
UMBC’s Mejdulene B. Shomali receives Woodrow Wilson Foundation fellowship for research on gender and sexuality in transnational Arab culture
Posted: July 12, 2019, 7:43 PM
UMBC partners with five universities in the US, UK, and Japan to launch International Cybersecurity Center of Excellence
Posted: July 12, 2019, 1:37 PM
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