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The Struggle to Legislate Environmental Justice
“Policy change not climate change” is a slogan that climate activist Greta Thunberg and environmental justice advocates have echoed to policymakers. Amid the environmental health issues that routinely disproportionately affect low-income populations and communities of color, there has been an ongoing impasse in environmental policymaking that further impacts vulnerable communities, according to a new publication.
QTC Awarded $1.5M from the Department of Energy for Research on Quantum Diamond Magnetometers
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced $11 million for ten projects to be conducted over three years focusing on Quantum Information Science (QIS) with applications to fusion and plasma science.
A Hole New Perspective on Brood X
Brood X, the largest group of 17-year cicadas, are preparing to emerge broadly around our area in the coming week, experts say.(Animation by Emma Howells) Most students would have walked right by the Swiss cheese-like ground near Memorial Chapel, or even picked up the pace. But when sophomore Colette Lord moved in for a closer look last Tuesday evening, she found the former inhabitants of the holes wriggling up a nearby tree.
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$2.3M in State Grants Awarded to UMD-Affiliated Innovation Projects
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Groundbreaking Plasma Innovation Shines as Top Invention of the Year
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