Innovation @ UMD
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February 7 Scientists Develop First Fabric to Automatically Cool or Insulate Depending on Conditions University of Maryland researchers have created a fabric that dynamically regulates heat passing through it. Read |
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January 30 Machine Learning Finds Multiple Factors Underlie Cancer Immunotherapy Success UMD computer scientist leads work to better ID which cancer patients will benefit from immunothehorapy Read |
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January 24 New UMD 3D Nanoprinting Strategy Opens Pipeline to Revolution in Medicine, Robotics UMD engineers advance “microfluidic circuits” by printing smallest-known 3D one-way fluid valve Read |
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January 9 UMD Gets First-Ever ‘New Innovator in Food and Agriculture Research Award’ With “New Innovator” award, UMD researcher’s recent crop editing grants total more than $1 million Read |
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December 20 National Quantum Initiative Becomes Law National act with UMD fingerprints provides more than $1.2 billion in funding for U.S. quantum technology R&D Read |
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December 11 Research Citations Show Academic and Non-Academic Researchers Win When They Collaborate New analysis makes case for 'Twin Win' research to create breakthrough research & solutions to real human problems Read |
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November 7 UMD Releases First of Seven New Apples Bred for Maryland Growers New UMD patented apple varieties could improve yields, growing efficiency, and profitability for farmers in Mid-Atlantic and Appalachian regions Read |
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April 18 UMD Researchers Revive Old Chemistry to Create Safer Zinc Battery Researchers create a higher-energy, safer and longer-lasting zinc battery. Read |
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February 8 UMD Researchers Develop Breakthrough Technique to Combat Cancer Drug Resistance Clark School Bioengineering professor leads collaborative effort to “turn off” multidrug resistance capabilities in cancer cells Read |
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May 4 Gov. Hogan Signs into Law $7.5M Maryland Energy Innovation Institute at UMD University of Maryland Institute to serve as catalyst for clean energy advancements, economic growth. Read |
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February 2 University of Maryland Debuts Discovery District Reimagined research park combines dynamic academic spaces, new amenities, and public-private partnerships Read |
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January 25 UMD and VA Maryland Health Care System Collaborate on MS Research $1.1 million VA Merit Award supports project bringing together engineers, clinicians and immunologists from UMD the VA and the University of Maryland, Baltimore Read |
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January 20 Renowned UMD Professor Rita Colwell Named a Fellow in the National Academy of Inventors Colwell honored for a career of innovation and discovery, including work to understand the bacterium that causes cholera and to reduce incidence of the disease Read |
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January 19 UMD Research Empowers Leaner Bus Systems for Schools Done for the Howard County Public School System, the work is potentially applicable to most school busing systems and began as a project of students in UMD's QUEST Honors Program. Read |
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January 12 UMD Engineering Professor Receives Presidential Early Career Award Michael Rotkowitz Named a Recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers Read |