UMD "Time Reversal" Research: Sending Back to Future Tech
13 févr. 2013 14h53 HE
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University of Maryland, College Park
COLLEGE PARK, Md., Feb. 13, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Imagine a cell phone charger that recharges your phone remotely without even knowing where it is; a device that targets and destroys tumors,...
Comet Debuting in New Deep Impact Movie Expected to Star This Winter
05 févr. 2013 15h01 HE
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University of Maryland, College Park
COLLEGE PARK, Md., Feb. 5, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The newly discovered comet ISON, which late this year could give sky watchers one of the brightest shows ever, shines in a new movie made by a...
Scientists Discover Protein That Allows the Body to Safely Recycle Iron From Old to New Blood Cells
05 févr. 2013 13h42 HE
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University of Maryland, College Park
COLLEGE PARK, Md., Feb. 5, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Humans survive by constantly recycling iron, a metal that is an essential component of red blood cells, but which is toxic outside of those cells....
University of Maryland to Join the Big 10 Conference
19 nov. 2012 15h13 HE
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University of Maryland, College Park
COLLEGE PARK, Md., Nov. 19, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Big Ten Council of Presidents/Chancellors (COP/C) announced unanimous approval today for the University of Maryland to join the Big Ten...
New NIH Grant to Advance Joint UCMP & UMB Brain Surgery Robot Development
16 oct. 2012 08h10 HE
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University of Maryland, College Park
ADELPHI, Md., Oct. 16, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A research team from the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP) and the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) have been awarded a new $2 million...
Unusual Cavefish Navigate in Darkness by the Teeth on Their Skin
20 sept. 2012 15h21 HE
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University of Maryland, College Park
COLLEGE PARK, Md., Sept. 20, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a single cave in Ecuador, a species of cavefish has evolved to do something perhaps unique to them, navigate with their teeth.
The sensory...
UMD Debuts Coursera 'MOOC' Offerings
19 sept. 2012 08h08 HE
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University of Maryland, College Park
COLLEGE PARK, Md., Sept. 19, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The University of Maryland plans to offer four popular courses free this spring via Coursera - the international platform that hosts "MOOCs,"...
UMD Researchers Develop New Methods to Combat Terrorist Group
11 sept. 2012 04h24 HE
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University of Maryland, College Park
COLLEGE PARK, Md., Sept. 11, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Effectively reducing the likelihood and intensity of attacks by the Pakistani terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), the perpetrators of the...
'Carrot' Works Better Than 'Stick' Against Terror in Israel: UMD-Led Study
07 août 2012 10h40 HE
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University of Maryland, College Park
COLLEGE PARK, Md., Aug. 7, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Israeli policies that reward Palestinian efforts to contain violence are more effective than violent crackdowns that punish terrorists and civilians...
Fatal 2007 Bridge Collapse Spurs New, Affordable, Instant Warnings
31 juil. 2012 12h06 HE
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University of Maryland, College Park
COLLEGE PARK, Md., July 31, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On August 1, 2007, without warning, the roadway suddenly disappeared beneath drivers on Minneapolis' I-35W Bridge. The collapse sent more than 100...