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Scientists have known for decades that electrical signals send messages to cells to tell our bodies what to do. New research published by teams in a Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) led by the University of Maryland sheds light on additional biomechanical signals that might be used to tell cells what to do, such as help a wound heal faster.

A University of Maryland anthropologist is taking to the New York City and San Francisco streets to better understand how and why homeless persons use fentanyl combined with stimulants like cocaine and methamphetamine.

While global patterns of terrorist attacks show a decline since 2016, such violence has been on the rise in parts of West Africa, said John McCauley, an associate professor in the University of Maryland Department of Government and Politics: “Terrorism is anything but getting better in this particular part of the world.”