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New Analysis Presents Plant-by-Plant Pathways for a Global Coal Phase-Out
Released today by the Center for Global Sustainability (CGS) at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy, a new analysis offers plant-by-plant strategies for retiring coal-fired power plants globally and highlights pathways from ten countries accounting for over 90% of global total coal power capacity and nearly 72% of total global GHG emissions.
University of Maryland-Led Team Wins $1.8M NSF Award for Rapid Materials Design
Yifei Mo and Liangbing Hu, both professors in the University of Maryland (UMD) Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE), in collaboration with research teams at Northwestern and Lehigh Universities, have received funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) in the amount of $1.8 million for their project entitled "Accelerated Data-Driven Discovery of Ion-Conducting Materials."
New Discovery Offers a Glimpse of Our Solar Systems Potential Fate when the Sun Dies
Astronomers have discovered the first confirmed planetary system that offers a glimpse into the fate of our solar system about five billion years into the future. That’s when our sun is expected to exhaust all its nuclear fuel and fade into a white dwarf, or dead star.
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New President’s Public Impact Award Presented to Plant Virology Expert
Faculty Honored With Independent Scholarship, Research and Creativity Awards
