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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
Is fusion the future? Carlos Romero Talamás’ lab gets congressional attention
Posted: February 18, 2026, 1:10 PM
Electrical, biomedical, and computer science researchers team up to develop a ‘cybergut’
Posted: February 9, 2026, 4:22 PM
Sisters in science: How one UMBC lab kindled a family tradition of discovery
Posted: February 5, 2026, 1:43 PM
UMBC’s Seneviratne to study how HIV and cancer drugs harm the brain
Posted: December 19, 2025, 4:20 PM
UMBC discovery opens door to broad-spectrum antivirals against dozens of dangerous viruses
Posted: December 12, 2025, 3:27 PM
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