Chris Carroll
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Fresh Takes on Fighting Food Waste
Researchers Devise Spoilage-Stopping Tech That Could Change How We Grow, Buy and Store Produce
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Take a Home Tour to Learn How We’re Worsening Salinity Around the World
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Glowing ‘Gem of the University’
Maryland’s Little-Known Nuclear Reactor Observes a Half-Century of Fission
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Physicist Who Helped Send Mirrors to Moon on Apollo 11 Prepares to Launch an Improved Model
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UMD Joins With Baltimore Brewery Co-founded by Alum to Offer New Beer
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Welcome to the Hotel Influenza
A groundbreaking UMD researcher investigating how respiratory infections spread asks volunteers to check in—and get sick for science.
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Ninety-second battery fill-ups. All-day range. Unparalleled safety. UMD researchers are powering up EVs to save the planet.
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Towering Ambitions for Forecasts
Maryland Mesonet to Provide Early Weather Warning in a Changing Climate
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AI Offers Hope on Dangerous Ground
Researchers Pinpoint Unexploded Shells, Rockets in Ukraine’s Agricultural Regions
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Food Scientist Melds Chemistry, Culinary Passion at McCormick
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Former Cornerback Tackles Subjects’ Essences on Canvas
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Researcher Heading New $20M NSF-Backed Institute Says Systems Should Support Societal Good
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We’ll Give Up a Lot to Share Experiences With Loved Ones, Study Shows
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Invention Offers Trickle of Hope for Climate-Driven Crisis
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$40M Grant to Fund Climate-Friendly Shuttle-UM Buses
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Why Noncompetes Could Soon Be a Non-Thing
Maryland Economist’s Studies Fueled Federal Drive to Ban Controversial Employee Contracts