Research
“Molecular Scissors” for Food Security
$1.1M NSF Grant Supports Work to Improve Gene Editing Technology for Crops
Uneasy Inheritance
Newly Discovered Brain Pathway Could Explain Why Anxious Parents Often Have Anxious Kids
Flavors of Addiction
Study Finds Sweet E-cigarettes May Be Gateway to Tobacco Addiction for Young Adults
Report: Jurisdictions, Businesses, Universities Make Progress on Climate Change
Despite U.S. Moves to Leave Paris Agreement, Commitment “Within Striking Distance”
Q&A: Balancing Act
Psychologist Michele Gelfand Explains the Dangers of Cultures That Are Too “Tight” or “Loose”
Feathers Not Included
Doctoral Student Helps Create Robotic Bird With Revolutionary Wing-Flapping Ability
NSF Awards UMD $3M to Launch Global STEWARDS Program
Graduate Trainees Will Advance Sustainable Food, Energy, Water Systems
Building Good Health
Professor Receives $1.3M NIH Grant to Study Link Between Neighborhoods and Health
Researchers to Modernize IDing of Child Language Problems
NIH Award Seeks to Reduce Bias, Improve Diagnostic Measures
Speeding Past Disaster
UMD Resilience Experts to Work With Campus Utility Providers to Study Infrastructure Recovery
Infecting the Vaccine Debate
Research Finds Bots, Russian Trolls Influenced Vaccine Discussion on Twitter
UMD Researcher Helps Harvest Wheat’s Genetic Code
New Knowledge of Top Crop Could Increase Yields, Fight Pests, Reduce Allergies
UMD Research Finds More Tree Cover But Less Rainforest
Geographical Sciences Researchers Use Satellite Data to Map 35 Years of Global Land Change
Bridging the Employment Gap for People With Disabilities
UMD, Gov. Hogan Announce Center to Improve Career, Educational Opportunities
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