Innovation
Innovation
Growing Shade
Scientists Create Umbrellas the Natural Way—With Plants
by Charlie Wright ’17 | photo by Edwin Remsberg
The next boom in blooms may not be at ground…
A New Way With Words
Handy Device to Help Blind Read Without Braille
by Chris Carroll | illustration by Gabriela Hernandez
Louis Braille’s tactile writing and printing system…
The History of Freedom
NEH Grant Continues Research on Emancipation
by Liam Farrell | Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress, LC-B811-383 [P&P]
Twenty-four years after he was…
Speed Trials
Student-built Hyperloop Finds Fast Company at Global Competition
A student team from the University of Maryland finished among the top contestants at the…
Maternal Mortality on a Troubling Rise
by Liam Farrell | illustration by Hailey Hwa Shin
Nearly a decade after the United States last published official statistics on how many women die from…
Clear Cuts
Researchers Work to Make Wood Windows a Reality
by Charlie Wright ’17 | photo by John T. Consoli '86
UMD researchers have created a clear alternative to…
Hold the Salt
Researcher Tracks Human Cost of Keeping Roads Ice-Free
by Chris Carroll | illustration by Gabriella Hernandez
University geologist Sujay Kaushal was…
Weather Report
History Professor’s Book Investigates 1960s Radicals
by Liam Farrell | portrait by John T. Consoli '86, Weather Underground photos courtesy of Arthur…
Discovering Fire
New Type of Flame Whirls in Engineering Lab
by Chris Carroll | photo by John T. Consoli '86
At one moment, Huahua Xiao and his colleagues were staring at a…
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